Patent ID: 8252971

Claim:
A dressing for protecting a wound, the dressing comprising: a support cushion configured to surround the wound, the support cushion having sidewalls defining a major axis and a minor axis, the support cushion including at least two perforations that traverse the sidewalls at offset locations, the perforations defining first and second J-shaped portions of the support cushion, each J-shaped portion having a first end with a shape and a second end that fits together with the shape, the first end of the first J-shaped portion interlocking with the second end of the second J-shaped portion and the second end of the first J-shaped portion interlocking with the first end of the second J-shaped portion to resist lateral separation of the first and second J-shaped portions from one another along at least one of the major axis and the minor axis; a reservoir configured to be suspended over and in engagement with the support cushion; and a cover configured to be positioned over the reservoir.