Appeal No. 2001-2205
Application 09/228,987
stretchable panel (16) and a large brushed pile material section
(28) having loops (30) on the outer surface thereof joined to the
opposite edge of the panel (16).
As noted in column 3, line 54, et seq., in applying the
abdominal wrap of Hubbard around a patient, the elastic section
(16) is first placed against the portion of the patient’s torso
to be secured, then the large brushed pile section (28) and the
hook-like fastening section (24) are wrapped around the patient’s
torso and pulled tight. The hook-like fastening material is then
pressed onto the loop members of the brushed pile section and the
wrap secured in position. The tightness of the binder can be
adjusted simply by pulling the engaging hook-like fastening
material apart from the brushed pile loop material (30) and
reengaging the sections together with the desired stretch in the
stretchable panel (16). As indicated in column 3, lines 19-27,
to facilitate the above use, the abdominal wrap is preferably
about forty-eight inches long (laterally) and twelve inches wide
(vertically). The large pile section (28) has a lateral
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