Inventors:
Aurelia Koby - San Diego CA, US
Ian MacMorran - San Diego CA, US
Assignee:
Brownmed, Inc. - Spirit Lake IA
International Classification:
A41D 13/08
A41D 19/00
A61F 5/37
A61F 13/00
A61F 5/00
A61F 13/06
A63B 57/00
US Classification:
602 21, 602 5, 602 9, 602 20, 602 60, 602 61, 602 62, 602 63, 602 64, 128846, 128869, 128877, 128878, 128879, 2 16, 2162, 2910, 473212, 473213
Abstract:
A wrist support sleeve is adapted to extend over a wearer's hand and wrist from a location below the ends of the fingers tip to a position just past the wrist region. The sleeve has an opening for receiving the wearer's thumb. A first portion of the sleeve extends around the lower part and opposite sides of a wearer's hand and wrist and has spaced side edges located in an upper region of the sleeve. An insert panel of a different material to the first sleeve portion is secured between spaced side edges of the first portion, so as to extend across the tipper portion of a wearer's hand and wrist when the device is worn. The insert panel material is a strong elastic material which has a higher stiffness than the rest of the sleeve.