Thermal neck wrap having wing shape and means for position maintenance

Patent 5728146 Issued on March 17, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date:

November 8, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

The Procter & Gamble Company

Application

No. 746359 filed on 11/08/1996

US Classes:

607/109, Head, face, or neck165/46, FLEXIBLE ENVELOPE OR COVER TYPE607/114Thermal material receptacle

Examiners

Primary: Bahr, Jennifer
Assistant: Carter, Ryan

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Kock; Ronald W.

Foreign Patent References

0 014 300 A1 EP. 08/13/1980
0 324 578 A1 EP. 07/13/1989
0 370 600 A1 EP. 05/13/1990
2 687 912 A1 FR. 03/13/1993
160433 IN. 07/13/1987
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WO 94/00087 WO. 06/13/1994
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International Class

A61F 007/00

Abstract

A substantially triangular piece of flexible material, which has the appearance of a delta-winged aircraft when flattened. The piece of flexible material has a first wing portion, a second wing portion, a central body portion therebetween, and a body-facing side. The neck wrap also has a plurality of individual thermal elements embedded therein. The plurality of thermal elements have a pattern which approximates the shape and location of muscles in the user's upper back, lower neck, and shoulders. The pattern has a gap bisecting the central portion corresponding to the user's spine. The neck wrap maintains piece of flexible material in a desired position once the piece of flexible material has been draped over the user's shoulders. The central portion is centered at the user's upper back and lower neck and the first and second wing portions lay across the user's shoulders and rest on the user's chest. The device for maintaining the piece of flexible material in position includes counterweights attached to the first and second wing portions in order to balance the thermal elements in the central portion and at least one strip of foamed polymer attached to each of the first and second wing portions on said body-facing side thereof.