Abstract
The Protective Cast Cover is a cover you wear over your cast. It is made of fabric, any kind of fabric, waterproof, warm, breathable, what ever kind of fabric will work for an individual's needs. For arms it covers the whole arm with a mitten hand over the top of the shoulder. Some of them are shirts, just depends on what the individual request. The cover for legs covers the foot to the top of thigh and can be made as pants, or as shorts on the opposite side of the leg with the cast. If they are in double casts, then both sides would be made the same. This works for arms or legs. Again, just depends on what the individual request. The protective cast cover is meant to keep sand, or debris or even water out of the cast, and give people less stress about their situation.
Claims
1. I created the protective cast cover for my son Dominic when he was 12 years old and had fell on a bolder while outside playing tag. He had a bad compound break where his arm broke in 3 places and even punctured his skin. This was Feb. 20, 2019. He had emergency surgery, they had to put a rod in each bone, it took 4 incisions, and a full arm cast. The orthopedic Dr. told us he can not be in the sand or at a beach at all. He would get sand in his cast that could cause an infection and that would be really bad. Of course, we had a spring break trip planned to the beach for mid-March to meet up with my Mom and Sister. On Mar. 17, 2019 I took fabric and elastic pinned it around his arm and in one night I made the original cast cover. He said it was so comfortable he could sleep in it. My son spent everyday on the beach, and it was windy while we were there. When we got back to Tucson and had his Dr. appointment, they cut off his cast. I asked the technician if there was anything in his cast. He said no just dry skin and that is normal. When the orthopedic Dr. came in, I asked him the same thing. He said no it is all just dry skin. This is when I could hardly contain myself. I asked the Dr. if he remembered that I mentioned us taking our spring break trip to the beach. I asked him what he would say if I told him Dominic spent everyday on the beach. He just looked at me. I told him that is exactly what happened and showed him the cover I made for his arm. He did not say a whole lot until he left the room, and then he told his staff about it and that they needed to ask me to see it. From then I told them I was working on getting a patent and to make it waterproof as well. Now I have. This creation could help so many people that have an unfortunate accident feel like they can do things they like to do without worrying about the risk of infection, or ruining their cast, or being cold because they can't wear pants as normal. This creation can protect people from getting sand and other debris in their cast and with the waterproof one be able to get caught in the rain, or walk in the ocean with out stress or worry.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS
[0003] FIG. 1.
[0004] FIG. 1 of the drawings Is the adjustable leg cover. It has a soft elastic waist band with vertical elastic going from the waistband to the top of thigh fabric on both the front and the back of the leg. There is soft elastic in the top of the fabric around the thigh that is also adjustable. The leg cover is one piece of fabric that goes from top of thigh all the way down and around the foot. It can be made of any fabric that the someone would like to have including waterproof. The adjustable parts of this can be done by velcro, snaps, or buttons. Can be worn under undergarments to make using the restroom quite easy. Or it can be over undergarments and can be pulled up and down easily.
[0005] FIG. 2.
[0006] FIG. 2 of the drawings is the custom fit pants cast cover. It also has soft elastic waistband and elastic around the ankle of the un-broken foot. There is a zipper and/or strong velcro all the way down the leg of the un-broken pant leg. The other pant leg is a solid piece that goes from waist all the way down over the foot. Can be made of any material including waterproof.
[0007] FIG. 3.
[0008] FIG. 3 of the drawings is the custom fit cast cover. It has the soft elastic waistband, with the same soft elastic vertical to the top of the thigh, which also has soft elastic to keep it snug around the thigh. Then it is the one solid piece down the leg and around the foot. This to can also be made of any fabric including waterproof.
[0009] FIG. 4.
[0010] FIG. 4 of the drawings is a custom fit shirt cast cover. It has a mock turtleneck that is soft elastic and velcro from the side of the neck down the shoulder of the un-broken arm to the bottom of the shortsleeve that also has elastic to keep the snug fit. It also has elastic around the waistband to keep the snug fit, and zipper and/or velcro from waistband to just under the arm pit. The other arm is a solid piece with a mitten hand. This can be made of any material including waterproof.
[0011] FIG. 5.
[0012] FIG. 5 is a custom fit shirt cast cover with no sleeve, it stops on the shoulder. It can have a regular neck or a mock turtleneck with elastic around it either way. Also, the velcro from the neck to the top of the shoulder. Also, soft elastic around the waistband to keep the snug fit. There is velcro and/or a zipper from waistband up to just under the arm pit. The other arm is one solid piece with a mitten hand. This can be made of any fabric including waterproof.
[0013] FIG. 6.
[0014] FIG. 6 of the drawings is a custom fit no sleeve shirt cast cover. It has a soft elastic that goes from the top of the shoulder of the broken room to under the other arm. It has velcro and/or zipper from the waistband to the underarm elastic. The waistband has the soft elastic for the snug fit. The sleeve on the broken arm is one solid sleeve with a mitten hand. This can be made of any material including waterproof.
[0015] FIG. 7.
[0016] FIG. 7 of the drawings is the original version of the cast cover in custom fit form. It is a solid sleeve with a mitten hand that goes all the way up the top of the shoulder with soft elastic at the top to keep it snug around the arm. It then has soft elastic that goes from the top of the sleeve across the torso to the under arm of the other arm so that it cannot slip off or down. This can be made of any fabric including waterproof.
[0017] FIG. 8.
[0018] FIG. 8 of the drawings is the original cast cover design only made adjustable. The soft elastic around the should is adjustable. The elastic that goes from shoulder across the body and under the other arm is also adjustable. The sleeve also has an elastic strap with snaps or buttons that can shorten the sleeve. It has a mitten hand. This can be made of any fabric including waterproof.
[0019] FIG. 9.
[0020] FIG. 9 of the drawings is the custom fit leg cast cover with shorts as the other leg. There is soft elastic around the waist and around the thigh of the shorts leg side. There is velcro and/or zipper from the bottom of the short to the waistband. The other leg is the full leg all the way down to covering the foot. This can be made of any fabric including waterproof.
