Abstract
A pad for a bandage or orthosis has a front surface and a rear surface. At least a subarea of the rear surface has connection pieces which form a mesh structure having interstices.
Claims
1. A back pad for a bandage or orthosis, back pad comprising: a front surface having projections; and a rear surface, at least a subarea of rear surface having connection pieces forming a mesh structure with interstices; the back pad is made in one piece and from a single material.
2. The back pad according to claim 1, wherein the interstices formed by the mesh structure are rectangular, triangular, honeycomb shaped, diamond shaped, round or oval.
3. The back pad according to claim 1, wherein the mesh structure extends across an entirety of the rear surface of back pad.
4. The back pad according to claim 1, wherein the projections are knob shaped.
5. The back pad according to claim 1, wherein no interstices are formed in areas of the rear surface that are opposite areas of the front surface on which projections are located.
6. The back pad of claim 1, in combination with the back bandage or back orthosis.
Description
[0045] The invention will be described in more detail on the basis of the figures below, without the embodiments of the invention shown there being understood as limiting.
[0046] FIG. 1 shows the front surface of a preferred embodiment of the pad according to the invention;
[0047] FIG. 2 shows a preferred embodiment of the rear surface of a pad according to the invention;
[0048] FIG. 3 shows an alternative embodiment of the rear surface of a pad according to the invention;
[0049] FIG. 4 shows a pad according to the invention together with a bandage;
[0050] FIG. 5 shows a further alternative embodiment of the rear surface of a pad according to the invention.
[0051] FIG. 1 shows front surface 1 of a pad 100 according to the invention. Here, pad 100 is a hack pad. Pad 100 is produced in one piece from a soft and flexible material. Surface 1 is rounded at the edges. Hemispherical friction knobs 10 are located on surface 1. The number and positioning of these advantageously results in the stimulation of trigger points by means of a friction massage in the back area.
[0052] FIG. 2 shows rear surface 2 of back pad 100. Surface 2 is formed by the outer surfaces of a plurality of connection pieces 20, 21, 22, 23, which form a mesh structure having interstices 25 by means of intersection points 24. Thus, interstices 25 are recesses in rear surface 2. In the area of intersection points 24, the connection pieces 20, 21, 22, 23 are reinforced somewhat for stabilization. In the area of rear surface 2, on the opposite side of which there are knobs 10 on front surface 1 of pad 100, there is no mesh structure having interstices. Instead, the interstices are filled to the height of connection pieces 20, 21, 22, 23 and thus form hard areas 26, as a result of which the knobs are pressed onto the skin particularly well and particularly firmly through the bandage or orthosis when the pad is used with a bandage or orthosis.
[0053] In the embodiment shown, connection pieces 20, 21, 22. 23 form square recesses 25, wherein the corners of the recesses 25 are rounded by the thickened intersection points 24.
[0054] FIG. 3 shows an alternative embodiment of a rear surface 3 of a pad 300 according to the invention. This embodiment also has a plurality of connection pieces 30, 31, 32, 33, which form a mesh structure having interstices 35 by means of intersection points 34. There are also reinforcement points 36 in the area of the opposite knobs.
[0055] Compared to the square mesh structure of the embodiment of FIG. 2, the connection pieces 30, 31, 32, 33 shown here form a mesh structure having triangular interstices 35. Because of this structure, the transverse distortion of pad 300 is restricted to a greater extent.
[0056] FIG. 4 shows a pad 100 according to the invention together with a part of a bandage 101. Rear surface 2 of pad 100 has a hook-and-loop fastener strip 27 with which pad 100 can be attached to a fleece strip 102 of bandage 101.
[0057] FIG. 5 shows a further alternative embodiment of rear surface 2 of a pad 100 according to the invention. The design is fundamentally the same as in FIG. 2. In the embodiment shown, connection pieces 20, 21, 22, 23 again form square recesses 25, wherein the corners of the recesses 25 are rounded by the thickened intersection points 24. However, in the area of rear surface 2, on the opposite side of which there are knobs 10 on front surface 1 of pad 100, there is no mesh structure having interstices here either. Thus, there are no hard areas here. This results in a softer pad than the one from FIG. 2.
