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Waist protection member
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Inventors: Oikawa, Katsuhiko; Ozawa, Nanami; Kowatari, Rika;
Assignee: Gunze Limited (Kyoto, JP)
Primary Examiner: Calvert; John J.
Assistant Examiner: Patel; Tejash
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
A waist protection member comprises a primary chamber (33) to be placed against at least an area of the human body surface in correspondence to a greater trochanter (1a) of a femur (1), and is fined with a gel-like substance (32). The waist protection member also comprises at least two auxiliary chambers (34) which are vertically juxtaposed to be placed against an area of the human body surface forwardly of the area covered with the primary chamber (33), and which are each filled with the gel-like substance (32) and have a smaller contact area with the human body than does the primary chamber. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A waist protection member comprising: a primary chamber to be placed over a first area of the human body that includes at least an area of the human body corresponding to a greater trochanter of a femur, with said primary chamber being filled with a gel-like substance; and at least two auxiliary chambers which are vertically juxtaposed and are to be placed over at least second and third areas, respectively, of the human body forwardly of the first area, with said auxiliary chambers each being filled with a gel-like substance and each having a cross-sectional area corresponding to the second and third areas, respectively, that is less than a cross-sectional area of said primary chamber that corresponds to the first area.
2.
The waist protection member according to claim 1, wherein said gel-like substance filled into said primary chamber is the same as said gel-like substance filled into said auxiliary chambers.
3.
The waist protection member according to claim 2, wherein said gel-like substance filled into said primary chamber and said auxiliary chambers comprises silicone gel or urethane gel.
4.
The waist protection member according to claim 2, wherein a thickness of said primary chamber and said auxiliary chambers is not less than 3 mm and not more than 10 mm.
5.
The waist protection member according to claim 2, wherein said primary chamber comprises a plurality of compartment chambers arranged in close proximity to one another.
6.
The waist protection member according to claim 2, wherein a peripheral wall of said primary chamber and said auxiliary chambers comprises a urethane resin sheet or a soft vinyl chloride sheet.
7.
The waist protection member according to claim 2, wherein a peripheral wall of said primary chamber and said auxiliary chambers comprises an inner layer of a urethane resin sheet or a soft vinyl chloride sheet, and an outer layer of a knit textile material.
8.
A waist protection member comprising: a primary chamber to be placed over a first area of the human body that includes at least an area ofthe human body corresponding to a greater trochanter of a femur, with said primary chamber being filled with a gel-like substance and a foamed material; and an auxiliary chamber to be placed over a second area of the human body forwardly of the first area, with said auxiliary chamber being filled with said gel-like substance and said foamed material
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