Protective device particularly for use for exterior prostheses
View Patent ↗People who wear a prosthesis currently have to use a bathing prosthesis if they wish to pursue water sports or take a shower or reach a body of water for recreational purposes and take active part in beach pursuits safely. However, these are usually taken off for swimming though this is very often not possible in the case of rocky shores or unsupervised beaches, quite apart from the unwelcome attention to which the person wearing the prosthesis is sometimes exposed in doing so. To solve this problem, a protective device for use for exterior prostheses is suggested, in which the protective device is a protective covering made from an at least semi-elastic, durable and damage resistant material being watertight or custom-designed sufficiently preventing a penetration of water into the inside of the protective covering and being dimensionally conformed to the shape of the body, and at least one end of which is furnished with a cuff or sleeve or collar like semi-elastic device that is dimensionally adapted to the contours of the anatomy of the person wearing the protective covering to prevent water or moisture or foreign bodies from penetrating the protective covering. This is particularly convenient and easy to carry and use when travelling and for recreational sport.
1. A protective device for use for exterior prostheses, wherein the protective device consisting of a protective covering dimensionally conforming to a body size and shape and wherein the protective covering is made from a material being at least semi-elastic, durable, damage-resistant, watertight or custom-designed sufficiently preventing water from penetrating an inside of the protective covering, wherein at least one end of the protective covering is furnished with a cuff-shape or sleeve-shape or collar-shape at least semi-elastic device having dimensions which prevent penetration by water or moisture or foreign bodies into the inside of the protective covering, wherein the cuff-shape or sleeve-shape or collar-shape at least semi-elastic device consists of a single layer of material having an inner side with an adhesive property.
2. The protective device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the cuff-shape or sleeve-shape or collar-shape at least semi-elastic device is made at least in part from one or more of the materials chloroprene rubber, polychloroprene rubber, and chlorobutadiene which materials have a smooth surface having adhesion properties, and wherein the protective covering comprises chloroprene rubber, polychloroprene rubber or chlorobutadiene rubber.
3. The protective device as recited in claim 2 , wherein the protective device is constructed as a sleeve or legging incorporating a hand or foot element.