Jeffrey A Freeman

US Patent:

D645511, Sep 20, 2011

Filed:

Mar 18, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/357884

Inventors:

Jeffrey L. Freeman - Burlington NC, US
Walter D. Doubleday - Jupiter FL, US

Assignee:

Carolina Narrow Fabric Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

1902

US Classification:

D19 67

US Patent:

20110264022, Oct 27, 2011

Filed:

Apr 27, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/767891

Inventors:

Jeffrey L. Freeman - Burlington NC, US
Walter D. Doubleday - Jupiter FL, US

Assignee:

CAROLINA NARROW FABRIC COMPANY - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

A61F 5/00

US Classification:

602 6

Abstract:

An orthopedic casting system that includes a cast tape having a moisture responsive resin therein, the tape being wound onto a tubular polymeric core for shipment and storage prior to use in forming an orthopedic cast. The tubular core has a wall with an inner and outer surface in a first position comprising a plurality of relatively shallow convex and concave portions that extend linearly of the core. Each of the concave portions provide a longitudinal trough along which water flows adjacent the inner wraps of the cast tape. The wall of core is flexibly resilient so that the upon application of a radial inward force on the cast tape and the core, the wall will flex to a second position in which the troughs are deepened. When the force is released the tubular core returns to substantially the first position.