Ventilated medical leg garment

摘要

A ventilated medical leg garment comprises a foot covering, a leg covering, a lower elastic band, an upper elastic band, and a ventilation assembly. The foot covering and the leg covering cooperatively form an open-topped interior chamber for receiving a wearer's foot and lower leg therein. The ventilation assembly includes a ventilation patch, a screen mesh, and a hood. The ventilation patch is positioned over an orifice of the leg covering and includes a ventilation opening for allowing air to pass therethrough. The screen mesh extends across the ventilation opening for keeping the ventilation opening unobstructed. The hood extends over and past the ventilation opening for directing fluids and debris past and away from the ventilation opening.

主权项

1. A ventilated medical leg garment comprising:
a foot covering; a leg covering integrally formed with and extending upward from the foot covering, the foot covering and the leg covering cooperatively forming an interior chamber configured to receive a wearer's foot and lower leg therein, the leg covering including:
an upper opening configured to allow the wearer to insert his foot and lower leg into the interior chamber; andan orifice positioned between 0.5 inches to 3 inches below the upper opening; an elastic band extending around the upper opening configured to at least partially enclose the leg covering around the wearer's lower leg; and a ventilation assembly for venting air in and out of the orifice while preventing contaminants from entering the leg covering through the orifice, the ventilation assembly comprising:
a ventilation patch positioned in the orifice of the leg covering and attached to the leg covering via hermetic heat sealing, the ventilation patch having an upward-pointing triangular shape and including a circular ventilation opening having a diameter of between 1 inch and 2 inches and positioned near the center of the triangular shape for allowing air to flow therethrough;a screen mesh extending over the ventilation opening of the ventilation patch and attached to the ventilation patch via hermetic heat sealing for keeping the ventilation opening unobstructed and preventing the ventilation patch from folding over on itself and closing off the ventilation opening; anda hood attached to the leg covering via hermetic heat sealing along upper edges of the hood and unattached to the leg covering along a bottom edge of the hood for allowing air to flow through the ventilation opening from below the hood, the hood extending below the bottom edge of the triangular ventilation patch for directing bodily fluids and other liquids downward past the ventilation opening.