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The disclosure and prior art relates to support devices and more particularly pertains to a new support device for treating symptoms of a finger injury and disease.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tube that has a finger selectively extended therethrough. The tube is comprised of a rigid material to restrain the finger thereby treating symptoms of a finger injury. A pad is coupled to the tube to enhance comfort of the finger in the tube.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The tube 12 has a length of at least 2.0 inches. In this way the tube 12 extends over a knuckle 16 on the finger 14 thereby inhibiting the knuckle 16 from bending. The tube 12 is comprised of a rigid material, such as plastic or the like, to restrain the finger 14 thereby treating symptoms of the finger 14 injury and disease. The tube 12 has a first end 18, a second end 20 and an outer wall 22 extending therebetween, and the outer wall 22 has an inside surface 24.
A pad 26 is coupled to the tube 12 to enhance comfort of the finger 14 in the tube 12. The pad 26 is coupled to the inside surface 24 of the tube 12 and the pad 26 completely covers the inside surface 24. The pad 26 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material, such as wool or the like, to inhibit the tube 12 from frictionally engaging the finger 14 and causing discomfort. Additionally, the pad 26 may be comprised of a thermally insulating material to keep the finger 14 warm when the tube 12 is worn on the finger 14.
In use, the tube 12 is worn on the finger 14 when the finger 14 needs to be immobilized for the treatment of the finger injury and the finger disease. The tube 12 inhibits the finger 14 from bending and potentially aggravating the injury and disease. The pad 26 cushions the finger 14 when the tube 12 is worn on the finger 14. Additionally, the pad 26 keeps the finger 14 warm when the tube 12 is warn thereby easing pain in the finger 14.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.