Claims
- 1. A device for the prevention of thumb and finger sucking comprising a vacuum-breaking device that is placed over at least one digit of a hand and a means for securing said vacuum-breaking device to said hand with a nonreleasable locking mechanism that is unable to be taken apart.
- 2. The thumb and finger sucking prevention device according to claim 1 with said vacuum-breaking device being cylindrically shaped with a diameter as to permit the flow of air from one end of the device to the other between said digit and the interior wall of said device.
- 3. The thumb and finger sucking prevention device according to claim 1 with said vacuum-breaking device being of sufficient rigidity so as to prevent the formation of a vacuum seal between said cylinder and said thumb or said finger.
- 4. The thumb and finger sucking prevention device according to claim 1 with said vacuum-breaking device having an inner surface having longitudinal ridges disposed thereon so as to permit the flow of air in channels between said ridges.
- 5. The thumb and finger sucking prevention device according to claim 1 wherein said vacuum-breaking device has air-passage perforations therethrough.
- 6. A finger sucking prevention device according to claim 1 with said device-to-hand securing means comprising:
- a. a separate band surrounding a wrist of said hand;
- b. said locking mechanism securing said wrist band about said wrist; and
- c. means for securing said wrist band to said vacuum-breaking device.
- 7. A thumb and finger sucking prevention device according to claim 6 with said means for securing said wrist band to said vacuum-breaking device being at least one band extending from said vacuum-breaking device to said wrist band.
- 8. A finger sucking prevention device worn on at least one finger, a hand and a wrist of a user and comprising:
- a. a hollow, cylindrically-shaped device comprising:
- 1) a first end and a second end,
- 2) a diameter of sufficient size
- a) to enable said cylindrically-shaped device to fit over said finger so that said first end is near the base of said finger and said second end is near the end of said finger and
- b) to permit the flow of air from said first end to said second end of said cylindrically-shaped device;
- b. a wrist band comprising:
- 1) a band having a first end and a second end and of sufficient length to surround said wrist of said user,
- 2) a nonreleasable locking means that is unable to be taken apart for fastening said first end and said second end of said band so as to surround said wrist with sufficient tightness so as to render said band incapable of being slipped over said hand of said user and prevent said first end and said second end from being taken apart; and
- c. a means for joining said hollow, cylindrically-shaped device and said wrist band so as to prevent said cylindrically-shaped device from being removed from said finger.
- 9. The finger sucking prevention device according to claim 9 with said means for joining said cylindrical device to said wrist band comprising a first band extending from said first end of said hollow cylindrical device and from said wrist band and traversing the back of said hand.
- 10. The finger sucking prevention device according to claim 9 with said means for joining said hollow cylinder to said wrist band comprising a second band extending from said first end of said hollow cylindrical device and from said wrist band and traversing the palm of said hand.
- 11. A thumb sucking prevention device worn on a thumb, a hand and a wrist of a user and comprising:
- a. a hollow, cylindrically-shaped device comprising:
- 1) a first end and a second end,
- 2) a diameter of sufficient size
- a) to enable said hollow, cylindrically-shaped device to fit over said thumb so that said first end is near the base of said thumb and said second end is near the end of said thumb, and
- b) to permit the flow of air from said first end to said second end of said cylindrically-shaped device;
- b. a wrist band comprising:
- 1) a band having a first end and a second end and of sufficient length to surround said wrist of said user,
- 2) a nonreleasable locking means that is unable to be taken apart for fastening said first end and said second end of said band so as to surround said wrist with sufficient tightness so as to render said band incapable of being slipped over said hand of said user and preventing said wrist band from being taken apart; and
- c. a means for joining said hollow, cylindrically-shaped device and said wrist band so as to prevent said hollow, cylindrically-shaped device from being removed from said thumb.
- 12. The thumb sucking prevention device according to claim 11 with said means for joining said hollow cylindrical device to said wrist band comprising a first band extending from said first end of said hollow cylindrical device at the outer base of said thumb to said wrist band along the edge of the hand generally below the outer base of said thumb.
- 13. The thumb sucking prevention device according to claim 12 with said means for joining said hollow cylindrically-shaped device to said wrist band comprising a second band comprising a first and second tongue that extend from said first end of said hollow cylindrically-shaped device at the inner base of said thumb to said wrist band in the wrist area generally below the fifth digit with said first tongue of said second band traversing the palm of the hand from said inner base of said thumb to the area of the wrist band below the fifth digit and said second tongue of said second band traversing the back of said hand from said inner base of said thumb to the area of the wrist band generally below the fifth digit of said hand.
- 14. The thumb sucking prevention device according to claim 13, further comprising:
- a. one or more loops attached near the end of said first tongue, projecting through an aperture of a plurality of apertures near the end of said second tongue in the wrist area below said fifth digit, and then through which the wrist band is passed; and
- b. one or more loops attached near the end of the first band in the wrist area below the thumb and through which the wrist band is passed.
- 15. A thumb sucking prevention device worn on the thumb, hand and wrist of a user and comprising:
- a. a hollow cylindrical device comprising:
- 1) a first and a second end,
- 2) a diameter of sufficient size
- a) to enable said hollow cylindrical device to fit over said thumb so that said first end is near the base of said thumb and said second end is near the end of said thumb
- 3) a means to permit the flow of air from said first end to said second end of said hollow cylinder;
- b. a web pad extending from said first end of said hollow cylindrical device on the inside of the thumb and conforming in shape generally to the webbed portion of the hand between the thumb and the index finger and having loops therein;
- c. a wrist pad conforming to the shape of the wrist and having loops along the length thereof, said wrist pad leaving an open area in the wrist area below the fifth digit of the hand, and joined to the outside of said first end of said hollow cylindrical device;
- d. a vertical member located in said open area left by said wrist pad below said fifth digit of said hand and having a first and second strap with said first strap traversing one side of the hand, threaded through said loops on said web pad and then traversing the opposite side of said hand and fastened to said vertical member and with said second strap encircling said wrist and threaded through said loops along the length of said wrist pad and fastened to said vertical member.
- 16. A thumb sucking prevention device worn on a thumb, a hand and a wrist of a user and comprising:
- a. a hollow, cylindrically-shaped device comprising:
- 1) a first end and a second end,
- 2) a diameter of sufficient size
- a) to enable said hollow, cylindrically-shaped device to fit over said thumb so that said first end is near the base of said thumb and said second end is near the end of said thumb and
- b) to permit the flow of air from said first end to said second end of said cylindrically-shaped device;
- b. a wrist band comprising:
- 1) a band having a first and second end and of sufficient length to surround said wrist of said user,
- 2) means for fastening said first end and second end of said band so as to surround said wrist with sufficient tightness so as to render said band incapable of being slipped over said hand of said user; and
- c. a means for joining said hollow, cylindrically-shaped device and said wrist band so as to prevent said hollow, cylindrically-shaped device from being removed from said thumb comprising:
- 1) a first band extending from said first end of said hollow, cylindrically-shaped device at the outer base of said thumb to said wrist band along the edge of the hand generally below the outer base of said thumb,
- 2) a second band comprising a first tongue and a second tongue that extend from said first end of said hollow, cylindrically-shaped device at the inner base of said thumb to said wrist band in the wrist area generally below the fifth digit with
- a) said first tongue of said second band traversing one side of the hand from said inner base of said thumb to the area of the wrist band below the fifth digit and
- b) said second tongue of said second band traversing the other side of said hand from said inner base of said thumb to the area of the wrist band generally below the fifth digit of said hand, and
- 3) a loop attached near the end of said first tongue, projecting through an aperture near the end of said second tongue in the wrist area below said fifth digit and receiving said band of said wrist band; and
- 4) a loop attached near the end of the first band in the wrist area below the thumb and through which said band of said wrist band is passed.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of our prior application Ser. No. 07/512,330; filed Apr. 23, 1990, now abandoned.
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