Abstract: Apparatus and method are provided for producing a compressed, rolled package of resilient foam material, wrapped with a flexible sheet material which is divided into a plurality of sections separated by pre-weakened areas along its length. The flexible sheet material is advanced by an upstream set of clutch-brake nip rolls and a downstream set of drive nip rolls. The two sets of nip rolls are operated in such a manner as to separate a single wrapping sheet from the length of flexible sheet material and to advance the single sheet into contact with the foam piece for feeding to a rolling and compressing packaging apparatus.

Abstract: Abduction apparatus includes a resilient deformable pillow having a pair of generally oppositely facing elongated exterior surfaces skew to one another with a passageway extending through the pillow in a direction generally parallel said elongated exterior surfaces, with elongated flexible binding means residing in said passageway and having length in excess of passageway length sufficiently for overlapping respective ends of said binding means about a leg of a patient contacting one of said elongated surfaces of said pillow, with pressure-sensitive fastening and receptor means at respective ends of said binding means for holding said binding means about said leg of said patient thereby laterally immobilizing said leg of said patient with respect to said pillow.