Abstract: An elastic hosiery formed of a stretchable elastic textile material, wherein the elastic textile material has the elastic property that when a length of unstretched material is stretched to different circumferential lengths, with different yield rates, the pressure exerted by such different circumferential lengths having the same length of unstretched elastic material varies less than 30% over a range of approximately circular circumferences providing a range of yield rates from ?1 to ?2, wherein ?2/?1>1.8. The elastic textile material may be a weft knitted material, and including elastic threads or yarns of an elastic material arranged as inlays in weft direction.

Abstract: An elastic bandage is disclosed, enabling the bandage to be applied with improved ease, predictability and controllability, even on body parts having variable circumference. The bandage comprises an elongate strip of a stretchable elastic textile material, wherein a first set of repeated markings are provided and distributed along the longitudinal direction of the elongate strip for correlation of markings within different turns, allowing turns having the same length of unstretched elastic bandage to be wrapped and stretched around various circumferences with different yield rates. Further, the elastic property of the elongate strip is such that the pressure exerted by such turns having the same length of unstretched elastic bandage varies less than 30% over a range of approximately circular circumferences providing a range of yield rates from ?1 to ?2, wherein ?2/?1>1.8.