Abstract: A foot covering article adapted to be worn over the bare foot and directly underneath a sock for the purpose of preventing the formation of blisters when engaging in athletic activities and the like. The article is made of a single, porous, non-woven film-fibril sheet of plexifilamentary strands, wherein the sheet is consolidated by a large number of very small point bonds, and includes a plurality of minute perforations extending through the thickness of the sheet. The sheet is formed into a foot enveloping shape comprising a bottom portion which covers the sole of the wearer's foot, side portions extending upwardly from the bottom portion, a heel portion which covers the heel of the wearer's foot, and a front portion which covers at least the forward portion of the top of the wearer's foot.

Abstract: A spinal restraint device which consists of a board-like member which can be placed beneath a patient and secured to the patient as by straps and which includes a head immobilizer or restraint at the head end of the board-like member which is preferably inflatable and which can be placed against opposite sides of the head with the head immobilizer or restraint being secured to the head by a strap while the strap simultaneously secures the head to the board-like member.The board-like member is preferably of a length which will extend from about the top of the head to about the crotch of a patient and, in addition to the strap in the head region of the board-like member, there is also a strap adapted to be engaged about the patient's chest and at least one further strap secured to the crotch end of the board-like member which can be drawn up through the crotch and secured to the chest strap providing for greater stability of the patient on the board-like member.