US1049813A - Truss. - Google Patents

Description

P. DAssoRI.

TRUSS.

PPLIGATION FILED AUGNZ, 1911.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

'Anonwfrs FREDERICK DASSORI, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

i, Specification of `Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7,1913.

Application filed August 22, 1911. Serial No. 645,415.

To LU 1o/wm, i may concer/b v Be it known that', llnnnnnicn Dassonr, a. citizenot the United States, and a resident ol' the city ot New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Im.- proved Truss, of which the following' is a lull, clear, and exact description.

My invention is (an improvement in trusses designed 'for the relief of suli'erers from hernia; andso constructed that it will hold any rupture, no matter how old, obstinate or recalcitrant, under all conditions, and without causing the slightest inconvenience to the wearer. y

' It comprises essentially a pad connected to a belt forming supporting means therefor, the said belt engaging the body et the wearer above the hips; and the pad is connected to the belt by means which give a leverage action to torce the same against the hernial. tumor without tightening the belt. By this construction the bones of the pelvis are left free anduntouched; and practically all the inconvenience of wearing a device ot" this sort is eliminated.

Reference is to be hadfto the accompanying drawings forming a part ot' this specification, in which the same characters ot reference indicate the saine parts in all views.

Figure l'is a perspective view of my iinproved truss, showing the manner in which the same is worn by the patient; Fig'. 2 is a vertical section takenv through the belt,

1 showing the manner in which they pad is supported thereby, and the means tor applying pressure to the pad by means ota leverage action, to hold the tumor in place without Yneed ot tightening the belt which supports the truss; Fig. 3 is a front view of the pad and the controlling means therefor; and Fig. d; is a sideelevation ot' the pad partly in section, showing the manner in which the pad is -joined to the controlling means.

My imlnoved truss comprises an ordinary belt l, which passes around the body ot' the wearer and supports the other parts of the truss in proper position. This belt has an end strap 2, which engages a buckle 3, 'to secure the ends ol' the belt together around the waist of .the wearer at a point above the the hips; as will appear Ironi an inspection ot' Fig. 1. f

The numeral 4 designates a pair ot' alined spiral springs, these springs forming part of a single piece ot wire 5 of the proper strength and resilience; and the adjacent ends of these springs are separated from each other by a loop formed by bending portions of the wire 5 parallel to each other tor a certain distance inpassing from one ot' the spiral springs .Pto the other. This loop G forms an operating arm or lever :tor the pad or cushion 7, which is attached to t-he wire portions forming the loop G, by means of a sliding connection 8. This sliding connection S may be of any desired or convenientshape, but l have shown it as consisting of a piece or metal bent in the form of a llat tube open at its upper and lower ends so as to give rfree passage to the wire portions forming. the loop G; and having its opposite sides perforated to permit a screw 9, projecting from a plate 9 forming the back of the pad or cushion 7, to be passed there,- through. 10 is a binding nut engaging the outer end of the screw 9; and when this nut is tightened it presses the opposite or flatsides of the sliding connection 8 together againstthe plate 9', to make them grip the parallel portions of the wire forming the loop 6, and hold the pad in adjusted position.

Normally, the pad is supported by the beltbeing fastened to the loop '(3 below the spiral springs 4, the loop (i projecting below the lower edge ot' thc belt a sull'ieient distancekto allow the aniount of adjustment required. The two spiral springs l will be positioned'zdiove theupper edge of the belt a suil'icient extent to allow 'of the required leverage action; andthe 'outer ends ot these springs are bent together to form an operating arin 5. connected an under strap l1, this under strap passing 'below vthe abdomen of the wearer,.and being secured to the belt by means of a buckle 112 at the rearthereof.

As shown in Fig. l, the belt isworn above the hips, and its sole function is to supportthe pad at such a point that it will rest directly upon the tumor and torce it back into the body. The pressure is applied by tight- 'lo this operating' arm 5 is ening the under strap 1l; and it will -be apparent that a pull on the lower end of the arm 5 will stress the alined spiral springs 4 in such a way as to cause the loop 6 to press inward upon the cushion or pad 7. The amount ot pressure is of course regulated by giving the proper relative dimensions to the lever arm foi-mrd by t-he parallel portions of wire constituting the loop 6, and the operating arm 5'; and by adjusting the pad up or down along the wire portions forming the loop (i, and it will be apparent that the lever arm formed by the parallel wire portions constituting the loop G, and the operating arm 5 formed by the wire portions leading from the opposite ends of the alined spiral springs si, constitute a sort of bell-crank lever, the arms ot' which have resilient connection with each other through the spiral springs ll, and which is admirably1 adapted to give the desired result.

From the above it will be apparent that when the belt is once secured around the body ot the wearer it does not again have to be touched; and that the degree of pressure applied by the pad or cushion is obtained solely by tightening or untightening the under strap il. The pressure is a constant, active pressure, owing to the action of the alined spiral springs 4, which will always take up any slack in the strap ll that might be produced by the movements of the wearer in walking. llence, all the galling, blistering and cutting into the flesh, which often result in ca..es where the belt has to be tigl'itened in order to cause the pad or cushion to be pressed against the hernial opening, are entirely avoided. The loop portion of the spring always exerts a gentle pressure through the pad directly upon the atl'ected part. ri`his pressure has a slight upward tendency, forcing the tumor back through thy abdominal opening and eifecting a eure wherever a cure is possible. y

I have found that my improved device is equally applicable to inguinal, scrotal or navel rupture, and in all such cases can be worn with the greatest possible amount ot ease and comfort.

l wish to emphasize the fact that the belt serves merely to support the truss in place, and not. to apply pressure to the pad. The pad is presse l against. the tumor by tightening the under strap which aetuates the lever a rm 5; and thus all the inconvenience which is necessarily produced by trusses in which elastic belts are employed to' press the pad against the tumor is eliminated.

llaving thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A device. ot' the kind described, coin-- prising a belt, leverage means comprising a pair ot converging arms mounted 111 resilient relation to each other supported by said belt, said belt passing between said arms, a pad or cushion connected to the inner of said arms, and a strap connected to the outer of said arms at one end and to the belt at the other end to operate said leverage means to apply pressure to the pad or cushion, said belt, owing to its location between said arms, serving to hold the pad snugly and to prevent the same from wabbling about the outer of said arms as an axis. i

2. A device of the kind described comprising a supporting belt, leverage means comprising a single piece of wire having portions bent parallel to each other to form a U-shaped loop, and then being bent to t'orin alined spiral springs adjacent the ends otl said parallel portions, the wire portions leading from the other ends of said spiral springs being bent substantially' parallel to form an operating arm, a pad or cushion connected to the parallel Wire portions torming the U-shaped loop, and a tightening strap connected to the Wire portions leading from the other ends of said springs at one end and to said belt at the other end, to apply pressure to said pad by pulling upon said leverage means, the wire portions forming the loop and the wire portions leadin from the other ends of the alined spira springs making an acute angle with each other, said belt being located between the loop and the portions connected to the tightening strap.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a supporting belt, leverage means comprising a single piece of wire having portions bent parallel to each other to form a U-sliaped loop, and then being bent to form alined spiral springs adjacent the ends of said parallel portions, the wire portions leading from the other ends of said spiral springs being bent substantially parallel to form an operating arm, a pad or cushion connected to the parallel wire portions forming the U-shaped loop, and a tightening strap connected to the wire portions leading from the other ends of said springs at one end and to said belt at the other end, to apply pressure to said pad by pulling upon said leverage means, t-he wire portions forming the loop and the wire portions leading from the other ends of the alined spiral springs making an acute angle with each other.

4. A device of the kind described comprising a belt, leverage means comprising a pair of converging arms supported by said belt, said arms being connected by coiled springs to be mounted in resilient relation to each other, said belt passing between said arms, a pad or cushion connected to the 1nner of said arms, and a strap connected to the outer of said arms at one end and to the Y belt at the other end to operate the. leverage name to this specication in the presence of means ti) lgplply,pressure to 1the pad gr cush two subscribing witnesses.

on, sai e t, owin toits ocation etween said arms, serving'gto hold the pad snugly FREDERCK DASS-ORI- 5 and-to 'prevent the same from Wabbling Witnesses:

. about .theA outer of said varms as an axis. JOHN F. CORRIGAN,

In testimony whereof I have signed my' JAMES L. MADIGAN.

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