US1050326A - Abdominal and hip supporter and stocking attachment. - Google Patents

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Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

H. ABRAMSON. ABDOMINAL AND HIP SUPPOETBR AND STOCKING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED $313.27, 1911.

INVENTDB WITNESSES tachnient of To all whom it may concern-.-

UNITED STATES PATENT orricn.

HARRY ABBAMSON, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14,1913.

Be it known that I, HARRY ABRAMSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county. of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Abdominal and Hip Supporter and Stocking Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a bandage or supporter applicable to the abdomen and hips of the wearer so the same with an upwardly holding supporting 'eiiect, the device being adjustable in said pressure and efiect and to dilierent sizes of bodies of wearers. The bandage is provided with separable tabs for the atstocking or hose supporters, all as will be hereinafter'set forth thenovel features being pointed out in the claim.

For the.purpose of explaining my invention, the accompanying a satisfactory reduction of the same topracv a band which is composed of said straps being of differential lengths,

tice, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific arrangement and organization shown and described.

The figure represents a perspective view of an abdominal and hip bandage or supporter, and a stocking and hose attachment embodying my invention.

Referring to the drawing :A designates side pieces B B of suitable fabric, the inner edges of which are cut bias on the lines C C, and joined by the inverted V- haped gore D, the inclined edges E E of which are secured to the bias edges C of the piece B. o

The goreD consists of ide members E which are separated from each other, the intervening space between the members being occupied by straps G of elastic material, whose ends are secured to said members E,

straps shortening from bottom to top. 1 'The upper portions of the side pieces B are extended laterally to a greater extent 7 than the lower po. ions thereof,;fonning the wings Hywhich constitute the upper corners of the band, it being seen that said piecesfB areadapted to embrace the'main portions ,of the abdomen of the wearer, and adapted to-embrace the fronts of the hip portions of the wearer.

Connected with the outer terminals of the wings H are the loops J of elastic material as to exert pressure on drawing illustrates the Application filed February 27, 1911. Serial 611,021.

to the bends of which are attached the hooks K, through which are passed the waist band strings, tapes or'straps L,.which are tastened to the tops of the band A, and their ends may be tied or knotted, whereby said straps may be tightened thus drawing together the loops J and causingthewings creatingpres sure on the abdomen both on the front o f'the same and below, ing the abdomen, main press the flesh of vthe abdomen upwardly from below and so sustain the same, preventing sagging thereof, thus assisting the abdomen to be supported fully at the front and sides while the supporting action of the device is. carried around the sides of the .hip portions of eifectiv'e service-the extent of pressure of The lower portions of the side pieces have therein upwardly extending recesses 14, which form the separated tabs N, which depend from said pieces as well and side pieces B'to follow the same, thus the body, thus causing the device to renderand the widest end thus holdwhile said wings the of the body at the sides the same being adjustable by theelastic as the sepa- 1 rated members of the gore D. Attached to'; j", said tabs are the stocking or hose supporters P,'which owing to the separation of said i tabs have great range of lateral motion in the connection of said supporters with the stockings or hose while theycreate a downward drat't on the'body of the bandage, and assistwhen] in use, in'holding' the same taut and close on the wearer. At the same time, when the wings H and adjacent portions of the band are drawn upwardly and laterally bythe loops J due to'thestrings L, said por-v 1 home yield'upwardly more freely-than if the recesses Mfdid not xist, and so permit the wings and 'sidesof the band to adaptthemselvesito the conformation of thebody;

of the wearer and so fully embrace the body, I v and press inwardly and upwardly against 9 the same and may be worn with great comfort without puckering,' wrinkling or chaft ing notions.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for The side pieces B of the band are matched being Wide at the top and bottom, the inverted gore pieces Fthrow out and so widen the band gradually toward the bottom, and impart a lateral fullness to the band where it fits more particularly around the lower portion of the abdomen. The wings H extend diagonally outward upon the side opposite the inner diagonal lines Eof the pieces B; and the ends of the loops J are attached to said wings one loelow the other so as to make5 as it were a broad draft on said Wings, thus causing the loops J and waist string L to draw saidwings diagonally laterally and consequently exert outwarddrarton the pieces B in the main from top to bottom Without requiring astring, strap or belt on the. lower portion of the hand.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure as Let ters Patent, is An abdominal bandage formed of separate side sections and elastic members centrally connecting the same, outturned Wings on the exterior sides and corner edges of said sections, elastic loops attached to. said Wings, hooks on the opposite loops, a Waist string connected with said wings, passed through said hooks and having its ends adapted to be united, and stocking supporting straps attached to the lower end of said sections.

HARRY ABRAMSON. Witnesses: 7 JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIMJ' N. Bossmenn.

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