US1350863A - Suspensory - Google Patents

Description

J. C. FOWLER.

SUSPENSORY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7, 1915.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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m m m J UNETED STATES JOHN C. FOWLER, OF SYRACUSE, MW YORK.

SUSPENSORY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

Application filed December 7, 1915. Serial No. 65,609.

b all whom c't may concern:

Be it known that l 501m U. FowLnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Suspensory, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in suspensories, and especially in the form and texture of the sack, or bag, and the simple method of supporting the sack, or bag se curely in its proper position: and the objects of my improvements are, first to provide a suspensory, of exceedingly cheap and simple construction; second, to furnish a sack or bag that will conform to the scrotum, be easily adjusted and removed and replaced, without disturbing its supports, and when the wearer is dressed or undressed; third, to support and maintain such sack or bag in its proper position, and without irritation or discomfort to the wearer, by simply two narrow tapes or bands requiring no buckles, belts or other attachments, such as are required by the patents granted to B. Golland Feby. 21, 1888, No. 378,304, and to M. B. Hirsch Aug. 14, 1906, No. 828,651, and to E. A. Schmertz January 19, 1909, No. 909,948; and, fourth, to make the sack or bag, of such form, make, and material and texture, as will easily wash or clean and not sag, and, in combination with such supports, will secure not only all of the above mentioned objects, but will also cure certain weaknesses to which the scrotum is subjected.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a perspective view of the suspensory as made in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same and Fig, 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line IH-III of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A represents a suspensory bag or sack, which is made preferably of linen, silk, wire cloth or other material suitable for the purpose and is so constructec as to retain its form, and it may be easily washed or cleaned. The bag or sack may be made from one or more pieces so as to shape it to the desired form. BB are bracing tapes which are permanently or detachably attached to the upper and opposite sides of a continuous stiffening tape rim C which tape is secured by stitches around the upper edge of the bag or sack ,to reinforce the same. The bracing tapes BB are made of sufficient length of about three and one-half feet more or less, and extended beyond the continuous stiffening tape C to form supporting tapes, so that they may be positioned about the wearers body to securely support the sack or bag in position.

The bag A is hammock-shaped, and may be a little higher in the back than in the front, with its continuous stiffening tape C made semi or flexibly rigid as by a heavily stitched hem upon it or by a cord, wire, tape, etc, stitched about the upper edge thereof, and is preferably made of two equal parts stitched together.

The bag is provided with a transversely extending ridge or valley D over which is secured a reinforcing tape F which is held thereto by suitable stitches E.

The bracing tapes B are made of a single piece of material and are secured by its central portion to the underside of the ridge and extend upwardly and about each side of the bag beyond the rim thereof thereby forming a reinforcement of that portion of the bag so as to help support and bear the strain placed thereon.

I claim:

A suspensory comprising a hammocl shaped bag, a continuous stiffening tape applied to the edge thereof, means for holding the bottom of the bag in the form of an inward disposed ridge, a bracing tape secured intermediate of its ends to the continuous stiffening tape and extending across the bottom of the bag transversely of said ridge, the ends of said bracing tape extended beyond said stiffening tape to form supporting tapes.

JOHN C. FOVLER. itnesses FRANK B. CLEMoNs, DANIEL F. TVALSH.

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