US1736515A - Corn pad - Google Patents

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Nov. 19, 1929. V P. a. ANDERSON 1 CORN PAD Filed Sept. 20. 1927 INVENTOR.

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Patented Nov. 19, 1929 PATENT OFFICE PERCY Gr. ANDERSON, 0F ELGIN, ILLINOIS CORN PAD Application filed September 20, 1927. Serial No. 220,776.

My invention relates to appliance for the relief of corns and similar deformities of the feet or toes, and my main object is to provide a novel pad for this purpose which com- 5 pletely cures or dislodges the deformity.

A further object of my invention is to provide a pad of the above kind which seats upon the area surrounding the deformity, and therefore exerts no pressure upon the same so as to cause pain.

Another object of the invention is to construct a novel pad of firm material whereby it may exert an unyielding pressure in the area surrounding the deformity and thus occasion the eventual dislodgement thereof from its root or seat.

A still further object of my novel corn pad is to construct the same of a height suflicient to shield a corn or other deformity from the friction and pressure of the shoe, so that the dislodgment of the deformity is not retarded or pain occasioned thereto.

A final but nevertheless important object of the invention is to construct the same in extremely simple form, in order that it may be easy of application and inexpensive to produce.

With the above objects in view, and any others that may suggest themselves from the 0 specification and claims to follow, a better understanding of the invention may be gained from the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the novel corn pad as seen from above;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the same, as seen from below; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section showing the application of the pad to the corn or similar deformity.

Despite numerous remedies produced and applied for the relief or removal of corns, the fact remains that many individuals have suffered acute pains from deformities of this a kind for long periods, and have despaired of ever attaining a cure. Many applications have been used to relieve pain occasioned by corns, but to my knowledge no appliance exists which both relieves pain and ultimately secures the dislodgement or removal of the vwith the short exis entire corn; in other words, where many applications have been made to relieve, none has effected a complete cure. I have, therefore, evolved a structure which accomplishes the objects anticipated above by a unique method, 0

supplylng a long-felt want.

By specific reference to the drawing, it will be noted that the body of the novel pad is built up of a number of plies or layers 5 of a ringlike formation. The material of which these rings are composed may be buckram, heavily starched cloth, stifi felt, or any relatively stiff or firm material which would retain its shape and suffer no change from the environment to which it is applied. The body of the pad is formed by gluing or otherwise securing t-he number of the above-men tioned rings in superposed relation, and the form of the composite ring is generally elliptical, so as to give the internal opening 6 of the pad a relatively large expanse. Upon the body 5 is adhesively secured a cloth patch or facing 7 of a form similar to that of the body, and the patch is laterally extended in opposite directions with integral tapes 8. The adhesive of the patch is continued along the same surface of both tapes, as indicated at 9. The direction of the tapes is in line of the elliptical pad opening.

As noted in Figure 3, the novel pad is supplied by setting the same over the deformity 10 of the toe or other body member 11, so as to lodge or seat upon the region surrounding the deformity. The tapes 8 are then wrapped around the toe or body member to securely hold the pad in place. Of course, the adhesive on the tapes is retained in plastic condition for this purpose by a suitable gauze lining 12 upon which the pad is mounted for handling purposes, this lining being removable and for the present purpose indicated by dotted lines.

It will be noted that the height of the pad is greater than that of the corn or deformity so that the upper or top of the shoe does not come in contact with the corn to .chafe or press the same with resultant pain to the wearer. l/Vhatever pressure is exerted by the upper or top of the shoe is transmitted through the pad to the region surrounding the corn, where no pain would be occasioned. The repeated or contant pressure is intended however, to have a more important effect, that is, to induce the dislodgment or removal of the deformity. Thus, the direction of this pressure may be indicated by the dot-ted lines 13, which lead to the region of the root of the deformity, which is schematically indicated at let. The tendency is thus not to compress or sink the deformity, but rather to dislodge or raise the same from a lateral direction. This action when continued for a period of a few weeks, and in extreme cases a few months, succeeds in unseating the deformity from its socket or bed in the body member, eventually causing the deformity to be dislodged and separated from such body member, root and all.

It may be assumed that the continued pres sure of the pad to unseat the deformity will cause the pad to drop to a lower level and conversely the deformity to rise where contact with the upper or top of the shoe would again cause pain. Such a situation could easily be remedied by a replacement of the old pad with a new one of greater height. Or, in case the pressure has but compressed the pad to render its body thinner, the replacement would be by a new pad of normal height, the object being to maintain the pressure of the shoe upon the pad only, and to transmit the same continually to the region surrounding the deformity, so as to work the same up progressively. Owing to the simple construction of the novel pad, it may be furnished in sets of two, three or a half-dozen, with varying heights, so that the wearer could always choose a higher pad as the effect of the previous one ceases. Also, I may choose to build the body of the pad in but one piece of suitable material instead of building the same up of layers, this material also being hard or firm; of course, layers more readily suggest facility in varying the height of the pad during its manufacture.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a pad which is not only extremely simple and handy, but continually performs its work of dislodging or unseating the deformity without pain to the wearer. It has proven all of my contentions in use on deformities of the most obdurate chronic type, and succeeds in removing the corn or other deformity if given sufficient time and kept under observation on the lines explained. I am aware that other ring-shaped corn pads may be found on the market, but these are inadequate for my purpose because they are of a soft or compressible material; also, because the opening therein is relatively small. When in use, these pads yield to the pressure of the shoe top, so that soon the latter bears on the prominent or sensitive portion of the corn and occasions pain; also, the pad itself contributes to cause pain, since it bears on the corn itself due to the small opening. Because my pad is of a hard and unyielding consistency, and is made with a relatively large opening, it is caused by the pressure of the shoe top to bear firmly and consistently upon the tissue surrounding the deformity, performing its task without causing pain. The elongation of the pad opening laterally of the toe or body member allows more clearance, and permits the pad to be slightly flexed as applied and bound, to more nearly conform to the toe or body member.

I claim:

A corn pad comprising a fastening ring having oppositely disposed extensions coated on one surface thereof with adhesive, and a plurality of superimposed relatively hard rings of buckram on said fastening ring and alined therewith.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PERCY o. ANDERSON.

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