US1914596A - Bandage - Google Patents

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J mm 20, 1933.

Patented June 20. 1933 UNI ED STATES PAT N oonnannmnnornnnormsiimaem! Y sumac:

' Application fled Iebruary 6, 1.31, Io.

curvatures at its opposite longitudinal wise determining the 'The banda fthelon tudinal ed 65 E to i f modified form of construction of the new bandage consists therein that said inwardlydirected curvature at the lon itudinal edges of said filling is of such con ormation that it will subdivide said filling into a front and a rear flap of even size.

A further modified form of construction of the new bandage consists therein that the [aforesaid curvature is dis laced from the transverse central line of t e filling so that there will be formed a front and a rear flap of different length and eventually also of difierent width.

A further modified form of construction of the new banda e consists therein that the pocket or hull or the filling is so constructed that it will span the aforesaid curvatures of said filling over a certain length thereof thus giving the bandage additional resistency during use.

Bandages of t e present kind are known which consist of a pocket or hull of auze with a fillin' g of superifilsed foils of ce ular material therein said ng forming an ob long strip inserted into said hull and having straight longitudinal edges, thus likestraight form of said hull along said straight longitudinal edges.

7 f0 part of my invention now is o improv construction resulting in the advantage that the banda e can no more slip or otherwise be dlsplace during use, this being due to the presence of the aforementioned curvatures on the longitudinal edges of the filling in connection with of the bandage as a e additional resiliency whole. Owin g the bandage -can no obtained in this manner more injure the skin or cause inflammations.

' bandage, Fig. 1 be' .resiliency 0 man, and. a Goran Imama, 1m.

' omen Besides, the new bandage on account oflthe I aforementioned curvatures at the longitudinal edges of the filling will roperl fit the bod and particularly the fbrm o the legs an prevent an undesirable compression of the bandage therebetween especially near the middle part of the latter. I

My new bandage may also be used with advantage as a dressing foninfants,'especiall as a substitute for swaddling clothes or t 9 like. The bandage in this case permits bemg securely fit to the body of the infant wlthout exerting any disagreeable pressure on the body of the infant and without causinglimy molestation to the latter.

the accompanying drawing I have shown some preferred forms of my new a perspective view of the spread apart h or pocket which, when properly folded to ether will form a receptacle for the filling which consists of a pad or pile of superposed foils of cellular material, Fig. 2, a perspective view of Fi 1 in properly folde condition with the filling enclosed, Fig. 3, a top-view on a filling of somewhat modified form and Fig. 4, a

pocket or hull for said filling, said pocket or hull being of the shape of a hose.

Referrin now more particularly to the drawing, t e filling b which consists of a pad or pile of superposed foils of cellular material is of reduced width at its middle portion by giving an inward curvature to both lon' tudinal edges of said filling with the resu t of obtainlng a filling havin' a middleportion of smaller width.. he pocket or hull a which may preferably be made from gauze is folded together according to Fig. 2 in well-known manner to enclose the pad or filling d, referably in such a manner thatthe longitu inal edges of said hull or pocket will span and fill up thecurvatures at the middle part of said pad or filling thus the bandage as a whole near the relatively rigid curved edges of the fillahe curvatures at the middle rtion of the filling b may, for instance, of the smooth form shown in Figs. land 2 or also providing for additional lateral of a sharper form as indicated in Fig. 8. If the smallest width of the filling b is positioned centrall of the length thereof, such as is shown in igs. 1 and 2, there'will be 5 formed at the front and rear end of said filling two flaps of even size, while if thesmall est width of the filling b is positioned out of the center of the length of the there will be obtained two flaps b, b of difierent le which, in addition, ma also be of di erentwidthasshownin .8. This latter form of filling is especi y suitable and advantageous if the bandage is used as a for infants of swaddling u b. a art-i1 befixed new 11 ageor may to the body of the person or infant in any desired manner for instance by using the lateral ends of the hull or ltet which probeyond the filling for astening support- 7 m5 stri s thereto.

he and however ma also be provided with a and c whic is awn throu h an aperture provided at either end of t e and the hull as indicated in Fig. 2, aid xed with its free ends to a supporting 1;. Instead of the hull a which is formed from an originall flat piece of fabric or the like, as shown in ig. 1, and folded together in.the manner shown in Fig. 2, there may also be provided a bull or ket in the form of a hose a into which e may beinsertedasindicatedinFigs.3an 4 I claim: y

In a bandage of the character described, incombination, a set ofsupefimsed layers of shaped oblong pieces of cell at material,

' the middle portions of the longitudinal side of said set of layers being cut awa to m restricted neck portions, and a so and yielding envelope having parallel sides enclosing the said set of. la ers on all sides -1 and extending from one en thereof to the other end of the same and across said restricted neck portion so as to enclose the latter and be substantially spaced therefrom and form therewith opposite spaces 1 adapted to receive the adjacent s aced portions of the envelope therein w en in the 'tion of use to prevent contact of the a era with the skin of the user.

testimony whereof I afix my si ature. CONRAD DI HL.

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