US2423215A - Truss - Google Patents

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July 1, 1947. c. WELTER I TRUSS Filed'Feb. 16, 1945 3mm Zlfeiter Patented July 1, 1947 UNITED STATES TENT OFFICE TRUSS Grover C. Welter, Roswell, N. Mex.

Application February 16, 1945, SerialNo. 578,216

1 Claim.

This invention relates to trusses.

An object of the invention is the provision of a truss in the form of a pocket in which is removably mounted a light compressible material of sufiicient thickness so that when the pocket is applied and held in place on the human body it will exert sufficient pressure for the purpose.

Another object of the invention is the provi sion of a truss in the form of a pad which includes a pocket having removably mounted therein a block or piece of sponge rubber of the proper shape so that when the pad is held on to the body by straps the pad will exert sufficient pressure for the purpose.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a truss which includes a pad and removable straps for supporting the pad on the body of the wearer, said pad including a pocket open at its upper end and formed of fabric with the upper open end being straight, and with the side walls being curved inwardly toward the bottom, 2. block of sponge rubber being formed to fit the pocket and removably mounted therein, said sponge rubber being of various thicknesses, said block being relatively wide at the top and tapering toward the lower end.

This invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, in view of the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification, nevertheless, it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to the disclosure, being susceptible of such changes and modifications as define no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claim.

Fig. l is a plan view of the truss showing attached straps removably connected to a pad.

Fig. 2 is a side View of the truss.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken along the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section showing the attaching means for straps.

Referring more particularly to the drawings it generally designates a pocket which has its upper edge ll open and out along straight lines. This pocket is formed of any suitable fabric and is closed along the stitching generally designated by the numeral 12. The offset side walls of the pocket as shown at l3 and M respectively are curved downwardly and inwardly so that the bottom portion i5 is considerably narrower than the upper edge H of the pocket. The central bottom portion of the pocket is cut away as shown at IE to form a curved notch.

A pair of buttons 20 and 2| are connected to 2 the front Wall 22 of the pocket adjacent the curved side edge l3. Each button, as shown in Fig. 4, has an inner flange 23, a neck 24 and an outer flange or head 25. These buttons are inserted through an opening 26 in the front wall 22. The front wall is also provided with buttons iii, 32 and 33. All are of light construction and mounted through openings in the front wall of the pocket. The rear wall 35 is smooth since itcomes in contact with the human body.

A strap generally designated by the numeral it has its ends provided with bayonet slot 4| and one of these slots is adapted to be received by one of the buttons 20 or 2| as shown in Fig. 1. A strap 42 has its ends provided with bayonet slots it and one slot on one end of the strap is received by a button 30, while a slot on the other end of the strap is received by a button 35. The straps ii! and 42 are adapted to be engaged around the legs of the wearer.

A strap it which engages around the back of the wearer has a bayonet slot A6 at each end and one slot receives the button 32 while the other slot receives the button 33.

A block 56 is formed of sponge rubber and shaped to fit within the pocket I0 between the front wall 22 and the rear wall 35. As shown more particularly in Fig. 3 the upper end 5| of the block is relatively wide while the lower end 52 tapers approximately to a thin edge. The rear portion 53 of this block bulges rearwardly so that it will exert pressure on the injured portion of the body when the pad is applied to said body. However, the face of the pad may be varied to suit a particular case. Therefore, the size will also be varied.

The block 59 is unattached to the inner walls of the pocket so that it may be readily replaced by different sizes of the block.

When the truss has been applied to the body, the pad is applied to the abdomen while the strap 55 engages around the back of the wearer with the slots 46 on the end of the straps being received by the buttons 32 and 33.

The straps 4i} and 42 engage around the legs of the wearer and a slot 4| of the strap 4!] is selected to be received by the button 23 or 2|, in order to exert the proper pressure against the injured portion of the body. Likewise, slots 43 on the ends of the strap 42 are selected to be received by the buttons 3.0 and 3! in order that th pad will exert the proper pressure. In other words, straps A i) and 42 when properly adjusted will cooperate to exert the correct pressure on the injured portion of the human body.

I claim:

A truss comprising a body portion composed of front and back pieces of fabric having parallel straight top edges and arcuate edges extending downwardly from each end of the straight portion and notched in an upwardly extending curve at their centers, said back piece being of greater area along all of said curved edges than the front piece to provide a margin thereon overlapping the corresponding edges of said front piece, a row of stitching passing through the three thicknesses of material thus formed, said straight edges being unconnected, a removable resilient pad located in the pocket between said pieces, button studs secured through the front pieces at each of its corners, a body belt connected to said buttons, sets of other button studs also connected through the front piece at each side of the notch therein and between said notch and the first mentioned studs and leg straps connected to each of said sets of buttons.

GROVER C. WELTER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,253,103 Barlow Aug. 19, 1941 1,651,183 Chesterman Nov. 29, 1927 1,488,316 Chittenden Mar. 25, 1924 522,764 Nagler July 10, 1894 1,081,189 Amendola 1 Dec. 9, 1913 1,601,117 Hampton et al Sept. 28, 1926 1,205,749 Kellogg Nov. 21, 1916 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 528,474 France Aug. 18, 1921

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