US265672A

US265672A - Supporting bandage

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Publication number: US265672A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-10-10
Anticipated expiration: 1899-10-10

Description

(mm) E. H. HART.

RIING BANDA-GE. SUPPO' Patented 0011.10, 1882.

No. 265,672. V

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cured to the outer or lower part of the bag, and

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD H. HART, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUPPORTING-BANDAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 265,672, dated October 10, 1882. Appneation nieu August 23, 1882. (Model.)

of. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, 011 an enlarged scale, of the bag.

This invention relates to an improved bandage for the penis; and it consists in the new arrangement ot elastic cords for holding` a bag in place, and also in a new construction of bag, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, A represents a belt intended to be placed around the Waist and to be buckled or otherwise secured in place thereon.

B is the penis-bag, of porous material.

O and D are elastic cords fo'r uniting said The cord C has its ends seis passed through a ring or eye, et, which is attached to the belt A. Above its points `of attachment to the bag, which are represen ted as rings b b, the cord passes through eyes d d, that are affixed to the bag-B, as clearly shown in Fig. l. 0n the opposite side (see Fig. 2) are secured to the lower part of the bag the ends Vof the elastic cord D, which cord also passes through eyes e e, that are affixed to the upper portion otthe bag. The cord I) also passes through a ring,f, that is held on a snaphook, g, which isattached to the belt; but the cord D may also be directly placed into said snap-hook. In lieu of a snap-hook, a plain hook may be used.

The elastic cords, being thus joined to the belt and bag, hold the latter in place, and by being passed through the eyes cl and e they hold the bag in proper form, dispensing with the necessity ofem ploying elastic rings around the penis. The hook enables the patient to readily unt'asten the cord D and disen gage the bag; but the bag will still remain connected to the belt.

Instead of the ring a for the cord C, another hook may be employed. The eyes d and e may be formed of threads or of metal..

The bag Bis of suitable porous fabric, lined on the inner side with a removable lining, h, of water-proof material, such as oiled silk, sheet india-rubber, or the like. Within the lining 71. is another removable lining, t, of cotton lint or wadding, which will absorb moisture or hold medicaments; but no moisture will strike through the lining h, and the garments will thus be protected from contact therewith. The elastic cords render the bag sel tadj ustin g.

I am aware that water-prooil bags containing absorbents are old; but they were objectionable, because the body of the bag was water-proof and no opportunity given for its removal. My improved bagB can be used as a.

porous bag byitself, and can receive afresh and clean lining lt several times a day, which frequently, when medicines that ai'ect said lining are used, becomes necessary.

I claiml. The combination of the bag B with the eyes d e, elastic cordsV C D, belt A, and one or more hooks, substantially as herein shown and described.

`2. The porous bag B, lined on the inner side with a removable water-proof lining, t, which contains an interior removable porous lining, t', substantially as herein shown and described.

ED H. HART.

Witnesses:

WILLY G. E. SCHULTZ, A. W. BEiEsEN.