US2690747A

US2690747A - Applicator

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Publication number: US2690747A
Application number: US216858A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frallic Mary Ellen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1951-03-22
Filing date: 1951-03-22
Publication date: 1954-10-05
Anticipated expiration: 1971-10-05

Description

M. E. FRALLIC @cito 1, 195% APPLICATOR 2 Sheets-Sheet Z Filed March 22, 1951 Mney LLN EQQLL/c,

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APPLICATOR Filed March 22, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Maeg 54mm FQQAL/G INVENTOR.

Patented Oct. 5, 1954 STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims. 1

Occasionally a person's elbow must be treated with a salve or an ointment or the like. Due to the pointed, angular nature of an elbow it is not easy to apply such an ointment in a manner to prevent it from becoming wiped 01?. One of the objects of this invention is to provide an applicator of simple construction with features of contact for the elbow to enable it to maintain an ointment or salve against ones elbow.

Another object is to provide such an applicator with means for holding a pad carrying such an ointment, or a medicament in such a way that the pad will not work itself out of place when the forearm is moved more or less by bending the arm at the elbow.

Elbows are sometimes subject to callous formations, which are unsightly when they occur on the arms of ladies who are to appear in formal dress to attend social entertainments.

My device may be used for applying a salve or ointment to elbows such as are treated in beauty shops, or may be used by persons wishing to treat their own elbows by using such an applicator for applying creams or other applications to the same.

Further objects of the invention will appear from the following specification and an examination of the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the novel parts and combination of parts to be described hereinafter, all of which contribute to produce an efiicient applicator.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is described in the following specification, while the broad scope of the invention is pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic View illustrating an elbow to which the applicator is applied, the applicator being shown in longitudinal section, on its major axis.

Figure 2 is a view showing the inner face of the applicator in plan.

Referring more particularly to the parts, the applicator includes a flexible body I, composed of an outer layer or piece la, and an inner piece or layer it. The piece la is preferably elliptical with a major and a minor axis. In the present instance these two pieces are of oval form as indicated in Figure 2. The inner piece lb operates as a liner and these two parts are superposed and sewed together at their edges by stitching them so as to form along a portion of their periphery to form a seam 2. In practice, preferably, these two parts are substantially co-extensive, and are iii sewed together superposed upon each other. Afterwards they are turned inside out so as to have the seam disposed inwardly between these two parts. seam 2 does not extend completely around the applicators periphery, but terminates at two points located, for example, at two separated locations, such as indicated at c and d in Figure 2. The applicator is then turned right side out by reaching in and pulling the material inside out through the opening, or gap in the seam. This will bring the parts la and lb into the relation indicated in Figure 1. The gap in the stitching may then be completed by stitching between these points 0 and d. This method of making any article having an inturned seam is well known in the art of sewing, and is not part of my invention. These parts may be of any material, preferably fabric or other flexible material.

Towards the ends of the body I, I provide means for enabling the same to be attached to an arm adjacent its elbow 3. Any suitable means may be employed for this purpose, but in the present instance I prefer to provide two elastic loops E and 55 made from two bands of elastic material, the ends of which are attached by stitching 8 to the edges of the body at four symmetrically 10- cated points, as indicated in Figure 2.

On the inner side of the liner lb, 1 provide a diaphragm l preferably consisting of two superposed layers including an inner layer fa and an outer layer lb that are secured together adjacent their margins by stitching 8. This diaphragm l is formed with a central aperture 9 which, in the present instance, has substantially the form or outline indicated in Figure 2, that is to say, it is elongated along the longitudinal axis of the oval form of the applicator, presents two arcuate edges 9a and 9b the former of which is curved on an are that conforms to the direction of curvature of the upper edge H3 of the body I as shown in Figure 2, while the are 922 below, conforms in direction of curvature to the lower edge i l of the body I.

And these edges and 9b are connected by substantially straight edges I2 that are disposed at right angles to the major axis of the body l. The edges of the aperture 9 are capable of engaging and holding a pad in the opening 9, as indi cated in Figure 1. They are preferably reinforced in any suitable manner; in the present instance this is accomplished by stitching together the juxtaposed edges of two apertures cut in the diaphragm layers la and lb to form a seam l3; and after sewing this seam, the outer layer In other words when first formed this lb is folded around and over the other layer so as to place the two outer edges of these pieces substantially superposed before stitching them with the stitches 8.

The extreme edge [4 of the inner layer la of the diaphragm is connected by stitching at l5 to the inner face of the liner lb; this stitching is located at points removed from the edges of the opening 9 (see Figure 1). I prefer to stitch the diaphragm in place with a waterproof inner liner I6 held in position between the edge It and the liner ib. This waterproof liner I6 prevents any liquid carried in a pad H held in the aperture 9 from coming into contact with the cover member la, of the body I. Furthermore, the diaphragm is waterproof, that is to say its two sections 1a and lb are also formed of waterproof material. In other words, the liner [6 and the diaphragm l are preferably made of a thin waterproof material such as sheet plastic. If desired, these parts may be made of thin elastic sheet material.

The diaphragm i and the waterproof liner l6 are preferably of angular form and in the present instance are of square form as illustrated in Figure 2. The dotted lines 3 and i5 indicate the approximate location of the stitches that secure the diaphragm and the waterproof liner IE to the inner side of the body 5.

ihere is some advantage in having the diaphragm of angular form because when a pad such as the pad l? is inserted in the aperture 9 its ends, located as they are, adjacent the angles 58 and it formed by the stitches 8, assist in holding the pad against shifting. The parallel edges 32 also assist in preventin the pad from shifting.

In using the applicator, the pad ll should be inserted in the aperture and should be slightly larger than the aperture soas to enable it to project somewhat beyond the edges of the aperture at the back and the forward sides thereof, and this, of course, assists in holding the pad in position. After putting the pad in place its inner face should be treated with the solution or salve or other medicament that is desirable to use. After which the applicator is slipped over the wrist and slid up the fore-arm to the elbow, where it is adjusted into position as indicated in Figure 1.

It will be evident that the space between the diaphragm and the liner is bounded by the stitches 8 forms a pocket that may function to retain a pad of soft absorbent material without using the extreme edge of the aperture as indicated in Figure l to accomplish this.

While I prefer to employ the shapes illustrated for the body I and the diaphragm and the liner i 5, it is obvious that other shapes for these parts may be employed in practicin this invention. Also, other means than that illustrated may be employed for securing the applicator in position at the elbow. And any kind of material may be employed for the outer layer la and the inner layer lb of the body I.

When the applicator is in place at the elbow the bands 4 and 5 hold it with the major axis of the aperture extending substantially in the plane in which the fore arm and the upper arm lie.

Many other embodiments of the invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a device of the kind described, to be attached to ones arm at the elbow to retain a pad, the combination of a fiexible body havin means for encircling the arm above the elbow and below the elbow, and a diaphragm attached on the inner side of said body having an aperture therein with ed es operating to retain the pad, and holding the same in contact with the elbow.

2. A device of the kind described according to claim 1, including a waterproof liner connected to the diaphragm and located between the diaphragm and the inner face of said body.

3. A device to be used as an applicator for an elbow joint or the like, comprising the combination of a body of substantially oval form, capable of enveloping the joint, and a diaphragm on the inner side of said body, having an aperture therein, said diaphragm attached to said body at points removed outwardly from the edge of said aperture so as to form a retaining pocket back of the diaphragm for holding a pad between the diaphragm and said body, and elastic loops attached to said body respectively toward the ends thereof for securing the same to ones elbow.

4. An applicator for treating a person's elbow with a medicament, said applicator having a flexible body elongated along a major axis, and having loops adjacent its end portions for encircling the persons forearm and upper arm respectively, a waterproof liner and a diaphragm secured to the inner side of said body with the liner between the body .and the diaphragm, said diaphragm having an aperture therein elongated longitudi nally of the said major axis; said loops operating to secure the applicator to the elbow with the longitudinal axis of the aperture extending substantially in the plane in which the forearm and the upper arm lie.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,067,841 Bfeil July 22, 1913 2,069,643 Burke Feb. 2, 1937 2,140,598 Rhorer Dec. 20, 1938