US329682A

US329682A - Louis schmitt

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Publication number: US329682A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-11-03
Anticipated expiration: 1902-11-03

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(ModeL) L. SOHMITT.

TRUSS.

No. 329,682. Patented Nov. 3, 1885.

N. PUERS. Phoio'LithognpIur. Wnhinglon. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC LOUIS SGHMITT, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,682, dated November 3, 1885.

Application filed December 4, 1684. Serial No. 149,461.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS SoHM1TT,a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to trusses adapted to be used more particularly in the different varieties of hernia; and it consists in the parts which will behereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

The object of this invention is to produce a truss having its pad at once adapted to be used for both oblique and direct inguinal hernia, and also for right and left scrotal hernia. By means of the concavity the-pad is better adapted to conform to the body as well as to prevent the escape of the herniabeyond its limits,th us conducing to the comfort of the wearer. My improved truss, moreover, can be produced at a very small cost compared with the metallic ones heretofore in use.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings,Figure 1 represents the improved truss as adapted to retain a scrotal hernia of the right side. Fig. 2 is a top view of the pad and metallic connections as adapted for a left scrotal hernia. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view through the pad on line as x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detached view of one of the metallic connections adapted to be secured to an elastic band and connect with the pad when in use. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the pad adapted to be used for inguinal hernia, and Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the same on line 0 o.

The following is a detailed description of the invention, including the manner of its operation and use.

A, again referring to the drawings, designates the pad, as made from box-wood or other suitable material, its general form being oval. The under or bearing surface,a, is concave or slightly cup-shaped, and terminating in wellrounded edges a, the top surface being convex.

(Model.)

Therefore any of its longitudinal or transverse cross-sections would be concavo convex in form, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6.

The form of pad represented in Fig. 5 is v particularly adapted for persons suffering from inguinal hernia, While that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is especially adapted for scrotal hernia, the notched portion e, at one side or edge of the pad, adapting it to be worn directly against the root of the penis without producing pressure upon that organ.

B designates a strap or band, made from Webbing or other suitable flexible material which is more or less elastic, and provided with a buckle or other equivalent adjusting device, I).

O designates a strap or band, also provided with adjusting means 0', and connected, by means of the sliding hoop c, with the body band B, before described.

H is a metallic hook or connection having an elongated opening, h, and an aperture, 1', therein, as fully shown in Fig. 4.

H isa similarly-formed metallic hook having, in addition to said openings h i, the curved slot h therein. These hooks are bent to conform to the convexity of the pad. (See Fig. 3.) One end ofthe band B has the hook H firmly secured thereto, while the other end freely passes through the opening h of the hook H, and is secured by means of an adjusting device, b. The free end of the strap 0 also passes through an opening, h, of another hook H, and is firmly secured thereto, Fig. 1.

d designates a bindingscrew, which passes through the curved slot h, and into the pad, for the purpose of adj ustably securing the hook H to the pad.

S is a pin projecting from the upper or convex surface of the pad and near its center, for the purpose of attaching the hooks H H. thereon.

Assuming now a person to have a scrotal hernia upon the right side, as indicated in Fig. 1, the truss would be applied as follows: The pad being first placed in position approximating the seat of the hernia, the hook H being already connected with the pad, the free end of the band B is passed around the body above the hips and connected with the pad in front by means of its hook H, when,

finally, the strap 0, depending from the right side of the band, is brought up and passed between the legs of the wearer and attached in turn to the pad by means of its hook H.

The band B is obviously adapted to be lengthened and shortened by means of ,a buckle or slide, b, the same also being true of the strap 0.

" The relative position of the pad to the band B may be altered, if desired, by means of the clamping-screw d.

In case of inguinal hernia the pad shown in Fig. 5 may be substituted, the bands B 0 being of course readjusted to conform to the new requirements.

The truss is instantly removed from the body by simply unhooking the two connections or hooks H H of the bands 0 B,respectively.

The pad A may be covered with soft leather or other suitable material, if desired, and may also be slightly padded upon its concave surface without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I do not claim,broadly,a truss consisting of 25 a pad and adjustable retaining straps or bands,

as such devices have been made prior to my