US45511A - Improvement in artificial limbs - Google Patents
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- US45511A US45511A US45511DA US45511A US 45511 A US45511 A US 45511A US 45511D A US45511D A US 45511DA US 45511 A US45511 A US 45511A
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
- A43B7/14—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts
- A43B7/1405—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form
- A43B7/1415—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form characterised by the location under the foot
- A43B7/142—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form characterised by the location under the foot situated under the medial arch, i.e. under the navicular or cuneiform bones
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- my invention consists in the construction of artificial limbs symmetrical in shape, of great lightness and durability, and as nearly as possible in the form of the natural limb to be mated.
- I use the hardest and most tlexible wood I can procure, and which I cut into strips after the form of c Z1 c of the drawing, suitable in length, width, and thickness for the size of the limb to be made.
- I construct three shells or layers, building one upon the other, and fastening them by means of water-proof cement by the application of steam and powerful machinery.
- Tl-1e strip b of the middle shell or layer, e is ot" one unbroken piece, and is wrapped in spiral form around the inner shell, d, conforming to the shape ofthe limb.
- a plaster cast from the natural limb may be used with the greatest advantage in deterinining the shape ofthe strips a and c.
Description
UNITED STATES i Y .rw
ANTON MENNEL, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.
IMPROVEMENT IN ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,5 l l, dated Decelnbcr 20, 1,864.
To @ZZ whom, t may concern:
Be it known that l, ANTON MENNEL, ot' the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Artiiicial Limb; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters marked thereon, making a part of this specitication.
The nature of my invention consists in the construction of artificial limbs symmetrical in shape, of great lightness and durability, and as nearly as possible in the form of the natural limb to be mated.
To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction.
I use the hardest and most tlexible wood I can procure, and which I cut into strips after the form of c Z1 c of the drawing, suitable in length, width, and thickness for the size of the limb to be made. Of these strips I construct three shells or layers, building one upon the other, and fastening them by means of water-proof cement by the application of steam and powerful machinery. The strips a and c of the inner shell, d, and the outer shell, j', re-
spectively, are varied in their width or gered so that when they come together in cylindrical form they will be of the peculiar shape sought. Tl-1e strip b of the middle shell or layer, e, is ot" one unbroken piece, and is wrapped in spiral form around the inner shell, d, conforming to the shape ofthe limb.
Great care and precision must be used in the manner in which the strips a and e of tl1e shells d and f are gored or varied in width, respectively, so that when they are put together they may form as nearly as possible a perfect-shaped limb.
A plaster cast from the natural limb may be used with the greatest advantage in deterinining the shape ofthe strips a and c.
What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-
The construction of artificial limbs by means ot'the strips a, b,and c, in combination, cemented compactly together, the shells d, e, and j', forming one shell, substantially as above de scribed. v
ANTON MENNEL.
Witnesses:
W. L. Woons,
ARTHUR DE WI'izLEBEN.
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