US616319A

US616319A - Truss

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Publication number: US616319A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-12-20
Anticipated expiration: 1915-12-20

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No. 6|6,3l9. Patented Dec. 20, I898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC STEPHEN A. D. HARDY, OF AIX, MISSOURI.

TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,319, dated December 20, 1898. Application filed January 21,1898. Serial No. 667,422. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN A. D. HARDY, of Aix, in the county of Barry and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hernia-Trusses, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide an improved truss which shall be capable of varied adjustments, whose parts may be readily attached, detached, and adjusted as desired to accommodate different wearers, and whose pressure may be varied quickly and conveniently as conditions require, and which may also be changed from a double to a single truss.

The construction and combination of parts are as hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myinvention as a whole. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are perspective views illustrating the detachable connection between shoulder-straps and hippads. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 5 5 of Fig.- 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the several attachments of a pad. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of such pad. Fig. Sis a perspective view of the adjustable yoke attached to the pad-plate. Fig. 9 is a vertical section on line 9 9 of Fig. 7. Fig. 10 includes an enlarged longitudinal and cross-section of the hook-lever. Fig. 11includes a plan and side view of one of the loops attached to the ends of the body-strap. Fig. 12 is a perspective view illustrating the means for converting the truss from double to single.

The pads 1 are adjustably connected, as hereinafter described, with an elastic bodystrap 2 and. elastic perineal straps 3. Both sets of such straps 2 3 are preferably formed of pure india rubber. The body-strap 2 passes through longitudinal pockets formed in the lower side of elongated hip-pads 4, which are freely slidable on said strap 2. Non-elastic shoulder-straps 5 are adjustably attached to the hip-pads 4and are connected at 6, where they cross on the back of the wearer. Their front ends adj ustably engage buckles 7, having hooks 8, Fig. 2, that engage any one of a row of vertical keyholeslits 9, which are alined horizontally and formed .in leather wear-pieces or reinforces sewed or otherwise permanently secured to the outer side of the hip-pads 4. The ends of the hooks 8 project laterally, as shown in Fig. 2, and therefore require to be placed in alinement with the slits inorder to attach or detach them from the hip-pads. The rear ends of the straps 5 similarly engage buckles 11, that are permanently attached to the hippads 4, near the lower edges of the latter. The perineal straps 3 are adj ustably connected with the aforesaid buckles 11 by a hinged attachment 12, so as to permit adjustment of the straps 3 and yet obviate any danger of their accidental slipping or detachment.

The two hollow pads 1,which are constructed of a fiat top plate and conical or rounded body, are detachably connected by a transverse non-elastic strap 13, having metal loops 14, Fig. 6, attached to its ends, which loops are provided with an internal V notch or slot adaptedto receive and lock with a roundhead screw 16, fixed in the flat face or top plate 17 of the pads 1. Said plate 17 is con structed of metal and has a longitudinal central row of screw-threaded holes 18, in which the screw 16 is fitted. The strap 13 is made adjustable in length by means of a buckle. This construction and combination of parts obviously permits the pads l a wide range of adjustment nearer to or farther from each other, so that they may be easily adapted to the size and form of different wearers.

The ends of the elastic body-strap 2 are adj ustably connected with the pads 1 by means of attachments in the form of curved loops 19, Figs. 3'and 11, having angular hooks 20, adapted to enter anyone of a transverse row of holes 21, formed in the top plate 17 of the pads 1 near their smaller ends. The said hooks 20 are inserted in the holes 21 by canting the loops 19, as shown in Fig. 7, and the shoulders of the hooks 20. abut the plate when in due looking position. It is apparent the hooks 20 maybe easilyattached and detached and that their adjustment is therefore easily and quickly effected.

The perineal straps 3' are connected with the pads 1 by extensible levers, which are constructed as follows: The lower ends of said straps 3 are secured to the bent ends of short metal tubes 22, in which short rods 23 are adapted to slide, the same being clamped by a screw 24, as shown. The outer ends of said rods 23 are bent twice to form a rightangular hook or engaging point 25, adapted to enter and lock with a device 26, Fig. 8, which I term a yoke, the same forming an adjustable attachment of the pad-plate 17. The said yokes 26 consist of two parallel plates 27, formed in one piece with and pendent from a plate having a cylindrical shank or boss 28, that passes from the back into a hole in the pad-plate 17, Figs. 7 and 9. On opposite sides of such hole are are slots 29, through which pass screws 30, that enter the plate or yoke and serve to clamp and hold the yoke 26 in any rotary adjustment on its axis.

The rods 23, which may be termed hooklevers, are attached to the pads 1 by placing them at a right angle to the pad-plate 17 and then inserting their hooked or angular ends 25 through the hole in the yoke 26, at the same time bringing them down to the position parallel to the pad-plate 17 shown in Fig. 7. The points 25 of the levers 23 will thus pass and lie between the lugs or ears 27 of the yoke 26, and it is apparent the angle of said levers to the longer axis of the pads 1 will correspond to the rotary adjustment of the yokes 26 as determined by the position of the clamp-screws 30 in the arc slots 29. Thus the pads 1 may be held in any position required in a particular case.

It will be seen that the tubes 22 and rods 23 constitute levers which are extensible in length and that the face of the pads is a Eulcru m or base of leverage therefor. By shortening or lengthening the levers either the body-strap or perineal straps can be given an advantage, so as to throw the pressure from the upper or smaller end of the pads, as may be desired. Further, the levers may be so adj usted as to hold the perineal straps off or out of contact with the cords and arteries in the inner front side of the thighs, which allows free circulation of the blood in the same and avoids chafing.

To convert the truss from double to single, one of the pads 1 is removed, along with its connecting-strap 13 and one of the perineal straps 3, and a short elastic piece or strap 31 (see Fig. 12) is attached to one end of the elastic body-strap 2 by means of a loop 32, While its lower end is connected with the screw 16 on the single remaining pad 1 by means of a loop 14:.

Whether the truss be used single or double, the pads l have a free adjustment on their axis 16, and thus accommodate themselves to the surface on which they rest.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination, with a truss-pad, of an adjustable attachment for connection with a strap, the same consisting of a plate having parallel ears on one side and a perforated boss inserted in a hole in the pad-plate, arc slots formed in the latter, and clamp-screws adapted to pass through said slots, and enter the adjustable plate or yoke, as shown and described.

2. The combination with a truss-pad proper, and a device which is set in the face-plate and adapted to rotate and to be looked as specified, of a strap having a rod or lever-hook attached thereto which is adapted for insertion in detachable engagement with said device, whereby it may be held at any required angle to the pad, as shown, for the purpose speci 3. The combination,with a truss-pad proper, and the yoke having pendent ears and a perforated boss, and means for securing it in any rotary adjustment, of a strap and a lever-hook adapted to enter and lock with said yoke, as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a truss,the combination with the trusspads and a body-belt, of the perineal straps and extensible levers attached to the latter, said levers being composed of two parts adapted to slide on each other, and one of them adapted to engage the face of the pads, as shown and described.

5. The combination with a hollow truss-pad, of a removable cap therefor provided with a hole andelongated curved slots on opposite sides of said hole, a yoke having a bushing loosely engaging in said hole, and ears f projecting from the yoke, and adjusting-screws secured to the yoke and passing through said elongated slots, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a truss, the combination with supportin g-straps and a belt of a truss-pad, connected with the belt, a perineal strap, a hollow bar on the end of the strap, a lever adjustably secured to said bar and formed with an angular hook on its outer end, adapted to engage in a perforation in the pad, substantially as described.

7. The combination with the belt, of atrusspad thereon, a yoke pivotally supported on the pad, and formed with a hollow bushing, means for adjusting the yoke, a perineal strap, and a lever on the end of the strap having a hook adapted to engage the said yoke, and a hook on the belt engaging with the pad sub stantially as set forth.

8. In a truss, the combination of the elastic belt, supporting-straps therefor, truss-pads, a hook on each end of the elastic belt, elastic perineal straps having each a lever at one end provided with a horn removably engaging an aperture in the pad, and a strap connecting the pads, substantially as shown and described.

9. In a truss, the combination with supporting-straps of an extensible elastic belt, a trusspad adj ustably secured between the ends of said belt, an elastic perineal strap secured at the rear to said supporting-straps and provided with a lever having a horn thereon removably and adjustably engaging one end of the truss-pad, substantially as described.

10. In a truss,the combination with supporting-straps and a belt, of a truss-pad having to removably engage in perforations in the a removable cap formed with a central series other end of the cap, substantially as shown IQ of holes, a post adapted to be secured in and described. v either hole of said central series, a perineal v T 5 strap, a lever secured to the perineal strap STEPHEN HARDX' provided with a horn adapted to removably lVitnesses: and adjustably engage a perforation in one JOHN WV. HENINGS, end of the cap, and a hook on the belt, adapted LUCY E. RIGSBY.