US757153A - Suspensory bandage. - Google Patents

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PATBNTE'D APR. l2, 1904` A. TAINSH. SUSPENSORY BANDA AP GE. PLIOATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1903.

No MODEL.

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Il rares! arent @erica lWILLIAVI A.. TAINSH, OF PORTLAND, MAINE SUSPENSGHY "BNDGE.

SPEIFIGATION Vforming part of Letters Patent No. 757,153, dated April 12, 1904. Application filed September 9, 1903. .Serial Ilo. 172,467. (No model.)

To allwhom it con/Germ. Be it known thati, Vlllinr-JLIAiyI A.'I`A1Nsn, a of .Great'ritaim and a resident of Woodfor is,Portland,in the county of Cumberland and Evitate of Maine,` have in-l vented a new and Improved `Suspensory Bandage, of which the folldwing is a full, clear, and This invention relates to aclass'of surgical appliances employed for supporting the male land has for its object to provide novel and improved details of conan opening a2 at the front of the sack 6, and struction for an appliance of the character inat the rear edge thereof directly opposite the opening a2 the meeting ends bof the two similar. under straps 8 are secured, the other ends of the straps being extended upward and toward two buckles 9, secured upon the front piece`5 of the waistband near the ends o'fthe latter, the under straps being formed of elastic tape or other suitable material.

A number of spaced tion, afford means for adjustment of the support to suit the physique ofthe wearer of the bandage, 'insures the comfort of the wearer under allcondtions of its service as asupport, and permits an exchange of the suspensorysack to replace a soiled sack with a clean one as occasion may require.

'The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described, andidened in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

perforations c protected by eyelets or by working with thread, as may be preferred, these perforasitioned near' each end and the center of said band.

In the front piece 5 ries of eyelet-protected spaced perforations e is formed, (four being shoving) the outer two holes of the series buckles 9. Y

In the eyelet-holes candea lacing .cord or vtape IO is strung by inserting the condor tape alternately through these perforationsgisttthat cate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the irn-l provement; and Fig. 2 is a front view of the device, vparts of thewaistband being removed. The waistband is preferably formed of a front inelastic portion 5 and an elastic band a, securedby one end upon a corresponding buckled upon the remaining end of the part 5; The, waistband portion 5 may be formed of two or more plies of canvas or other woven fabric that Iis not elastic and whichwill be and this part of the waistband may be of greaterwidth than the elastic-band portion 5. The two portions 5 5UIL aiiord gether, as shown at g in Fig. 1

It willv be apparent that upon securingl the the sack 6 and its opening afi will be positioned at the front of the body for support ofthe parts it is to engage with in an obvious'manner, and as the lacing-strand l() may be readily adjusted to raise or lower the sack '6 with a waistband that in use is applied upon the person above the hips, so as to locate the fronti piece 5 upon the abdomen near the umbilicus, and the loose ends of the parts 5 5 may be buckled together, as indisupport maybe varied in degree .as to venforce cated by dotted lines in Fig. l. contact with the organs, so that comfort will The supporting-sack 6 may be formed of a' be afforded, and the weight of the support (three. .being shown) are formed in the bandl 7 and,

tions in the sack-band respectively'flbeing pobeing` positioned near the regardto the waistband-front portion 5 such It will be seen that this construction leaves'` of the waistband a se- .8'5 the ends 10a of the lacingwillextendfrom-. the outermost holes. e inthe waistbaneh.andl said extended end portions may be tiedto- V ,9.o waistband 5 5 upon the body of the person'l IOO such a result. i c. v

It will vbe seen that'the particular construction of the appliance adapts it to suit the requirement of persons that differ in physique.

' Furthermoraas the sack 6, together with the attached under straps 8, may readily be removed fromthe waistband by the removal of the lacing-strand 1O1andunbuckling the ends ofthe under straps, a clean sack and attached straps may be substituted for one that is soiled. at any time this is desirable, -which is a very essential feature of the improvement.

The improvement is specially advantagcoifs inthe treatment of `severe cases of hydrocele,

' varicocele, inflammation of theprostate gland,

and analogous diseases, 'as it affords means for .the comfortable support of the diseased parts,

avoids improper pressure, andbeing adjustable for height/the scrotal support may be arranged to suit each individual and without discomfort transfer the weight of the engaged parts to the waistband, so as to relieve and aid in the cure of disease or weakness.

The provision'of the lacing cord or tape and its laced connecti n with the waistband and the suspensory bndage affords ventilation and avoids compression on the lower portion of the abdomen, which adds to the comfort of the wearer.. f Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1..,Ina suspensory bandage, the combination with a waistband having a non-elasticfront portion, and a series of spaced perforaf tions in said portion of the waistband, of a sack formed of an elongated piece of iibrous fabric that is folded to lap and' aline the ends thereof, a perforate band secured on said end portions, anda flexible strand engaging in the perforations of the sack-band and the waistband-front, and which by adjustment defines the space between said bands.

. 2. Inasu'spensory bandage, the combination with a waistband having' a non-elastic front portion, of a sack formed of brous material, .means to adjustably suspend the 'front of thesack from the front of the waistband, and two under straps attached at the rear of the sack by lower ends thereof, and adjustably secured' at theirupper ends uponsaid waistband.

3. In a suspensory bandage, the co/mbination with a waistband having a series df spaced perforations" in thefront portion, of a sack formed of an oblang v strip of fibrous fabric, plaited at the en s, lapped at the ends and front edge thereof, a sack-band secured along the alined to v'edges of. the plaited ends, said sack-band ving a series of spaced perforations therein, a fiexible strand woven into and betwee the waistband-perforations and the holes/'in the sack-band/and tied together at its ends, said strand by its engagement with the waistband and sack-band defining the space between them, and two under straps affixed by their lower ends upon the rear edge of the sack at its fold andv at their upper ends engaged with two buckles held on the front portion of the waistband.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. WILLIAM TAINSH. Witnesses:A

WM. M. LE'IGHTON, FRED H. HARMON.

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