Specification of Samuel Sheldon Fitch : chest expander.

  • Fitch, Samuel Sheldon.
Date:
1862
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of Samuel Sheldon Fitch : chest expander. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ■MAAAA^WVVVAAAAMAAA#' A.D. 1861, 5 th August. N° 1940. Chest Expander. (This Invention received Provisional Protection only.) PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Sheldon Fitch at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th August 1861. I, Samuel Sheldon Fitch, Doctor of Medicine, of 16, Upper Seymour 5 Street, Portman Square, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ An Improved Chest Expander,” to be as follows:— My improved chest expander consists of a back piece of canvas or other suitable material, elastic or otherwise, fitting to the back, and extending from 10 the neck as low as the hips of the person to which the expander is applied, of suitable form for the purpose. To the lower part of this back piece is attached a belt of elastic material encircling the abdomen, for securing the expander to the waist of the wearer, which is fastened in front by buttons or otherwise, the effect of the employment of which belt is to bring the back piece to its proper 15 position on the loins. On each side of the upper part of the back piece is also attached an elastic strap, which is passed over the shoulder & returning under the arm is secured by buttoning or otherwise to the back piece, at a little below the centre of its depth, or in other suitable position.. In this way I dispense with all the ordinary straps, buckles, and tags for attaching the expander to 20 the waistband of the trousers or drawers, as in ordinary. This improved expander serves to strengthen and expand the chest and shoulders, and also to support the back, and I obtain a power of bearing upon the shoulders backwards & downwards, & thus carry the weight of the shoulders off the chest with much greater effect than by any other chest