Improved truss pad / [Charles Leonard].

  • Léonard, Charles, 1927-2020.
Date:
1891
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improved truss pad / [Charles Leonard]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 N° 18,425 A.D. 1890 Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1890 Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1891—Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1891 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. Improved Truss Pad. I, John Pitt Bayly, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com¬ munication to me from abroad by Charles Leonard, of Glover, Vermont, U.S.A. Inventor,) to be as follows :— This invention relates to an improved truss pad which is more comfortable to wear and more effective than those trusses at present in use. A truss pad made in accordance with this invention consists of a circular holder preferably made of wood and having a convex outer face and a concave inner face. The holder is provided on its concave side with an annular inwardly-projecting flange. A convex elastic or rubber cushion provided with an air vent is held in place with its periphery under the annular flange aforesaid in such manner that the convexity of the said cushion projects beyond the flange, so that the cushion bears on the hernia, and the annular flange lias a support on the surrounding parts. A pad thus formed is secured by a screw-pin or other means to suitable bands or straps whereby it is retained in position upon the wearer’s body. Dated this 15th day of November 1890. J. P. BAYLY, Applicant. COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improved Truss-pad. I, John Pitt Bayly, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com¬ munication to me from abroad by Charles Leonard, of Glover, Vermont, U.S.A. Inventor,) and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:— This invention relates to an improvement in truss-pads for use with surgical trusses of various kinds and for various purposes, the object thereof being to provide a simple, cheap, novel, and serviceable pad, which may be capable of being so located upon the ruptured part as to exert an even gentle elastic pressure thereon and yet be held firmly and immovably, so that during the movements of the person it may not become displaced from its proper position, and so that no injury may insure to the ruptured part as the results of such movements ; and the invention consists, essentially, in the combination, with a Hanged holder of a soft elastic cushion so connected to said holder that the cushion may bear upon the hernia, while the annular face of the holder has a firm bearing upon the abdomen directly around the hernia, (or against the Hesli surrounding any other ruptured part, as the case may be) ; and tlie invention further consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved truss-pad. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same. Like letters of reference denote like parts in both figures. In carrying my invention into practical effect I first provide a holder A, consisting of a circular plate. This is preferably convexly curved on the outer side thereof, while on the inner side it is concaved to a greater or less degree. T he [Prioe 8d. |