US733879A - Hernial truss. - Google Patents

Description

IATENTED JULY 14, 1903.

J. B. SH'EEHAN.

HERNIAL TRUSS. APPLIOATIO rum) an N0 MODEL.

- UNITED STATES Patented July 14;, 1903,

PATENT OFFICE.

HERNIAL TRUSS.

,aPECIFIGATION formingoart of Letters Patent No. 733,879, dated July 14, 1903.

Application filed September 2, 1902; Serial No. 121,794. (No model.)

To all whom zit-may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. SHEEHAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atchison, in the county of Atchison and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Hernia-Trusses',of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trusses, and has special reference to that type of trusses designed for use in the treatment of hernia or rupture.

To this end the invention primarily contemplates a simple and practical form of truss which can be worn with perfect ease and comfort by the wearer, whileat the same time providing effectual means for positively and firmly holding the afflicted parts in a natural position without danger of enlargement of the break or'rupture. In theaccomplishment of these desirable objects the invention has in view a truss in which the parts are so constructed and arranged as to permit the truss to freely adjust itself to the movements of the body and at the same time always exert a pressure directly on and over the hernia. In other words, the invention contemplates a truss which-will remain in position under all conditions, is easily applied, and cannot possibly pinch the body.

With these and many other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

The essential feature of the invention involved in the novel mounting of the front and back pads is necessarilysusceptible to modification from a structural standpoint; but a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of a single form of truss designed for hernia of the right side, said truss beingconstructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the front pad and the contiguous portion of the body-spring.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. at is an elevation of the back pad and the contiguous portion of the body spring or band. Fig. 5 is asectional view on ably constructed of spring-wire in order to constitute the pressure-spring of the truss, and said pressure-spring or body-bandis of a suflicient length to extend around the hip of the wearer, with the opposite -terminalsthereof disposed respectively at the front and back of the body. The said pressurespring or body-band 1 is provided at its front extremity with a downwardly-deflected supporting-terminal 2, which may be either a separate part or integrally formed with the body-band, as shown in the drawings, but necessarily a rigid part thereof. The downwardly-deflected supporting-terminal 2 at the front end of the body-band is preferably disposed at an obtuse angle to the adjacent portion of the band in order to provide an axis of movement for the front pad 3 substantially in line with the diposition of the tract in which the hernia or rupture is located. The said front pad 3 may he formed of any of the materials of which truss-pads are ordinarily constructed; but in the present invention the said pad preferably consists of a. circular block provided with a flat inner face 4 and of a downwardly-tapering thickness, as plainly shown in the drawings, whereby the pad-body is thicker at the top than at the bottom, thus giving thepad the proper lift, so that the parts will be held in position under all conditions without irritation of the body. By reason of the flat inner face of the pad the hernia will he held in natural position without any tendency to enlarge or keep open the break or rupture, which is a very desirable thing in the treatment of this afflic tion. The said front pad 3 is provided on the outer or front side thereof with a socketthe body-band, thus completing a swiveldirection.

joint connection between the body-band and the front pad, whereby the latter will be laterally tiltable on an approximately vertical axis, but will have no movement in any other A swiveled connection between the terminal 2 and the socket 8 of the pad 3 is preferably provided by a screw-threaded engagement of the parts, which screw-thread ed engagement not only permits of a free swiveled movement, but also provides for an adjustment with reference to its support. The same character of swiveled connection is preferably employed in the mounting of the hack pad, to be presently referred to. In addition to the slight lateral obliquity of the terminal 2 the same is slightly inclined inwardly to give a corresponding inward inclination to the front pad 3 in order that the latter may be perfectly adapted to the shape of the body at the point of application.

At its rear end the body-band 1 is provided with a straight or approximately horizontal supporting-terminal 9, which is swiveled inside of the horizontallydisposed bearingsocket 10, formed in an enlargement 11 on the socket-plate 12, screwed or otherwise suitably fastened to the outer side of the rear or back pad 13. The back pad 13 is also preferably of a circular form and is provided with a flat inner face 14 for contact with the body. The construction described provides for mounting the back pad in such a way that the same is vertically tiltable on an approximately horizontal axis.

The socket-plates of the front and rear pads are preferably provided with the offstanding holding- studs 15 and 16, which are engaged by a securing-strap 17, which is designed to loosely extend around the side of the body opposite the body-band 1 to guard against displacement of the truss.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, self-adjusting action, and many advantages of the herein-described truss will be readily apparent without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a truss, the body-band provided at its front end,with a downwardly-deflected supporting-terminal,-a front pad having a socketplate provided with a socket enlargement having a bearing-socket receiving said defiected supporting-terminal, both the latter and the bearingsocket having a screw-threaded engagement to provide both a swiveled connection and also for an adjustable mounting of the front pad, and a back pad having a socket-plate provided with a socket enlargement having a hearing-socket receiving the rear terminal of the body-band, said rear terminal of the body-band and also the bearingsocket'carried by the back pad having a screwthreaded engagement to provide a swiveled connection and-also for the detachable mounting of the back pad.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. SHEEIIAN.

Witnesses:

Z. E. JACKSON, W. A. JACKSON.

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