Improvements in Leg or Foot Rests or Supports.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd June, 1892-Accepted, 23rd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Leg or Foot Rests or Supports.
I, WILLIAM CARTER, of Masham in the County of York, Draper, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct leg or foot rests or supports in such a
manner that a person's leg or foot may be more comfortably supported than hereto-
fore, whilst at the same time the said rest may be taken apart and packed into a
very small space, all as hereafter described.
According to my invention I provide a framework consisting of two uprights,
which may be held at any suitable distance apart by cross-rails, and between these
uprights is provided a foot-board, which may be arranged to slide up and down if
desired. Into each of the uprights I pass a bar or rod, which may be fastened
thereto in any suitable way, such bars or rods projecting therefrom to any required
distance. Onto these bars or rods I hang the suspender in which the leg is to rest,
such suspender being made of canvas, silk, netting, woollen, or any other suitable
material.
Any required number of holes may be made in the uprights for the reception of
the bars or rods, whereby the height of the rest or support can be altered and the
foot raised or lowered as desired.
By forming the suspender of canvas, silk, netting or other thin fabric, the leg
can be kept perfectly cool, or the leg may be kept warm by forming such suspender
of woollen or other thick material.
The suspender may be used in bed as a partial rest and protection for the leg or
foot.
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When it is desired to pack the rest, the bars or rods are withdrawn from their
uprights, when the apparatus will be found to fold into a very small compass, and
may be packed and carried in any ordinary trunk or portmanteau without
inconvenience.
Doted this 11th day of June 1802.
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BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE. SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Leg or Foot Rests or Supports.
1, WILLIAM CARTER, of Masham in the County of York, Draper, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of my invention is to construct leg or foot rests or supports in such a
manner that a person's leg or foot may be more comfortably supported than hereto-
fore, whilst at the same time the said rest may be taken apart and packed into a
very small space, all as hereafter described.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a front elevation, Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation, and Figure 3.
a plan, showing a leg or foot rest or support constructed according to my invention,
Figs. 4 and 5 are details to be hereafter described.
According to my invention I provide a framework consisting of two uprights A A',
and between these uprights is provided a foot board B whereby the uprights A A'
are held and fixed at any suitable distance apart, or when preferred the foot

page_text: board B may be arranged to slide up and down, in which case the uprights A. A¹
may be held together and at any suitable distance apart by cross-rails.
Into each of the uprights A A'I pass a bar or rod C C¹, which may be fastened
therein or thereto by a pin or cotter D or in any other suitable way, such bars or
rods C C projecting therefrom to any required distance. Onto these bars or
rods C C I hang a suspender E in which the leg is to rest, such suspender E being
made of canvas, silk, netting, woollen, or any other suitable material.
Any required number of holes F may be made in the uprights A A₁ for the
reception of the bars or rods C C', whereby the height of the suspender E or
support can be altered, and the foot raised or lowered as desired. The holes F
in the uprights A. A' may be square as shown in the drawings, or they may be of
any other convenient shape to suit the required shape of end of bars or rods C C¹,
and the prolonged or extended part of the same which carries the suspender, may
be made round as shown in the drawings.
It will be readily understood that the bars or rods C C¹ may be made of any
desired section, and may also be arranged to fit any desired shape of hole F in the
uprights A A', and in order to illustrate this I have shown at Figure 4 a bar or
rod C provided with a square tapered end, which is passed through the upright A
and secured therein by a pin or cotter D, and Figure 5 shows a bar or rod C with
its square end, but provided with a shoulder or collar G whereby same is
prevented from being drawn through its upright A on the pin or cotter D being
applied.
A rocker or rockers may be applied to the base of the foot rest so as to allow
of a swinging or rocking motion to same, and the suspender E may either be made
of a bag-like form and slipped onto the bars or rods C C³, or it may be attached to
the bars themselves in any convenient way.
By forming the suspender of canvas, silk, netting or other thin fabric, the leg
can be kept perfectly cool, or the leg may be kept warm by forming such suspender
of woollen or other thick material.
The suspender may be used in bed as a partial rest and protection for the leg or
foot.
When it is desired to pack the rest, the bars or rods C C₁are withdrawn from
their uprights A A', when the apparatus will be found to fold into a very small
compass, and may be packed and carried in any ordinary trunk or portmanteau
without inconvenience.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In leg or foot rests or supports, the employment of a frame having two bars
or rods projecting from same, which latter carry a suspender formed of canvas or
other suitable material, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
2. In leg or foot rests or supports, the combination of the uprights A A¹ with
their holes F, footboard B, adjustable bars or rods C C¹, flexible material E, all
substantially as and for purposes herein set forth.
3. In leg or foot rests or supports the employment of a sliding footboard B
substantially as described.
4. In leg or foot rests or supports, the suspender E, formed of canvas,. silk,
netting, woollen, or any other suitable material, substantially as and for purposes
herein set forth.
5. The general arrangement, construction and. combination of the various parts
forming the leg or foot rest or support, substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1892.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for Applicant.