Improvements in Suspenders or Suspensory Bandages.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1891-Accepted, 23rd Jan.. 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspenders or Suspensory Bandages.
I WILHELM JULIUS TEUFEL of 21 Reinsburgstrasse Stuttgart in the Empire
of Germany Surgical Instrument Maker, 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 :-
All the suspenders hitherto introduced only accomplish their object very
unsatisfactorily from a medical point of view, and in most cases not at all.
Numerous attempts have been made to construct suspenders or suspensory
bandages which shall conform to medical requirements, and yet offer the following
advantages.
The object, of this suspender is not only to enclose the scrotum, but also to
simultaneously carry and support the same so that it may lie as high as possible flat
against the body, so that friction or catching of the scrotum against the clothing
may be avoided.
Further, by this position of the scrotum the secretion of perspiration on the
inside of the upper thigh is as good as avoided, so that the troublesome chafing
etc. is entirely excluded.
The suspender further preserves the penis from irritation by the clothing
nipping the parts, etc. None of the suspenders hitherto employed meet these
requirements.
have endeavoured for a long time to construct a suspender or suspensory
bandage, which by removing the drawbacks of the present appliances should fulfil
the above requirements, and I have succeeded in doing this by means of my new
suspender which I call Tenfel's Sport Suspender.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings,
Fig. 1 of which shows the suspender applied for use, whilst Fig. 2 shows it
undone in a state ready for being applied.
It is distinguished in a striking way from those at present in use by its having
no bag serving to carry the scrotum, but consists instead of a slightly curved
sheath A which assumes the form of a spherical triangle, and has a Hap B of
almost equally triangular shape over its round orifice a covering the upper part of
the sheath, which flap is sewn on one side of the sheath but remains unsewn on the
other two sides of the sheath, so that it may be easily lapped over. An elastic
tag, provided with several buttonholes, serves for fastening the flap B, which may
be buttoned on a button b on the sheath A. The other parts of the suspender are
as usual, a body girdle C with buckle c and two elastic thigh bands D, which are
buttoned on two buttons d attached to the girdle C. By this arrangement of the
sheath A. the scrotum is not only carried but also drawn upwards commencing at
the roots, and has room for extension in the comparatively large sheath, in order
to be arranged comfortably and without the least pressure. The sheath of this
Sport Suspender" is not made of elastic knitted or netted work, but of a firm
wide meshed woven and rectangular material, which affords important sanitary
advantages.
It will thoroughly fulfil all the requirements enumerated above, the carrying
muscles are strengthened, friction by the trousers or gripping are entirely avoided,
and by this isolating of the scrotum the secretion of perspiration on it and on the
inside of the upper thighs is practically avoided, whereby as stated chafing is
entirely prevented.
In consequence further of the arrangement of the flap B, the penis is entirely
separated from the scrotum, and is protected from friction against the adjacent

page_text: clothing. This requirement is also fulfilled to the fullest extent. With all these
advantages, the wearing of this suspender is in no way irksome, but on the contrary
has so agreeable an effect that anyone who has once worn one is not inclined to
again dispense with the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A suspender or suspensory bandage for men's wear, which has, instead of a
bag, a slightly curved sheath A, for the purpose of carrying the scrotum from its
roots upwards resting flat against the body.
2. The arrangement of a flap (B) attached to the sheath (A) which covers the
penis in such a way that the latter is carried quite isolated.
3. The use of porous, so called rectangular, fabrics instead of the elastic knitted
work previously employed for the portion of the suspender described in
Claims 1 & 2.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1891.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.