Improvements in and relating to Veterinary Surgical Device.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Veterinary Surgical Device.
1, JOSEPH FITCH VAN NESS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at
8, West Fulton Street in the City of Gloversville, in the County of Fulton, and State
of New York, one of the United States of America, Merchant, 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 :-
This invention relates to a device for preventing self-abuse in stallions.
The objects of the invention are to provide such a device which will be as nearly
as practicable self-adjusting to the animal, and which, while sufficiently rigid to
accomplish the purpose of prevention of self-abuse, will, at the same time, remove
liability of injury to the animal.
The invention consists in a soft rubber device for this purpose, combined with an
adjusting jacket and strap, all substantially as I will proceed now to more particularly
to set forth and finally claim.
In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, in the several figures of
which liko parts are similarly designated,
Figure 1 is a perspective.
Figure 2 is à bottom plan view, with a portion of one of the braces broken
away.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section.
Figure 4 is a transverse section taken in the plane of line a-, Figure 2.
Figure 5 is a perspective of a modification; and
Figure 6 is a perspective view of another modification.
The shield, a, is furcated at one end so as to fit the sheath of the animal, and, by
preference, has a curvature substantially such, more or less, as indicated in Figure 4.
A guard, 4, depends from the shield, a, and is integral therewith, and the shield and
guard are reinforced or braced by the braces, c. The device baving these essential
characteristics is moulded in one piece of soft rubber of sufficient thickness, strength
and rigidity to subserve the purposes of the invention, and yet not so hard and
unyielding as to injure the animal.
By making the device of rubber, it may conform more closely to the animal's belly
and his parts than were it made of any rigid material. Moreover, being in one piece,
it may be more readily cleansed than if made of a number of connected parts, and
more readily cleansed simply by the application of water.
The edge of the guard may be variously formed. I have shown it straight in
Figure 1; and in Figure 5 I have shown it made corrugated. It may be given
any desirable shape. In Figure 6 I have shown an attachable edge for the guard
which is made with teeth and may be made of hard rubber or other hard substance,
and where it is to be used upon an animal of very bad habits, it may be of
metal.
The braces, c, are provided with slots or openings, d, through which the jacket, e,
of leather or other suitable material is passed. This jacket fits closely in under-
neath the shield, a, and has its ends extended beyond it and provided with buckles, f,
or other means for receiving the ends of an adjustable strap, g, whereby the device
may be easily applied to an animal. The jacket, e, being of flexible material, and the
device also being flexible, it is obvious that the whole thing, by pressure upon the
strap, 7, in attaching it to an animal, may be made to conform very closely and nicely
to the animal, so as to prevent displacement.
The jacket, e, as shown in Figure 1, is of such shape as to effect absolute self-
adjustment of the device, and to ensure its conformation to all deflections of the parts
by angular strains and tension.

page_text: This device being flexible and perfectly adjusted as horoinbefore described is
perfectly harmless whether the animal is reclining or standing; and chafing and
irritation are impossible. It is so adjusted as in no way to interfere with any of
Nature's functions or requirements.
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. A veterinary surgical devier, comprising a fureated shield, a deponding guard,
and slotted braces, made integral and of soft rubber, combine with a flexible jacket
secured to the device by insertion in the slots, and an adjusting strap applied to the
jacket, substantially as and for the purpose describel,
2. A veterinary surgical device, having a depewling guard, and a serrated or
otherwise roughened edge appliance detachable therefrom, substantially as deserited.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1890.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.