Improvements in Suspensory Bandages.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Suspensory Bandages.
I, WILLIAM FURNESS, of 81 Countess Street, Accrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Iron Founder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of suspensory
bandages, the object being to make such bandages, so as to be more comfortable
to the wearer; more easily applied and fixed in position; and in such a manner
that the tension on the bandage can readily be removed for relief of the wearer,.
or when otherwise necessary.
According to this invention, the front pad to which the bandage is attached, is
made of aluminium; preferably covered with linen or other light fabric. At each
end of the front of the pad is fixed a stud, to which the supporting band, after
passing round the body of the wearer, is attached by means of eyelets. The
aluminium pad is by a lengthening cord or tape attached to the ordinary supporting
band, so that when the pad and bandage are released by detaching the eyelet from
the stud, the bandage is still maintained in position, but the tension is removed
from it. A buckle is provided in the supporting band by which its length can be
adjusted.
Dated this 11th day of June 1895
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant..
Improvements in Suspensory Bandages.
I, WILLIAM FURNESS, of 81 Countess Street, Accrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Iron Founder, 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 improvements in the manufacture of suspensory
bandages, the object being to make such bandages so as to be more comfortable
to the wearer, more easily applied and fixed in position, and in such a manner that
the tension on the bandage can readily be removed for relief, or when otherwise
necessary.
Such being the nature and object of the said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being made to the accompanying drawings,
in which :-
Fig. 1 is a front view of the suspensory bandage, the supporting bands being
only partly shewn.
Fig. 2 is a detail shewing the lengthening cord or tape when the supporting band
is released from the pad.
According to this invention, the front pad 1, to which the bandage 2 is attached,
is made of aluminium, preferably covered with linen or other light and soft smooth
[Price 8d1

page_text: fabric. To one end of the front pad 1, one end of the ordinary supporting band 4
is stitched or fixed, and at or near the other end of the front of the pad 1 is fixed
a stud or button 3, to which the supporting band 4, after passing round the body
of the wearer, is attached by means of a combined buckle and eyelet 5. The
aluminium pad 1 has fixed to it a lengthening cord or tape 6, which by the hook 7,
can be attached to the ordinary supporting band 4 or eyelet 5, (see Fig. 1), so that
when the pad 1 and bandage 2 are released by detaching the eyelet 5 from the
stud 3, the bandage 2 is still maintained in position, but the tension is removed
from it and the band 4. The length of the supporting band 4 can be adjusted by
the buckle 5.
The eyelet 5 and stud 3 provide means whereby the band 4 can readily be
attached to the pad 1, and as easily detached from same. 8 is a tape or cord fixed
to the back of the bandage 2 and connected with the band 4 at the back of the
wearer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and object of
the said invention, and in what manner the same is to be employed, I declare
that what I claim is :-
(1.) A suspensory bandage 2 attached to the aluminium front pad 1 on which is
the stud or button 3, lengthening cord or tape 6, and hook 7, all in combination, as
and for the purpose herein described, and substantially as illustrated by Fig. 1 of
the annexed drawings.
(2.) A suspensory bandage, the front pad of which is aluminium, and provided
with a lengthening tape or cord attached to the pad, and the supporting band 4, as
and for the purpose herein described, and as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated shot 1
1000
WILLIAM FURNESS,
By his Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.
WILLIAM FURNESS,
By his Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.