Apparatus for Promoting the Expansion of the Chest and Preventing Deformity and Roundness of the Back
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Promoting the Expansion of the Chest and Preventing
Deformity and Roundness of the Back.
I, JAMES WILLIAM GODDEN of Number 34 Tyrrell Street Bradford in the County
of York Surgical Instrument Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
A Steel Belt with three steel springs attached and rising upwards from the Belt
acting on the blades or shoulder bones and the centre of the back thus pressing the
back in and drawing the shoulders out thus promoting expansion of the Chest.
Dated this 14th day of February 1889.
JAMES WILLIAM GODDEN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Promoting the Expansion of the Chest and Preventing
Deformity and Roundness of the Back.
I JAMES WILLIAM GODDEN, of number 125 West Street, Sheffield, in the county
of York, Surgical Instrument Maker, formerly of 34 Tyrrell Street, Bradford, 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:
My Invention consists in making a steel or other Metallic Belt to fasten round
the waist in combination with other springs fastened thereto at one end, the other
ends extending upwards so as to press on each shoulder blade, arranged & so
constructed as to carry a back blate, or rest (nade preferably from steel)
which fits between the shoulders, the whole being so contrived as to press the
shoulders in and force the chest out and thus promote expansion of the same. In
working out this my Invention I make (preferably) from steel, a Belt in any
ordinary way, at the back part of the said Belt, I fasten two springs, the upper ends of
Between the
which are bent, & so arranged as to press upon the shoulder blades.
upper ends of the said springs, I support a back plate, or rest, attached thereto &
supported by 2 short springs, secured in position to fit between the shoulders.
The whole being so arranged & constructed as to press in the shoulder's & force out
the chest, by a comfortable & easy pressure, without injury to the spine.
In order that my Invention may be more clearly, & better understood I desire to
draw attention to the drawings' herewith.
Fig. (1) shows a back view, Fig. (2) a side view of the chest expander
complete.
A. (as in Fig. 1) the waist Belt.
BB the shoulder springs fastened thereto.
CC the short springs bearing at their upper ends the back plate or Rest D.
E E. two web straps attached to ends of spring's (B B).
The said strap's
passing over the shoulder's & under the arm's, are secured by buckles (FF).
Thus bringing the said spring's (BB) to bear upon the shoulder blade's in the
manner & for the purpose herein described.

page_text: Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
Invention & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare, that what
I claim is
A Chest Expander with a back Rest (D) as described herein, attached to &
supported by spring's in the manner & for the purpose as herein described & set
forth.
Dated this 11th day of November 1889.
JAMES WILLIAM GODDEN.