Improvements in Trusses for Hernia.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 19th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 21st Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trusses for Hernia.
I STONEWALL JACKSON SHERMAN of 64 Chancery Lane in the County of
Middlesex Hernia Specialist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In trusses for hernia as at present ordinarily made and fitted various evils are
frequently experienced amongst which I may mention the very common occurrence
of the breakage of the pads on the ends of the spring band of the truss and the still
more common deterioration by continued wear of the same as also of the pad by
which the required support is afforded. The object of my invention is to provide
for use in cases of hernia a truss in and by which these and other evils shall be
obviated and which shall be very easy and comfortable in wear and extremely efficient
in operation.
To carry out this object I make a spring band preferably of metal and of the
desired size shape and contour having regard to the particular case of hernia with
and for which the truss is to be used and both ends of this spring band are turned
back on themselves and formed into flat or other coils in such wise that these two
coils being if desired duly covered with any suitable material and it may be stuffed
constitute or act as and are in the stead of the usual pads which are therefore
dispensed with to the manifest great advantage of this truss and the ordinary strap
for fastening purposes can be provided for these two ends of the spring band.
The pad by which the required support is afforded is made in any usual or
convenient manner and is mounted on a stud which passes loosely into a recess in
the rear of the block or base of this pad and is governed in such recess by a spring
so that the pad can easily move or slide on the stud and be very yielding thereupon.
The other end of the stud which has an enlarged head passes between the jaws of
a clamp-which surrounds and can slide on the spring band and in the rear part
of this clamp is fitted a set screw which can bind and secure the clamp together
with the head of the stud in its jaws in any desired position on the spring band.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1893.
HART & Co.,
186, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trusses for Hernia.
I STONEWALL JACKSON SHERMAN of 64 Chancery Lane in the County of
Middlesex Hernia Specialist 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:-
In trusses for hernia as at present ordinarily made and fitted many and various
evils are frequently experienced amongst which I may mention the very common
occurrence of the breakage of the pads on the ends of the spring band of the truss
and the still more common deterioration by long continued wear of the same as also
of the pad by which the required support is afforded.
Now the object of this my invention is to provide for application and use in cases
of hernia a truss in and by which these aforesaid and many other evils shall be

page_text: obviated and which shall be very easy and comfortable in use and wear and
extremely efficient and helpful in action and operation.
In order the more clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I refer to the accompanying drawing wherein
Figure 1 is a general view of the truss and
Figure 2 is a section of the pad of the same on an enlarged scale.
I make a spring band A preferably of metal and of the desired size and shape
and contour being it may be bent inwards as shewn at C whereabouts to support
the pad D or being otherwise formed as may be needed having regard to the
particular case of hernia with and for which the truss is to be used and both ends
of this band A are turned back on themselves and formed into flat or other coils as
shewn at B and these coils B and B' being in the same plane as the flat of the
band A and being if desired duly covered with any suitable material which covering
likewise may be stuffed constitute or act as and are in the stead of the usual pads
which therefore are dispensed with to the manifest great advantage of this truss
and when the band A has been duly passed round the body the ordinary strap L
which has been provided for such purpose can connect together and fasten in position
the two ends of such band A.
The pad by which the required support is afforded is made in any usual or
convenient manner and can consist of an outer face D of a soft and yielding material
secured on a block or base K in the back of which block K is made a recess where-
into loosely passes the end of a stud G which end is governed in such recess by a
coiled or other spring H and bears against such spring H so that the pad can easily
move or slide on the stud and be very yielding and accommodating thereupon.
The other end of the stud G which has an enlarged head passes between the open
jaws of a clamp E or clamping band which partly surrounds and can slide or move
on the band A and in and through the back of this clamp E is fitted a set screw F
which can bind and secure the clamp E together with the head of the stud G in its
jaws in any desired position on the band A.
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
The arrangement and combination of parts and appliances constituting my
improved truss for hernia substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 19th day of March 1894.