Year: 1898

page_text: I, ALBERT WHITE, of Great Lodge, Tunbridge, in the County of Kent, Gardener,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
Surgical trusses as ordinarily constructed consist of a spring belt fastened round
the body of the wearer and from which a pad, which is pressed on to the ruptured
part by the said spring, depends, much inconvenience and irritation being not
infrequently experienced from their use.
This invention for improvements in surgical trusses has for its object to provide
a truss which shall serve to effectively support the ruptured parts, be comfortable
in use, and allow of perfect freedom in the passing of water and the motions of the
bowels; and comprises a waist band supported by elastic cross straps passing over
the shoulders; a pair of pads, adapted to fit and press upon the groins, joined to-
gether at their lower extremities so as to leave an opening between them for the
passage of the scrotum etc. and adjustably suspended from the front of said waist
band or belt by means of straps and buckles and to the back of the same by means
of straps secured to the lower extremity of the united depending groin pads and
passing underneath the fork. The groin pads are also further adjustably con-
nected by horizontal straps and buckles.
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WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
I, ALBERT WHITE, of Great Lodge, Tunbridge, in the County of Kent, Gardener,
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:-
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Surgical trusses as ordinarily constructed consist of a spring belt fastened round
the body of the wearer and from which a pad, which is pressed on to the ruptured
part by the said spring depends, much inconvenience and irritation being not
infrequently experienced from their use.
This invention for improvements in surgical trusses has for its object to provide
a truss which shall serve to effectively support the ruptured parts, be comfortable
in use, and allow of perfect freedom in the passing of water and the motions of the

page_text: In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of
a surgical truss constructed according to this invention and Fig. 2 is a back
elevation of the same.
A waist band a adjustably secured by means of a buckle b is supported by cross
straps e passing over the shoulders of the wearer and capable of adjustment by
means of the buckles de secured to the waistband. Suspended from the waist-
band a are a pair of pads f adapted to fit and press upon the groins of the wearer,
joined together at their lower extremities so as to leave an opening g between them
for the passage of the scrotum etc. and capable of limited relative lateral adjust-
ment by means of a strap h and buckle i. The groin pads f are adjustably
connected to the waistband a and maintained in position by means of straps I m n
and buckles o p q the straps l m determining their position vertically and laterally
while the straps q secured to their lower extremity pass underneath the fork and
are connected to the back of the waistband thus causing the pads to press firmly
in place as desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is: -
1. A surgical truss comprising a waistband supported by adjustable shoulder
straps, groin pads adjustably connected at their upper part and united at their
lower extremity, and suspension straps secured to the said pads and adjustably
connected to the waistband, substantially as described and shown.
2. The improved surgical truss comprising adjustable groins pads connected to
a waistband and shoulder straps, the whole arranged and constructed substantially
as described and shown.
Dated this 31st day of October 1898.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, Agents,