Improvements in Abdominal Belts.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 24th June, 1891-Accepted, 25th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Abdominal Belts.
I, CARL HUBERT KLAES of Hosengasse 18 Cologne in the Kingdom of
Prussia and German Empire, Manufacturer of Surgical Instruments and Bandages,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to abdominal belts and it has for its objects to secure
adequate support for the abdomen even in the case of slender persons with prominent
pelvis bones and flat abdomens; to enable a greater or less pressure to be exerted
or applied to weak portions of the abdomen, for example, after an operation; to
enable the belt to be secured safely without the use of leg or thigh straps, without
risk of upward or downward movement of the belt or lateral displacement through
the movements of the body; to enable the belt to be better adapted to the
particular anatomical formation of the wearer; and to prevent the displacement of
the compression pad or lower part of the belt by the tightening of the upper belt
or upper portion of the belt.
In an abdominal belt constructed according to these improvements, there is a
series of elastic strips constructed of steel, whalebone, celluloid, or other similar
and suitable material, which are loosely fixed at their lower ends to a soft com-
pression pad or cushion by rivets, screws or similar means. The pad or cushion is
shaped to the anatomical formation of the lower part of the abdomen and it has
affixed to it two curved springs which pass respectively to the right and to the left
around the pelvis and are so constructed and arranged as to exert a pressure upon
the pad or cushion and through this upon the lower portion of the abdomen. The
springs are connected or affixed to the pad in such a manner that they can move
freely around or upon the means of connection, and they are connected together at
the back by means of a short strap provided with a buckle or with buttons through
which the connection may be effected.
The elastic strips are connected at their upper ends to an elastic band or belt
which passes around the body at greater distances apart than on the pad so that the
strips radiate from the pad to the elastic belt somewhat in the same manner as the
ribs of an opened fan. The elastic strips are also preferably reduced in width and
thickness from the elastic belt towards the pad.
Dated this 22nd day of September A.D. 1890.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Abdominal Belts.
1, CARL HUBERT KLAES of Hosengasse 18, Cologne, in the Kingdom of
Prussia and German Empire, Manufacturer of Surgical Instruments and Bandages,
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 abdominal belts and it has for its objects to secure
adequate support for the abdomen even in the case of slender persons with prominent
pelvis bones and flat abdomens; to enable a greater or less pressure to be exerted
or applied to weak portions of the abdomen, for example after an operation; to
enable the belt to be secured safely without the use of leg or thigh straps without
risk of upward or downward movement of the belt or lateral displacement through
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page_text: the movements of the body; to enable the belt to be better adapted to the particular
anatomical formation of the wearer; and to prevent the displacement of the com-
pression pad or lower part of the belt by the tightening of the upper belt or upper
portion of the belt.
For the purpose of enabling this invention to be better understood I have hereto
appended a sheet of drawings reference to which is hereinafter made.
Figures 1, 2, and 3 represent respectively front, back, and side views of the belt;
Figures 4 and 5 respectively represent the right and left springs detached from
: the belt, and
Figure 6 shews one of the elastic strips.
The abdominal belt g is furnished with a series of elastic strips d constructed of
steel, whalebone, celluloid, or other similar and suitable material, which are loosely
fixed at their lower ends to a soft compression pad or cushion c by rivets screws or
similar means.
The pad or cushion c is shaped to the anatomical formation of the
lower part of the abdomen and it has affixed to it two curved springs a and b which
pass respectively to the right and to the left around the pelvis and are so con-
structed and arranged as to exert a pressure upon the pad or cushion c and through
this upon the lower portion of the abdomen. The springs a and b are connected or
affixed to the pad c in such a manner that they can move freely around or upon the
means of connection, and they are also connected together at the back by means of
a short strap provided with a buckle or with buttons through which the connection
may be effected.
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The clastic strips d are connected at their upper ends to an elastic band or belt
at greater distances apart than on the pad e so that the strips d radiate from the
pade to the elastic belt g somewhat in the same manner as the ribs of an opened fan.
The elastic strips d are also preferably reduced in width and thickness from the
elastic belt g towards the pad c.
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,
The combination in an abdominal belt of an elastic belt, a suitably shaped
supporting pad, radial elastic connecting strips, and two curved springs, all con-
structed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described
and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of June A.D. 1891.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.