Improvements in or relating to Braces.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 24th Jan., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Braces.
1, HEINRIOH CHRISTIAN LEONHARD NAGEL of No. 9 Havnegade, Copenhagen
Denmark Director of Gymnastic Institute 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 :-
The importance of protecting the back of the body as well as the chest against the
influence of changes of temperature for avoiding cold on the lungs is well known, and
the rather because the lungs partly lie very near the back. People are generally more
inclined to protect the chest than the back but are now gradually coming to use back
warming pads of various kinds these are usually intended for warming the spine and
adjoining parts of the back and generally consist of a piece of material which is a bad
conductor of heat and is placed on the back being held in position by various means.
Various defects have however been found in connection therewith as it is difficult to
keep such a loose garment in a fixed position especially in the middle of the back.
For it will by the movements of the body and the braces on it (or under it) very
easily become displaced thus producing amongst other the evil effect of discontinuing
to protect the back which is the very thing it is intended to do. These defects are
thoroughly remedied by the health braces or braces combined with a pad for keeping
the back warm now to be described the said pad being so combined with the braces
that it cannot shift in position. This invention also prevents the braces from slipping
off the shoulders.
The accompanying drawing shows the back of a pair of combined braces and back
warmer applied to a person shewn in dotted lines.
a is the back warmer itself which forms the back or connecting part of the bearing
straps 6 of the braces the said straps being fastened to its upper end while the back
button loop straps c are fastened to it lower down. The straps 6 are as usual in front
provided with a frame or piece d for looping up or adjusting the length, and with the
front button loop straps. The latter are shown as cords passing over pulleys g
which by means of rings h and loops are suspended from the straps b. The front part
of the latter may however be made of any suitable well known form and so also the
back straps c which here are shewn as cords passing round pulleys i on the back
warmer.
The sideward and downward pull at the back through the cord loops c and the
ideward and upward pull through the bearing straps & keep the back warmer stretched
out or smooth in its place on the back of the wearer. By reason of the bearing
traps being united by the back warmer close to the neck of the wearer the said
traps cannot as already stated slip off the shoulders, even when they are so applied to
he back warmer as to form a large angle with each other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
ion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
laim is :-
:-
First. Health braces consisting of a back warmer a in combination with a pair of
races in such manner that the front bearing straps band the back button loop straps e
re suitably fastened to the back warmer a substantially as set forth.
Second. Health braces consisting of a back warmer a so combined with a pair of
races that the front bearing strans bare fastened to the
Habar nart of the heal

page_text: warmer a itself while the back button loop straps c are fastened lower down to the
back warmer as shown on the drawing.
Dated this 14th dor of November 1840
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.