Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 8th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 16th Sept:, 1887.
RESERV
I ARTHUR LAKE FRY of 43 St. Mary's Hill Hornsey in the County of Middlesex
Electrician do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to improvements in trusses for the relief of hernia or rupture,
consisting of a plate or plates to which is secured the pad or pads with plates over the
hips and elastic strap to pass over the back of the wearer by which the pressure is
taken from the hip and equally distributed.
The hip plates are made of more flexible material than the before mentioned plate.
The band consists of two separate parts united by an india rubber or metal spring
which can be easily adjusted to the requirements of the wearer.
This improved arrangement allows of the truss being used for single or double
hernia or rupture either scrotal inguinal or umbilical.
The pad is hollow either made of vulcanite wood or any other suitable material
with a joint to fit over the front plate and with a contrivance to adjust it at any
required angle.
The pad plate is firmly fixed over the hollow of pad with longitudinal spring
attached to the said plate to which the said adjusting contrivance is attached acting
automatically and giving more or less pressure on the pad or pads to the wearer in
lifting weights, or placing the body in any unusual position thereby securing a greater
amount of support at the time required.
Dated this 8th day of November 1886.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.O.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the truss with pad complete.
Figures 2, 3 & 4 are various views in elevation of the pad mounting and adjusting
arrangements and Figure 5 is a plan of the plate a with hip plates a' a attached.
Referring to Figure 1 a is the covered plate which is made of brass or other, suitable
malleable metal or metals and bent to fit the figure of the wearer. The hip plates a¹ a¹
are made of thin or taperod malleable metal covered and padded on the inside with
chamois leather or other suitable lining and these hip plates also are made to take the
shape of the wearer-the truss being secured around the wearers body by a band or
belt a elastic at a³ (elasticity being obtained by either an india-rubber or metal spring
therein) and adjustable at a*.
Referring to Figures 2, 3 & 4 the pad b is mounted on the plate a by means of
the clip c on which it is secured and adjusted by the screw c¹ Figure 3. This screw c¹
is withdrawn and the clip c is then put over the plate a the screw c¹ inserted and
screwed up tight the pad being first placed at any angle desired and there retained
by the teeth gearing into and holding the teeth or projections 6¹ on the mounting
on the back of the pad b.
This pad b is made of vulcanite wood or other suitable material and formed hollow
with a hole or holes therein for ventilation.
The plate a and hip plates a¹ are shewn "uncovered in Figure 5 and covered and
lined in Figure 1 such malleable metal plates being an important feature of my
invention as by this means they can be readily adjusted to fit perfectly the figure of
the wearer and therefore are very comfortable in wear and also being made of malleable
metal or metals they give the greatest possible amount of support to the wearer and
moreover are not subject to breakage as is the case with trusses made with steel
springs such springs being liable to rust and then snap in consequence.

page_text: This improved arrangement allows of the truss being used for single or double
hernia or rupture either scrotal, inguinal or umbilical.
The plate a and hip plates a' can also be made in one piece if desired the ends being
rolled or pressed out thinner and broader.
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. In trusses for hernia the use and application of a malleable metal plate such
as a and hip plates such as a' in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
2. The improved arrangement and construction of parts for adjusting the pads of
trusses substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before. described and
represented in the drawings hereto annexed.
3. The improved truss constructed arranged and combined in the manner and for
the purposes herein before described and represented in the drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 8th day of August 1887.