NEW APPLIANCE OR SHIELD FOR PRO- TECTING THE ABDOMEN AND OTHER CONTIGUOUS PARTS FROM THE EFFECTS OF COLD
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Isaac Breitbart, of 343, Edgware Road, in the County of
"
Middlesex, for the Invention of A NEW APPLIANCE OR SHIELD FOR PRO-
TECTING THE ABDOMEN AND OTHER CONTIGUOUS PARTS FROM THE EFFECTS OF
COLD."
Sealed the 16th May 1879, and dated the 19th November 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Isaac Breitbart at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th November 1878.
ISAAC BREITBART, of 343, Edgware Road, in the County of Middlesex. " A NEW
APPLIANCE OR SHIELD FOR PROTECTING THE ABDOMEN AND OTHER CONTIGUOUS
PARTS FROM THE EFFECTS OF COLD."
This Invention has for its object the arrangement, construction, and application
of a shield or covering to be worn as an article of clothing for protecting the bowels
and other delicate contiguous parts and organs from the injurious effects of cold,
thereby preventing many of the ailments to which those parts are subject when
insufficienly protected from cold.
The urinal organs being much more frequently called into action during the cold
season, owing to their sensitiveness, should be more carefully protected than is
ordinarily the case, so as to avoid inconvenience, debility, and more serious conse-
quences arising from undue exposure to cold.
For this purpose according to my Invention I make a shield or covering of a
form and size suitable for covering the abdomen and parts contiguous thereto from
one or more thicknesses of flannel or other warm woollen material, fur, or other
warm fabric or material, which may be quilted or otherwise secured by sewing or

page_text: otherwise. The shield is secured around the waist of the wearer by means of a
strap and buckle or other suitable fastening.
The lower narrow part of the shield is prolonged so as to pass up the back, and may
be made of elastic material, being furnished with a loop through which the waist band
passes, thereby keeping the shield in its proper position, yet is sufficiently loose to
admit of the performance of necessary offices during the day time; thus the shield
need only be removed like the ordinary clothing at night.
The shape and the method of fastening the shield in position may be varied and
still retain the principal features of my Invention for shielding the bowels and
urinary organs.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Isaac Breitbart in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th May
1879.
ISAAC BREITBART, of 343, Edgware Road, in the County of Middlesex.
" A NEW
APPLIANCE OR SHIELD FOR PROTECTING THE ABDOMEN AND OTHER CONTIGUOUS
PARTS FROM THE EFFECTS OF COLD."
This Invention has for its object the arrangement, construction, and application
of a shield or covering to be worn as an article of clothing for protecting the bowels
and other delicate contiguous parts and organs from the injurious effects of cold,
thereby preventing many of the ailments to which those parts are subject when
insufficiently protected from cold.
This new or improved shield is a great protection to horseinen and bicycle riders
by arranging it with a band or appliance for supporting the testicles and bringing
them into a forward position, thereby preventing accidents to those parts, more
especially in the summer when those organs are enlarged.
The shield is also of great service to females when enciente, the burden being
relieved by means of elastic straps passing over the shoulders similar to braces.
The urinal organs being much more frequently called into action during the cold
season, owing to their sensitiveness, should be more carefully protected than is
ordinarily the case, so as to avoid inconvenience, debility, and more serious conse-
quences arising from undue exposure to cold.
For this purpose according to my Invention I make a shield or covering of a
form and size suitable for covering the abdomen and parts contiguous thereto from
one or more thicknesses of flannel or other warm woollen material, fur, or other
warın fabric or material, which may be quilted or otherwise secured by sewing or
otherwise.
The Drawing hereto annexed, Figure 1, shows a perspective view, and Figure 2
a view laid open of a shield or cover for protecting the abdomen and contiguous
parts, made up and arranged in accordance with my Invention.
a, a, is the part which covers the lower part of the stomach of the wearer.
The lower narrow part a¹ of the shield is prolonged so as to pass up the back,
and may be made of elastic material, being furnished with a loop a², through which
the waist band b passes, being secured around the waist of the wearer by means of
the band or strap band- buckle b¹, or by other suitable fastening, thereby keeping
the shield in its proper position, yet sufficiently loose to admit of the performance
of necessary offices during the day time; thus the shield need only be removed like
the ordinary clothing at night.
The shape and the method of fastening the shield in position may be varied and still
retain the principal features of my Invention for shielding the bowels and urinary
organs.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner of performing
or carrying the same into practice, what I claim is,-
The improved arrangement, construction, and application of a shield for pro-
tecting the abdomen and contiguous parts from the injurious effects of cold, sub-
stantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described and represented
in the Drawing hereto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Isaac Breitbart, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventeenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
I. BREITBART. (L.S.)