Improvements in Suspensory Bandages.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Suspensory Bandages.
MAX LOBENTHAL, of 12 and 13, Bridgewater Street, London, E.C., Merchant
and Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Suspensory bandages as usually constructed are suspended from the body by a
band passing round the waist of the wearer. This method of suspension is particu-
larly inconvenient especially to stout persons and is troublesome to adjust and
the support given to the wearer is not so efficient as with suspensory bandages
made according to my invention.
According to my invention I take a bag made of the usual material or materials
and with three corners to it, two in the front and one at the back. Buttoned,
sewn, buckled or connected in any suitable manner to the two front ends are straps
one from each end which are carried up to about the middle of the wearers body.
At this point a buckle or other suitable fastening is connected to the end of each
strap to buckle or connect two other straps which are carried up and extended
over the two shoulders of the wearer, and carried down the back of the wearer to
about the middle of his body, where the two straps meet and are sewn or other-
wise suitably secured together. From this point a single strap extends to the
third and back end of the bag where it is fastened to it in a suitable manner.
The buckle on the two front straps mentioned as being secured to the top of the
bottom strap, may be put on the ends of the two top straps instead, at the points
where they meet the bottom straps, for the same purpose.
By means of the buckle hereinbefore referred to the wearer is enabled to easily
and suitably adjust the suspender.
The single strap at the back, extending from the middle downward, is to be
padded several inches from the bottom upward, to prevent friction (but it may be
made without padding). The padding would be towards the end of the strap and
on the underside or side nearest the wearer.
The straps or bandages are best made wholly or partly of elastic material.
The construction of suspensory bandages according to my invention renders it
unnecessary to make so many different sizes, one size being almost sufficient for
wearers of all ages and sizes. It gives much greater support and does not allow
the bag to drop. It causes no pressure and can be worn over or outside the shirt
and consequently without disarranging the dress it can be loosened or tightened
easily and quickly as desired for walking riding or other purposes. It does away
with the troublesome band round the waist, which is particularly inconvenient
to stout persons and on account of its great support is unquestionably of great
hygienic value.
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Suspensory bandages made according to my invention may be so made as to serve
as braces for suspending trousers or other articles at the same time.
All that is required to make them suitable for this purpose is to secure two
straps at about the middle of the back and two straps on each side of the two

page_text: straps passing up the front of the body fastened on the straps a little above the
middle of the body as is usual with ordinary braces.
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pements in suspensory bandages.
I, MAX LOBENTHAL, of 12 and 13, Bridgewater Street, in the City and County
of London, Merchant, 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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Suspensory bandages as usually constructed are suspended from the body by a
band passing round the waist of the wearer. This method of suspension is particu-
larly inconvenient to stout persons and is troublesome to adjust and the support
given to the wearer is not sufficient as is the case with a suspensory bandage made
according to my invention.
In carrying out my invention I take a bag a made of the usual material ór
materials and by preference with three corners b, c, d two in the front and one
in the back. This bag is buttoned buckled sewn or detachably connected in any
suitable manner at the two front ends b and d to the straps E one at each corner.
These straps are carried up to about the middle of the wearers body. At
this point a buckle or other suitable fastener is connected to the end of each
strap to buckle or connect two other straps g which are carried up and continued
over the two shoulders of the wearer and which go down the back of the figure
to about the middle of the body where these two straps meet at H and are sewn
together or otherwise suitably secured, say by a ring P or otherwise. From this
point a strap or straps i extends to the third corner of the bag at the back
corner c where it is fastened to it in a suitable manner. The strap at the
back extending from the middle downward may be padded several inches from
the bottom upwards as shown in the drawing by letter K. This padding is to
prevent friction. A piece of leather or other stiff material suitably shaped
applied to the outer side of the strap or straps i instead of the padding may be
used with the like effect.
The straps or bandages are pereferentially made wholly or partly of elastic
material.
Suspensory bandages according to my invention may be so made as to serve
as braces for suspending trousers or other articles at the same time. All that
is required for this purpose is to secure two straps L at the middle of the back
as shown in the drawing Figure II and two straps M on each side of the two
straps passing up the front of the body fastened at about the middle of the
body and provided with another buckle N. The strap M with buckle or other
fasteners N can be buckled or fastened to a second (additional) strap 0 on each
side of the body and running upwards from E to straps g either on top or beneath
the strap g.
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The following are the advantages of my invention. It gives much greater
support and has much greater lifting power than any suspensory bandages
hitherto made. It does not allow the bag to drop as happens when bands are
secured round the waist owing to the greater tendency to slip.
It can be worn outside the shirt and consequently can be easily loosened or
tightened as required for walking riding or other purposes without disarranging

page_text: the dress. It is of far greater hygienic value on account of its greater supporting
and lifting power and is most comfortable to wear and more durable and more
easily kept clean.
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:
A suspensory bandage provided with straps going over the shoulders and with
or without trouser straps and pads as herein described and set forth.
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