Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 9th Apr.,
1898
I, WILLIAM BARNARD STARBUCK, of Nantucket, Mass., U.S.A., Tax Collector,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved truss which is
simple and durable in construction and arranged to readily conform to the shape
of the wearer's body. .
The truss comprises a pear-shaped pad consisting of a back made of sole leather
or other flexible material, sufficiently stiff to keep the pad in place, but adapted
to readily bend and conform to the shape of the wearer's body.
The back is protected by a covering, preferably of goat-skin leather and con-
nected by silk stitches to the inner face, which is preferably made of light calfskin,
and forming, with the back, a pocket which is stuffed with sheep's wool.
A body. or belt strap is provided, and has an eye through which a staple or ring,
on the back of the pad, passes and engages a suitable hook or clasp, on the belt,
which holds the pad in place.
A leg strap is rigidly secured to the small end of the pad and is adapted to
buckle onto the body-strap at one side thereof.
Date :
1
1000
P. R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.
I, WILLIAM BARNARD STARBUCK, of Nantucket, Mass., U.S.A., Tax Collector,
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 object of this invention is to provide a new and improved truss which is
simple and durable in construction and arranged to readily conform to the shape
of the wearer's body.
The invention consists in the particular construction and arrangement of parts,
as will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claim.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters indicate corresponding parts in all the
views.

page_text: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a front view of the
same, and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.
The improved truss is provided with a pad A, made pear shaped, as indicated in
Figs. 1 and 2, and formed with a back A, of sole leather or like flexible material,
and sufficiently stiff to keep the pad in place, but adapted to readily bend and
conform to the shape of the wearer's body.
The back A¹ is protected by a covering A, preferably of goat skin leather and
connected by silk stitches to the inner face A³, preferably made of light calf skin,
and forming, with the back A', a pocket stuffed with wool A+, as shewn in Fig. 3.
By making the pad casing of leather, as described, it readily conforms to the shape
of the part of the body with which it comes in contact. The stuffing of the pad
casing with wool leaves the pad soft and elastic until it is worn out. In using
thin calf skin leather for the inner face A³ the perspiration of the human body
is not liable to penetrate to the filling of wool, thus preserving the latter in its
natural state and preventing it from becoming damp and offensive. The body or
belt strap B is connected at one end to a staple or eye C, attached to the back A¹,
and the other er free end of the said belt strap B is adapted to be hooked by a
hook D to a ring E on the outer end of the eye C. The leg strap F is rigidly
secured to the small end of the pad and is adapted to buckle onto the body strap B
at one side thereof.
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 truss, comprising a pear shaped pad provided with a ring secured thereto by
an eye or staple, a belt having an opening through one end through which the ring
is passed to secure the strap to the pad, the other end of the strap being provided
with a hook which, after the belt is passed around the body of the wearer, engages
the said ring, and a leg strap secured to the smaller end of the pad and adapted to
be connected to the belt at one side, substantially as described.
Dated this 28th day of February 1898
P. R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.