IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR SURGICAL BELTS, BANDAGES, STAYS GLOVES, AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1885

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I ELIZABETH MARY MOORE (widow) of Comeragh Road, West Kensington,
London S.W. do hereby declare the nature of this invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN FASTENINGS FOR SURGICAL BELTS, BANDAGES, STAYS GLOVES, AND OTHER
ARTICLES 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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My object in this invention is to produce a fastening which will automatically
adjust itself to the strains upon it, expanding where the strain is greatest.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings
in which Figure 1 is a plan of the complete fastening and Figure 2 an end view of
the band or other article to which it is attached showing how the fastening is
inserted.
The fastening consists essentially of a cord or piece of elastic or equivalent
material A capable of extension and contraction fastened at its ends A¹ to the belt
or the like B and threaded through holes C which are preferably eyeletted, so that
a series of loops or sections D are formed to which the fastening loops E are loosely
attached so as not to interfere with the free movement of the cord A. The other
portion of the article to be fastened carries the buttons, hooks, spring catches or
equivalent F over which the fastening loops E are placed.
The elastic cord A is free to draw through the holes C so that any one section
is capable of drawing from its neighbours and extending further than would be
possible if each section were independent and thus accommodate itself to the strain
wherever it may come and by this means a much greater range of accommodation
is obtained than would be the case if each elastic loop were complete in itself and
independent of the others.
The loops E need not be elastic.
Instead of threading the cord A through the holes C in the material it may be
run upon the surface of the belt and secured at intervals in such manner as not to
interfere with the continuity of its extension and contraction.
Where a greater degree of elasticity is required the elastic cord A may be
repeated upon the fastening side of the material the buttons or equivalent F being
threaded upon or connected with the second cord A just as the loops E are or a
second set of loops E may be threaded on the second cord A a second set of

page_text: fastenings F being placed upon the material between the first set of loops E the
fastenings being thus arranged alternately. This latter arrangement is shewn in
dotted lines in Figure 1.
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 a fastening such as described a continuous elastic cord A arranged in loops
or sections D in such manner that the extension of one loop D may be increased by
the yielding of one or more of the others substantially as specified.
2. In a fastening such as described the combination with a continuous elastic
cord A arranged in loops or sections D of fastening loops E secured freely upon said
sections D whereby the extension of one loop D may be increased by the yielding
of the others substantially as specified.
3. In a fastening such as described an elastic cord A threaded through holes C in
the material to which it is applied and forming loops or sections D to which the
fastening loops E are secured substantially as specified.
4. A fastening such as described in which the fastening loops E are loosely
connected with sections D of a continuous elastic cord A the whole constructed
and operating substantially in the manner specified.
5. In a fastening such as described the combination of two elastic cords A one
for each part of the article to be joined each cord divided into loops or sections D
carrying the fastening loops E which cross the join in opposite directions and are
secured by the buttons or equivalent F upon the opposite part of the article the
whole constructed and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose
specified.
6. In a fastening such as described the combination with the fastening loops E
carried by an elastic cord A secured to one part of the article to be joined of buttons
or equivalent F carried by an elastic cord A secured to the other part of the article
to be joined substantially as specified.