Abdominal Belt.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 24th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 28th Nov.,
1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Abdominal Belt.
I, SAMUEL YOUNG of Wickham Road Chichester in the County of Sussex Boot
Closer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to my invention 1 make an abdominal belt which may be worn by
persons of either sex requiring through some cause to have the abdomen well
supported, wholly of leather joined and biased in the manner shown in the accom-
panying drawings so as to conform to the figure of the person to be fitted and so
provide the means for obtaining the required support from the loins by means
of a strap attached to the abdominal belt in the position shown by the drawings.
Figure 1 is a plan of the abdominal belt opened out and
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the abdominal belt as it appears when fitted to the
person.
In order to obtain the required concavity in front and convexity at the back
make the abdominal belt in separate pieces A A¹ B B shaped as shown in Figure 2
and furthur drawn in to fit the intended wearer by the biases c.
The parts joined are protected by leather bands such as a a¹ and forming
a binding back and front carrying two or more rows of stitches carried through
these bands placed exteriorly and interiorly with the substance of the leather of
which the body of the belt is formed intervening,
Similar bands are sewn over the various biases e as shown in the drawings.
At the back of the belt provide a series of eyelet holes for securing the belt by
means of a suitable lace and I secure at the front of the belt the curved strap C
which may be drawn in upon the exterior of the belt sufficiently to obtain that
support from the loins which is required for the comfort of the wearer.
Dated this 24th day of March 1891.
AIKION & THOMAS,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Abdominal Belt.
I, SAMUEL YOUNG of Wickham Road Chichester in the County of Sussex,
Boot Closer 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 :-
According to my invention I make an abdominal belt which may be worn by
persons of either sex requiring through some cause to have the abdomen well
supported, wholly of leather joined and biased in the manner shown in the
drawings left with the Provisional Specification so as to conform to the figure
of the person to be fitted and so provide the means for obtaining the required
support from the loins by means of a strap attached to the abdominal belt in the
position shown by the drawings.
Figure 1 is a plan of the abdominal belt opened out and
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same as it appears when fitted to the
person.
In order to obtain the required concavity in front and convexity at the back
I make the abdominal belt in separate pieces A. A¹, B', shaped as shown
in Figure 2 and further drawn in to fit the intended wearer by the biases c.
The parts joined are protected by leather bands such as a a¹ and 6 forming a

page_text: binding back and front carrying two or more rows of stitches carried through
these bands placed exteriorly and interiorly with the substance of the leather of
which the body of the belt is formed, intervening. Similar bands are sewn over
the various biases c as shown in the drawings.
At the back of the belt I provide a series of eyelet holes for securing the
belt by means of a suitable lace and I secure at the front of the belt the
curved strap C which may be drawn in upon the exterior of the belt sufficiently
to obtain that support from the loins which is required for the comfort of the
wearer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is :-
An abdominal belt made of rigid material such as leather shaped and biased to
conform to the figure of the person to be fitted in combination with a curved
strap fitted thereon to obtain support from the loins substantially as described.
Dated this 9th day of November 1891.
AYRTON & THOMAS,
Agents for the Applicant.