An Improved Joint for Surgical Elastic Appliances.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left 1st Oct. 1889-Accepted. 9th Nov. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Joint for Surgical Elastic Appliances.
1, HENRY WILKINSON, 26 Broad Street, Nottingham, Surgical elastic appliance
manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
Each elastic article I make in the ordinary way to the bend of the knee or elbow,
then press off about two-thirds more or less of the width of the article, and make the
required length at each side, then make the whole width across the article for the
required length, thus leaving an opening for the insertion of a piece of elastic fabric
woven with the india rubber at a right angle or thereabout to the remainder of the
article.
The inserted piece of elastic fabric may be stitched at the edges to the main piece, or
it may be run on the machine with the main piece and turned off, thus forming one
entire article with the knee or elbow joint woven with the india rubber running the
reverse way to the remainder, theroby affording greater freedom for the bending of
the knee or elbow, and effectually preventing the upper and lower parts of the article
being drawn into creases over the knee or elbow joint. The above improvement is
equally applicable to either knee caps, knee leggings, thigh knee caps, thigh knee
leggings, thigh knee stockings, knee stockings or armlets.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Joint for Surgical Elastic Appliances.
1 HENRY WILKINSON, 26 Broad Street, Nottingham, Surgical appliance manufacturer,
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:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a piece of elastic fabric with an open space for inserting a piece
to form an improved knee cap. Figure 2 shows the piece to be inserted and Figure 3
shows a side view of an improved knee cap with the piece inserted.
Each elastic article I make in the ordinary way to the bend of the knee or elbow.
When making a knee cap as shown at Figure 1 the main portion is made up to A
then pressed off up to about two thirds more or less of the width, the length A being
run or turned off in the usual way, the portions B at each end of A are then made the
length required to equal the ends of the piece to be inserted, the inner selvedges C
being made straight, the fabric is commenced again in the ordinary way being
widened out to each selvedge or narrowed in according to the shape required and
continued to the welt D and turned off.
Thus leaving an opening for the insertion of a piece of elastic fabric E shown at
Figure 2, woven with the india-rubber at a right angle or thereabout to the remainder
of the article. The piece E is commenced at E and widened out on each side the
centre to the selvedges up to E, then narrowed on each side the centre to the
selvedges up to E' where the covered rubber thread is run through the loops of the
fabric to secure it before being pressed off.
The piece E is then inserted in the opening in the main piece and secured in
position by seaming the edges together, the seams being hid and further secured by
cross stitching F made by hand or by a suitable stitching machine.

page_text: The selvedges are then scamed together and protected by a tape G being stitched
over them in the usual way. The insertion of the piece E woven with the india-
rubber running the reverse way to the main portion forms a joint affording greater
freedom for the bending of the knee or elbow and effectually prevents the upper and
lower parts of the article being drawn into creases over the knee or elbow of the
wearer.
The insertion of a piece E of suitable shape is equally applicable to either knee
caps, knee leggings, thigh knee caps, thigh knee leggings, thigh knee stockings, knee
stockings or armlets.
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 improved joint for surgical elastic appliances, formed by the insertion of a
piece of elastic fabric having the india rubber at a right angle or thereabout to the
main portion of the article substantially as described and illustrated in the Drawings
.annexed.
Dated TAIS rtieth day of September 2009.
Witness:
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Nottingham.
HENRY WILKINSON.
Witness:
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Nottingham.