Splint or Fracture Box with Cradle Combined,-An Apparatus Designed to Secure the Efficient Treatment of Fractures of the Leg and Foot without Bandages.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 9th Mar., 1897
Splint or Fracture Box with Cradle Combined,-An Apparatus
Designed to Secure the Efficient Treatment of Fractures of
the Leg and Foot without Bandages.
I, THOMAS GEORGE LIGHT of 225 High Road Kilburn in the County of
London Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The apparatus consists of a back splint so constructed that a moveable foot-
piece can be fixed at varying distances and so adapted to legs of various
lengths at the opposite end a hinged foot permits of that end being raised if
desired.
The side splints are connected with screws which travel in grooves at either end
of the back splint and can be fixed at any point desired and adjusted to the
different diameters of the leg. They are further secured by diagonal crossbars.
A rectangular rod passes from either side of the back splint to the footpiece and
forms a cradle.
Dread this eah don of Manah 1906
Splint or Fracture Box with Cradle Combined,-An Apparatus
Designed to Secure the Efficient Treatment of Fractures of
the Leg and Foot without Bandages.
I, THOMAS GEORGE LIGHT of 225, High Road Kilburn in the County of
London, Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved splint or fracture box and my invention
cousists in a fracture box constructed substantially as hereinafter described and
especially adapted to be employed for fractures of the leg or foot.
The annexed drawing illustrates my invention in perspective.
In carrying out my invention I employ a back splint A adapted to receive in
apertures a the under pins of a foot piece B so that said foot piece may be adjusted
to suit legs of any length and the upper end of said font piece may be adjusted-so
as to alter the angle of inclination relatively to the back splint A-by means of
adjustable ties C, the under pins of said foot piece fitting loosely in their apertures
so as to allow for this adjustment.
The rest A is also provided or formed with transverse grooves or slots in which
side splints D may be clamped to any desired necessary distance apart so as to suit

page_text: any thickness of leg and also in order that said side splints may be fixed further
apart or closer together as the swelling of the leg increases or diminishes, and for
the purposes of enabling said side splints to be adjusted endwise, they are provided
with slotted lugs d through which the clamping screws pass about as shown. The
tops of the side splints are clamped together by means of adjustable tie bars E.
If desired the back splint A is provided with a preferably hinged foot F so that
that end of the back splint A may be supported in a raised position and I provide
my improved splint or fracture box with a cradle G which keeps off the pressure of
the bedclothes.
Some of the advantages appertaining to my improved splint or fracture box are
that the limb is exposed to view during the entire course of treatment, that any
displacement can be at once rectified and the occurance of gangrene, venous or
arterial stasis, sloughs, inflammatory fibrosis of muscles and other dangers
avoided.
I do not confine myself to any particular, construction of the different parts
constituting my invention and all the splints and rests are preferably provided
with detachable pads or cushions and the necessary straps and other fittings.
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 I
claim is :-
1. A splint or fracture box having adjustable side splints for the purposes and
substantially as described and illustrated.
2. The combination in a splint or fracture box of a back rest A having adjustable
side splints D and adjustable foot piece B and foot F all for the purposes and
substantially as described and illustrated.
3. In a splint or fracture box, a frame or cradle for the purposes and
substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 9th day of December 1806
THOMAS GEORGE LIGHT,
By his Agents, Horn, Son & Co.,
151, Strand (next to Somerset House), London.