An Improved Liniment Pad.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 16th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Liniment Pad.
1 WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the firm of Horn and Son of 151 Strand in
the County of Middlesex Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this
invention (a communication to me from Benjamin T. Jacobs of Stapleton State of
New York United States of America Inventor) to be as follows:-
The subject of this my invention is an improved liniment pad and my object is to
devise an improved means by which a pad for the application of a liniment or
embrocation may be attached to the affected part of the patient.
My improved device consists in providing the pad with a number of tabs which
are secured to the said pad by means of buttons or other suitable device.
The said tabs have an adhesive surface for the purpose of affixing the pad
to the patient and are provided with an extension in which are formed button holes
or other means for connecting the tabs with the liniment pad.
Dated this 16th day of December 1890.
HORN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Liniment Pad.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN, of the firm of Horn & Son, 151 Strand, London,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, (a communication to me from abroad by Benjamin T. Jacobs, of
Stapleton, State of New York, United States of America, Inventor) and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
My invention consists of a pad provided with detachable fastening-tabs for
securing it to the body, thus adapting the pad to be removed and its medicament
renewed and applied again and again to the body.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new and improved liniment-pad complete.
Figure 2 is a view of the pad when used for the application of an ointment or
mustard leaf without the fastening-tabs.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the detached fastening-tabs.
Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the under surface of the fastening-tab.
A represents the body of the pad, which may be of any appropriate size and
form, and may be of any suitable construction, having a felt or other absorbent
facing B to receive liniment or other medicine to be applied to the human body.
The facing B is by preference of thick heavy felt secured by stitching or otherwise
to the backing B₁ of linen, cotton or silk fabric, or parchment, rubber cloth or
rubber tissue, or any other suitable material.
CC are the fastening-tabs. These are detachably connected to the body of the
pad by buttons a a or other suitable attaching devices, and are provided with an
adhesive surface c possessing the property of sticking firmly to the human skin.
The said tabs may be of any suitable shape and may be of leather or any suitable
fabric, and in order to use the tabs over and over again I prefer to employ a
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page_text: separate adhesive tab, having adhesive material on both surfaces, one being
designed to fasten the adhesive tab to the pad the other designed to be applied to
the skin. When the tab becomes useless, it may be removed and a new one put
in place.
The adhesive material may be applied directly to the fastening-tab, as shown in
Figure 4, if desired, in which case several sets of fastening-tabs will accompany
each pad, and, if desired, the tabs may be made of elastic material to facilitate the
fastening of the pad to them.
In Figure 2 is illustrated a modification of my invention which is designed for
the application of an ointment or mustard leaf, the ointment being spread upon the
surface of a piece of linen or other suitable material, the corners of which are
secured in the pockets or a mustard leaf may-be applied in a similar manner.
The pad itself may be attached to the skin in the manner before described.
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. As a new article of manufacture, a tab for pads, having an adhesive surface
and provided with an extension for securing it to a pad, as specified.
2. As a new article of manufacture, a tab for pads; provided with an extension
having a button-hole therein for securing it to a pad, and with an adhesive tab on
the under surface of its body portion, as set forth.
3. The combination, with a pad, of tabs projecting from the edges of the pad and
having adhesive surfaces, substantially as described..
4. The combination with a pad, of tabs having adhesive surfaces detachably
secured to the pad, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
5. The combination, with a pad provided with buttons, of tabs having adhesive
surfaces and provided with button-holes-for-engaging-the buttons of-the-pad;
substantially-as-herein-shown-and-described.