An Improved Support for the Head when Writing or Drawing.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1895-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1895
An Improved Support for the Head when Writing or Drawing.
A communication to me from OSKAR HERRMANN, of Pegau, in the Empire of
Germany.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 65 and 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement and
accompanying drawing, that is to say :-
This invention has for its object a support which can be used by any person in
a sitting position to support and steady the head whilst writing or drawing.
It consists substantially of a support under the chin by which the head is
prevented from dropping, the other end of the support resting upon the table.
In the accompanying drawing, which is in illustration of the invention,
Figures 1 and 2 are a side view and a transverse section respectively, of an
improved support of the kind described, of adjustable length.
Figure 3 is a side view of a similar one, but not adjustable in length.
In the form of arrangement illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the apparatus consists
of two principal parts, that is to say, the foot or lower part and the corresponding
upper part or support.
The foot consists of a tube a with a shoe a' of indiarubber at its lower end, and
having a vertical slit a2 with notches a³ at its sides.
In this slit a slides the body of a pin or knob 6 which is screwed into a rod c
which can slide up or down in the tube a. If the part 6 of the knob b is turned
into either one of the notches a³, the rod c remains fixed at the corresponding
height, and the support d for the chin, which is carried at the upper end of the
rod e, and is formed of a suitably shaped light material, also remains fixed at the
desired height from the lower end of the tube a. The support d is provided with
two eyes e at its sides, in which the ends of an indiarubber band or cord f, which is
passed over the head, are fastened.
The alternative arrangement illustrated in Figure 3 is similar to that already
described, except that it is made in one piece, so that its length cannot be
varied.
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. The apparatus consisting of a rod c, having an indiarubber shoe c¹ at its
lower end, and a chin support a at its upper end, such chin support having eyes
in which the ends of an elastic band or cord are fastened, substantially as,
and for the purposes, described, and illustrated in Figure 3, of the accompanying
drawing.
2. The modified form of the apparatus described and claimed in Claim 1, in
which the rod c slides in a tube a, provided at its lower end with an india rubber
shoe a', and has at its side a slit a with notches a³, which notches receive a pin b¹
Drive Q77

page_text: screwed into the rod c and having a head b, so that the length of the support
may be varied as described and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 15th day of July 1895.
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.