Improvements in Strengthening and Supporting Stays or Belts Suitable for General Wear and Especially for the Cure of Lumbago and other Affections.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug, 1887
Complete Left, 22nd May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 22nd June, 1888
Improvements in Strengthening and Supporting Stays or Belts
Suitable for General Wear and Especially for the Cure of
Lumbago and other Affections.
I SAMUEL MERRICK of 82 Marland Row, Bury New Road, Marland near Rochdale,
Maker of Trusses &c. do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is the manufacture of an improved belt or pair of stays
suitable for general wear and especially useful to be worn by a person afflicted with
lumbago or other similar affection-which shall prove a comfort to the wearer and be
a support to the spine and be thoroughly ventilated..
In performing my invention I make the lining of the bolt of flannel and at the back
and front to obtain the required support and stiffness I apply an outer covering of
thick leather but which for ventilating purposes is perforated all over its surface with
suitable holes and at the back of the belt at that part which covers the spine I pad
with several thicknesses of flannel and so form a cushion and warm support for tho
spine. In front this improved belt is fastened by straps and buckles in the ordinary
manner.
In some cases I make the belt in several gores or parts connected together by elastic
gussets.

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Lumbago and other Affections.
I SAMUEL MERRICK of 82 Marland Row, Bury New Road, Marland, near Rochdale,
Maker of Trusses &c. do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
The object of this invention is the manufacture of an improved belt or pair of stays
suitable for general wear and especially useful to be worn by a person afflicted with
lumbago or other similar affection-which shall prove a comfort to the wearer and be
a support to the spine and be thoroughly ventilated.
And in order that my said invention may be the more readily understood and carried
into practical effect I have hereunto annexed a drawing illustrative of my improvements
applied to a Lumbago belt.
Fig. 1. is a front view and Fig. 2 is a back or rear view of my improved Lumbago
belt.
In all the views a a is the outer covering of thick leather which for ventilating
purposes is perforated all over its surface with holes b. b and in all cases lined with
flannel on the inside. These holes b b not only pass through the single thickness of
leather but also through the strengthening or stiffening bands cc and serve the purpose
of ventilation allowing any persperation to escape and evaporate and thus prevent
dampness of the internal lining.
At each side of the belt are elastic gussets d. d and at the front my improved belt is
fastened with straps e. e and buckles ff in the ordinary manner.
At the back of the belt at that part which covers the spine I pad with several
thicknesses of flannel and so form a cushion and warm support for the spine.
In some cases I make the belt in several gores or parts similarly perforated and
connected together by elastic gussets.
Although only illustrated as applied to a Lumbago belt it will be apparent that
my improved perforated leather supports are equally applicable to strengthening stays
or belts for children afflicted with weak backs-to childrens navel belts,-to ladies
abdominal belts, to gentlemens hunting belts and to single or double Trusses and other
belts or stays.

page_text: Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
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In the manufacture of Lumbago and other belts the employment of an outer
covering of thick leather perforated all over its surface substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying drawings.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Office,
55, Market Street, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.
Dated this 18th day of May 1888.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Office,
55, Market Street, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.