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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
IRVEN E. JOHNSON, OF WOODVILLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO
A. M. HILL, OF SAME PLACE.
TRUSS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,579; dated April 3,1900.
Application filed July 12,1898. Serial No. 685,775. (No model.)To all whom t mncay concernC :
Be it known that I, IRVEN E. JOHNSON, a
citizen-of the United States, residing at Wood-
Ville, in the county of Tyler and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Truss,
of which the following is a specification.
This invention is designed to provide a
truss for giving relief in case of rupture and
effecting a cure in most cases both by exert-
i ing pressure upon the hernia and by apply-
ing medicine thereto, said truss being adjust-
able, so as to be applicable to different-sized.
persons, and the pad being movable, so as'to
be shifted to reach .any point below the navel
15 and above the pubis bone, thereby adapting
the truss for inguinal or umbilical rupture.
For a full understanding of the merits and'
advantages of the invention reference is to be
had to the accompanying drawings and the
20 following description.
The improvement is susceptible of various
changes in the form, proportion, and the mi-
nor details of construction, without depart-
ing from the principle or sacrificing any of
25 the advantages thereof, and to a full disclo-
sure of the invention an adaptation thereof
is shown in the accompanying drawings, in
which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the truss.
30 Fig. 2 is a detail view of the abdominal plates.
Fig. 3 is a rear view of the hernial pad, the
rear plate being removed and the socket-plate
having a portion broken away. Fig. 4 is a
detail view of the adjustable arm. Fig. 5 is
35 a transverse section of the hernial pad. Fig.
6 is a longitudinal section of the hernial pad.
Fig. 7 is a detail view of the hip-pad applied
to a terminal of the body-band. Fig. 8 is a
detail view of an end portion of the body-
4o band.
Corresponding and like parts are referred
to in the following description and indicated
in the views of the drawings by the same ref-
erence characters.
45 The body-band is formed of a length of
spring-wire of desired gage, according to the
size of the truss and the condition of the pa-
tient. This wire has its end portions bent,
forming side loops 1 and a connecting-bar 2,
50 the latter receiving the abdominal plate and
the terminals of the wire receiving pads 3.The intermediate portions of the loops are
shaped. to pass over the hips and below the
lowermost ribs and cause the pads 3 to be-
come firmly seated in the hollow of the hip- 55
joints and the front portion to bear against
the inguinal region directly over the' pubis
bone. The end portions of the body-.band
are adjustable, so as to be capable of being
lengthened or shortened, thereby adapting 6o
the truss. for different-sized persons. The
adjustable sections 4 are halved, so' as to
match the corresponding parts of the body-
band, which are correspondingly halved, the
halved sections when matched completing the 65
circular outline of the wire. A loop 5 is pro-
vided at the opposite terminals of the sec-
tions 4 and the body-band, and these loops
serve to hold the adjustable sections in place
when moved to the required position. The 70
friction between the parts in contact will be
sufficient under ordinary conditions to hold
the sections 4 in an adjusted position; but
should it become necessary positive means
may be employed to prevent possible move- 75
ient of the parts 4 when adjusted.
The pads 3 applied to the terminals of the
body-band may have any desired shape, but
are preferably of concavo-convex form .and
are perforated, so as to admit of free resbira- 8o
tion, and are formed with eyes 6, which receive
the reduced terminals 7, which are thread-
ed and are supplied with clamp-nuts .8, by
means of which the pads are secured upon the
parts 7 in an adjusted position. The portion 85
of each hip-pad having the eye 6 is confined
between a nut 8 and a shoulder at the inner
end or base of the.part 7 in such a manner
as to admit of the hip-pads'turning freely to
adapt themselves to the surface against which 90
they press.
The abdominal plate may be of any length
and width and comprises two members or
parts which are secured together and clamp
the lower front end portion of the body-band 95
between them, one of the plates or parts be-
ing grooved or channeled, as shown at 9, to
receive the portion of the body-band coming
between the parts of the plate. The pressure-
plate 10 or the member making contact with ico
the body is plano-concavo and is formed with
the groove or channel 9, and the clamp-plate 11
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Johnson, Irven E. Truss., patent, April 3, 1900; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508190/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.