US1099648A - Arch-supporter. - Google Patents

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G. O. HAMMANN.

ARCH SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18, 1913.

Batented'June 9, 1914,

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GEORGE C. HAMMANN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ARCH-SUPPORTER.

TAMEMGTS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, GEORGE C. HAMMANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of ()hio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Arch- Supporters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to arch supporters, and particularly to an adjustablearch supporter.

The great variety of special conditions which exist in cases requiring the use of arch supporters, requires that an arch supporter, in order that it may give universal satisfaction and meet the varying needs of different feet and even of the individual foot, should be fully adjustable so that the support may be thrown under the proper portion of the arch, or instep, where it may be most effective to return the foot to its normal condition and shape, and thus relieve the pain and distress consequent on abnormal or pathological conditions.

To meet this requirement, and to provide a supporter fully adjustable to such end is the object of my invention.

Tn the drawings: Figure 1 is a bottom view of my new arch supporter; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a section on line a-a of Fig. 2.

The numeral 1 indicates the arch plate of my new supporter. Said plate may be made of any suitable material; preferably, however, ll make the same of heavy leather suitably finished, the said material being light and having a certain degree of rigidity coupled with elasticity suitable to the purpose. The said arch plate is formed with a lip 2 which is adapted to fit to, and support, the inside of the foot arch. Adapted to fit to the under side of said arch plate 1, are springs 3 and 4. The said springs are made of a high grade of spring steel. The spring 3 is bow shaped and fits longitudinally against the under side of the plate 1; the said plate is provided with longitudinal slots 5, one near each end of the spring, which are adapted to receive the threaded ends of bolts 6, the said bolts being secured in perforations in the plate 1. Nuts 7 are provided for the bolts 6, and by means of the same the plate 3 is rigidly secured to the plate 1, the slots 5 permitting longitudinal Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 18, 1913.

Patented June 9, 1914..

Serial No. 807,386.

adjustment of the spring 3. Connected with each of said longitudinal slots, are lateral, or transverse slots 8, by means of which the spring 3 may be laterally, or obliquely adusted, the distance between each cooperative pair of transverse slots, that is, between a slot and its correlated slot at the opposite end of the spring," being the same as the distance between the bolts 6. The spring l is shaped to fit up against the under side of the lip 2 of plate 1, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and thus forms an elastic support for said lip. The other end of said spring is provided With a longitudinal slot 9 and lateral slots 10 adapted to receive the threaded end of a bolt 11 secured in a perforation in the arch plate 1. A nut 12 adapted to screw onto the bolt 11 rigidly secures the spring 4 to the arch plate. As will be seen, the spring 1 is adjustable, longitudinally, laterally and obliquely by means of the slots 9 and 10. The spring 4:, as is clearly illustrated in the drawings, fits between the spring 3 and the under side of the arch plate.

From the foregoing description, the nature and use of my new arch supporter will be fully apparent. The arch of the bowed spring 3 may be thrown, by means of the adjustments above described, under the exact part of the foot arch where the support is required. Similarly. the spring 4 may be adjusted to meet the individual requirements of the patient. Such adjustments may also be made progressively, so that a foot which is tender and sore when the arch supporter is first worn may be gradually worked back into its normal shape and condition.

Having thus described my invention, what ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An arch supporter comprising a plate arranged to fit under the arch of a foot, a spring arranged to fit longitudinally against the under side of said plate, said spring having a longitudinal slot near each of its ends and transverse slots connected with each of said longitudinal slots, and means to secure said spring to said plate, said means being arranged to pass through said slots whereby adjustability of said spring is obtained.

2. An arch supporter comprising a plate arranged to fit under the arch of a foot. a lip on said plate arranged to fit against the inner side oi said arch, a spring arranged to fit against the under side of said lip, said spring having a longitudinal slot and transverse slots connected with said longitudinal slot, and means to secure said spring to said plate, said means being arranged to pass through said slots whereby adjustability of said spring is obtained.

3. An arch supporter comprising a plate arranged to fit under the arch of a foot, a lip on said plate arranged to fit against the inner side of said arch, a spring arranged to fit longitudinally against the under side of said plate, a second spring arranged to fit against the under side of said lip, said first mentioned spring having a'longitudinal slot near each of its ends and transverse slots connected with each of said longitudinal slots, said second mentioned spring having a longitudinal slot and transverse slots connected with said longitudinal slot, and means to secure said springs to said plate, said means being arranged to pass through said slots whereby adjustability of said springs is obtained.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, this 10 day of December, 1913.

GEORGE C. HAMMANN.

Witnesses ARTHUR H. EWALD, FREDK. J. WENDELN.

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