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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MILTON A. GOODSON, OF CHILDRESS, TEXAS.
BRACE.
976,564. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 22, 1910.
Application filed December 6, 1909. Serial No. 531,619.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, MILTON A. GooDsoN,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Childress, in the county - of Childress and
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Braces, of
which the following is a specification, refer-
ence being had to the accompanying draw-
ings.
10 This invention relates to certain new and
useful improvements in body braces and has
for its object to provide a device of this
character which is adapted to support and
strengthen the back and thighs of the wearer
15 to relieve the strain occasioned when a stoop-
ing posture must be retained for an indefi-
nite time.
Another object is to provide a device of
very simple construction which is adapted
20 to encircle the body of the wearer immedi-
ately above the waist line and is provided
with elastic thigh bands attached thereto,
whereby the device will be retained in its
proper position.
25 With these and other objects in view, the
invention consists of the novel features of
construction and the combination and ar-
rangement of parts hereinafter fully de-
scribed and claimed, and illustrated in the
30 accompanying drawings, in which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im-
proved body brace; and Fig. 2 is a side ele-
vation illustrating the application of the de-
vice.
35 Persons whose occupations require that
they assume a stooping posture which must
be maintained for hours at a time are gener-
ally affected with various afflictions which
undermine their health. The more import-
40 ant afflictions which are directly due to the
above cause are derangement of the kidneys
and bladder and loss of vitality. These ail-
ments are quite common among the cotton
pickers and while my improved brace is par-
45 ticularly designed for those employed in
such occupations, it will be obvious that the
same may be also used by those engaged in
numerous other pursuits with remedial and
advantageous results.
50 With the above object in view, the inven-
tion comprises two elastic body bands 5.
These bands are of the same length and are1slightly spaced one above the other. They
are also each provided in their correspond-
ing ends with buttons and button holes by 55
means of which the ends of the bands may
be secured together over the abdomen of
the wearer and slightly above the waist line.
These bands are secured together by means
of a short strap 6, and upon each side of 60
these straps the ends of the parallel elastic
bands 7 are secured. As shown in the draw-
ings, these bands 7 depend from the back of
the body bands and are connected interme-
diate of their ends by means of the trans- 65
verse strips 8. To the lower ends of each
pair of the strips 7, the thigh bands 9 are
secured. These bands are similar to the
body bands 5 and are provided on their ends
with buttons and button holes by means of 70
which they are secured about the thighs of
the wearer. When in position, as shown in
Fig. 2, the vertical straps 7 extend from the
thighs over the hips of the wearer and as-
similate the strains which are occasioned by 75
the contortions of the body, as the wearer
pursues his labors. The limbs are also
greatly strengthened and the movements of
the user will not tire the muscles or have
any debilitating influence upon his strength. 80
From the foregoing it will be seen that
I have provided a body brace of compara-
tively simple construction which is admir-
ably adapted for the purposes in view. It
may be very quickly secured upon the body 85
and can be manufactured at an extremely
low cost.
While I have set forth in detail the par-
ticular manner in. which the device would
preferably be formed, it will be obvious that 90
various minor modifications may be resorted
to without departing from the spirit or sac-
rificing any of the advantages thereof.
Having thus described the invention what
is claimed is: 9o
As a new article of manufacture, the here-
in described body brace comprising two
spaced parallel elastic bands centrally con-
nected together between their ends and
adapted to encircle the body of the wearer 100
above the waist line, a pair of parallel elas-
tic straps secured to each of the body bands
upon each side of the connected central por-
f tion thereof, said pairs of straps depending
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Goodson, Milton A. Brace, patent, November 22, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513926/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.