US883452A - Finger-cot. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.

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FRANCES A. GORLISS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FINGER-COT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 20, 1907.

Patented March 31, 1908.

Serial No. 379,844.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCES A. CoRLIss, a citizen of the United States, residing in Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Finger-Cots, of which the following is a specification.

My improved. finger cot is especially adapted and constructed to be applied over a finger-band age, that is to say, the cot is applied to a sore fin er over the bandage which is already on the finger.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a cot of the character described which can be contracted at the outer end and adjusted without contracting the main or central portion, which is the part next the sore place on the finger, and without pressing on the sore or wounded place. To accomplish this object I provide a cot which at its closed end is comparatively narrow, and at a short distance from said end broadens distinctly and thus extends at its opposite edges, said cot being laced at the outer end only, the lacing and lacing-holes being arran ed so that however tightly the cot may be Iaced on the finger the central or main portion retains practically its extended shape whereby there-is no pressure on the sore place on the finger, such as is produced by finger-cots which are laced on the outside of the finger for the entire length, or the greater portion of the entire length of the cot. Thus I do away with all lacing and pressure from lacing at the sore place and. at any point except at the extreme outer end, and the main or central portion of the cot retains its enlarged shape whether the not is laced or not.

The nature of my invention is fully described below, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a human hand with my improved cot applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 3 is a view of the under side. Fig. 4 is a side view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The cot consists oi three parts, viz. a top or outer piece which lies on the outer side of the finger, a bottom piece which lies under the finger, and a lacing which extends from the cot and is usually secured around the wrist in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1. The bottom piece a is formed at its outer end into a scallop b, and at the opposite ends of said scallop the piece is distinctly broadened at c, and from that point broadens gradually toward its open end d. The top or outer piece 6 is formed with a scallop g at its outer end exactly like the scallop b, and at h said top piece is sharply broadened and from that point broad ens gradually until it reaches the part is, at which point it is provided with a narrower extension n.

The edges p of the parts a and l) are stitched together, the part a is provided with a pair of holes 8 and another pair t, and the top part c is provided with a pair of holes a, and the part n of the top piece is provided with a pair of holes o, and another pair w. The holes t in the bottom piece and the holes a in the top piece correspond and register with each other when the outer end of the cot is contracted, and both said pairs of holes are at a sufficient distance from the seam to properly contract the cot at that point.

It will be seen by reference to Figs. 2 and 3 that the cot when expanded is unusually broad from the points 0, it toward its outer end, thereby enabling it to be applied easily gas to a bandaged finger, and to provide plenty is thus contracted where the lacing passes through the pair of holes 8, t and a, and assumes the position or shape illustrated in Fig. 1. Thus it will be seen that when the cot is in use the portions which are comparatively small in diameter are the scalloped portions 6, g and the outer end next the holes a, o and the central portion remains large and roomy, by reason of its extended sides and cannot press on the sore. Moreover as the lacing is entirely away from the central portion it is impossible that such lacing can touch or press on the sore, and the adjustment of the lacing will not affect the. sore in any manner. Thus the objection .to cots which are split along the back or upper portion and have the edges laced together for the greater portion of their length, irritating the-sore or wound on the finger, is obviated.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters without pressing on the affected part, said contracted and main portions being whole and unslitted on the top and bottom sides; and a lacing secured in and extending through suitable holes near the outer ends of the main portion only, whereby the cot is contracted by the lacing process at its outer end only leaving the broadened main portion unaffected.

2. A finger-cot comprising upper and lower integral flexible pieces secured together at their edges and having comparatively narrow outer ends g, b and comparatively broad central or main portions 6, a broadening abruptly at c, hfrom the contracted end portion, whereby the contracted end portions may fit approximately snugly over the tip of the finonly without affecting its broadened or main portion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCES A. CORLISS.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, M. A. A'rwoon.

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