Hernia controlling truss

Claim 1

IN A TRUSS, AN ELASTIC BELT HAVING ADJUSTABLE MEANS CONNECTING THE ENDS THEREOF IN BODY ENCIRCLING POSITION, A FABRIC PAD MOUNTING MEMBER SECURED TO SAID BELT AT ONE END THEREOF AND A PAD HAVING A FLAT FACED FOAM RUBBER BODY PORTION MOUNTED FLATLY FACE TO FACE ON SAID MOUNTING MEMBER, A CONTINUOUS FOAM RUBBER RIB ON THE FLAT FACE OF SAID BODY PORTION REMOTE FROM SAID MOUNTING MEMBER, SAID RIB FORMING A FLAT BOTTOMED POCKET WITH SAID BODY PORTION, SAID RIB FORMING A PERIPHERAL RAISED RIM FOR SAID POCKET, FABRIC COVERING PLIES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PAD, STITCHING SECURING SAID COVERING PLIES TO SAID FOAM RUBBER BODY PORTION AND TO EACH OTHER ALONG THE INNER MARGINAL EDGE OF SAID RIB AND SECURING SAID COVING PLIES TOGETHER ADJACENT THE OUTER MARGINAL EDGE OF SAID RIB TO SECURE SAID RIB IN POSITION ON SAID BODY PORTION TO DEFINE A POCKET IN SAID PAD HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT FACED CONTINUOUS FABRIC COVERED YIELDING BOTTOM WALL AND A PERIPHERAL YIELDING FABRIC COVERED RIM SURROUNDING SAID BOTTOM WALL.