US105785A - Improvement in catamenial sacks - Google Patents

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. TW. A.. 4DIMMORB.- y V(Bantam,enial Sack. y

No, 105,785. l Patented July ze, 187:0.

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`Tc all ichom fitmay concern; a t a `Beit known that I, WAREE'N'A. DINsMonE, of South Boston, iu the county of4 Suffolk and State of nia-l Sack; of which the-following, is a full, clear, and exact description, Y panying drawing making inwhchl Figure lis a perspective view of my improved catainenial sack. j l .l l

Figure 2` isa vertical section through the center of the same. i l l v I The object of my invention is to furnish a catamenial sack for the use ,of females Ldnring `the monthly period, which is vso. constructedl `thatthe .menstrual y discharges cannot escape therefrom -when theposition of the body is changed in lying, or sitting down, as has' been liable to occur with articles of this descrip` tion as heretofore made and 1 My invention consists iu a'saek containing within it an- `other sack or pocket of a tapering form, and provided with bauds and straps for securing the same uponthe Y body, and with au opening at the lower end throughr which the discharges pass into the space between the inner and outer sackspfrom which they cannot escape when the position of the sack is'changed vin ilyi ing or sitting down and a desirable and usefulfarticle is thus obtained, which." will eiectuallyprevent the clothes or person from becoming soiled.A

To enable others skilled in the' art to understand andfuse my invention, Iwill proceed to describe vthe manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawingf p a A is a rubber sack or. receptacle, which is made of a tapering form andprovided with two aps, ab, to which are attached the straps c, to the opposite ends of `whichare secured buckles, d, 44through which pass the strapse, the upper ends of lwhich are fastened to part of this specification,

Massachusetts, have invented an Improved lCatamereference being had tothe acconi- *wAEEEEA-r DnvSMoEE, or SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AssIcNoE 4EIMSELE AND EMILY L. GEE'E, or SAME PLACE.

Leners Parent No. 1o5,7s5, zaz .my 26, 1870.

`IIIMILIPROVEMENT IN ATAMENIAL SACKS. i

l .Y V I a The Schedule referre to .in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

the sack can-be adjusted to fit persons of different forms. p

Within the sackA, and secured to the upper edge thereof', is another smaller rubber sack or pocket, C, which is made tapering or tunnel-shaped, and is provided at its lower end with an opening, j; through which `the menstrual discharges pass into the space" g between the inner and outer sacks;'and from this space the discharges cannot escapewheri the position of thebody of the wearer is changed, as in'1ying,'or sittingdown', as they will tlow up onone side toward the point wherethe innerand outer sacksare united together, and the liability of the clothes or person ot tbewearer 'becoming soiled is thereby' eiectually pre vented.

his a piece of sponge .attached to the upper edge ofthe sack, which may be saturated wtlrperfnme, if desired. I I alu aware that a double sack is not, of itself, new, as it has been used by introducing it into the vagina and pressing it against the mouth of`-tbe fwomb, an inconvenient, if not an inlpraoticable application of the sack.

Claim '.lhe within described catauienial sack, consistingof the outer sackA, in combination with an inner sack O'provided with an opening, f, and so arranged as to form a space, g, and combined with bands and straps for securing the same uponfthe as and for the purpose described, y Witness my band this 11th day of June, ArD. 1870.

' WARREN A. DINSMORE.

person, substantially Witnesses a P. E. TESCH EE1A0HEE,

`W. J. CAMBRIDGE..

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