US1148548A - Catamenial sack. - Google Patents

Description

G. B. SMITH.

CATAMENIAL SACK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-11,1911- Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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GOODWIN B. SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CATAMENIAL SACK.

Application filed January 11, 1911.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GooDwIN B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Uatamenial Sacks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to catamenial sacks adapted to be used by women during the period of menstruation.

An important object of this invention is to provide a catamenial sack which is designed to hold suitable absorbent material, so that such absorbent material is positively held against displacement but may be readily removed when desired.

A further object of this invention is to provide a catamenial sack which is cheap to manufacture and will be comfortable when being worn.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved catamenial sack, Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the same, Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of one end of a catamenial sack, of a slightly modified structure.

In the drawings wherein is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, a catamenial sack is shown, the same being formed of a single section of cloth or other suitable material, folded longitudinally upon itself to form side walls 1 and 2. The side walls 1 and 2 are stitched together at their ends and along corresponding longitudinal edges 1, as shown at 3 and 4, respectively. At spaced distances from the stitchings 3, the side walls 1 and 2 are transversely stitched together, as shown at 5. This results in the formation of flat end tabs 6.

The catamenial sack is secured to the wearer by pinning or otherwise securing the end tabs 6 to an undergarment. The side Walls 1 and 2 have their corresponding longitudinal edges stitched together, midway Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

Serial No. 602,009.

the ends of said side walls, as shown at 7. Portions of the corresponding edges of the side walls 1 and 2 are not stitched together, as shown, which results in the formation of two spaced openings 8, disposed near the ends of and leading into the pocket of the catamenial sack.

The pocket of the catamenial sack is to be filled with some suitable form of absorbent material. I have shown absorbent material in the embodiment of a napkin 9, folded upon itself, as shown. This napkin may be inserted into the pocket or removed therefrom through either of the openings 8. The stitching 7 prevents the napkin from accidentally moving out of the pocket. Each of the end tabs 6 may have its corners bent under, as shown at 10 in Fig. 4. The stitching 3, holds these bent ends in place.

I wish it understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that certain changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoined claims. 7

Having thus described my invention, I cla1m:

1. A catamenial sack, formed entirely of a single long fiat pocket made of a single ply of cloth folded longitudinally upon itself and having one longitudinal edge entirely closed and its opposite longitudinal edge closed at the middle only for providing spaced end openings leading into the openlng proper of the pocket, the longitudinal pocket being provided at its ends with flat attaching tabs, and a filling reniovably mounted within the pocket.

2. As an article of manufacture, a long relatively narrow casing formed of a single section of fabric folded longitudinally upon itself and stitched transversely at points spaced a substantial distance inwardly from the ends of the section of fabric for providing flat attaching flaps and a longitudinally extending pocket arranged therebetween having one longitudinal edge thereof completely closed by the material of the fabric and the oppositely arranged longitudinal edges separated, the edges being longitudinally stitched at a point spaced a substantial distance inwardly from the fiat flaps for providing a longitudinally extending secursaid pocket and be retained therein by the ing element and relatively long openings arsecuring means. 10 ranged'upon'opposite'sides thereofin free In testimony whereof I 'afliX my'signacommunication With the interior of the ture inpresence of tWo Witnesses.

pocket, and a readily removable long rela- GOODWIN B. SMITH. tively narrow filling of substantially the Witnesses:

same Width as the length of said openings L. LEFFLER,

and adapted to be passed therethrough into H. K. MAOCARDLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents eaeh by addressing the Commissioner of .Patentsi Washington, D. G. i

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