US1475895A

US1475895A - Sanitary belt

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Publication number: US1475895A
Application number: US407887A
Authority: US
Inventors: Stein Jacob
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-09-03
Filing date: 1920-09-03
Publication date: 1923-11-27
Anticipated expiration: 1940-11-27

Description

Nov. 27, 1923. 1,475,895

J. STEAIN SANITARY BELT Filed Sept. 5, 1920 A TTORNE Y8 lPatented Nov. 27, 192.3.

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB STEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SANITARY BELT.

Application filed September 3, 1920.

To all w/zom may concern.

Be it known that I, JACOB STEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan.

in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sanitary Belt, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to sanitary belts and has particular reference to an improvement in a belt for supporting sanitary napkins.

In the common forms of belts of this character, the supporting tabs are permanently 1.5 secured to a girdle and the napkins are pinned to the free ends of the tabs. It is obvious that such an arrangement has many objections and disac vantages due to the fact that it is either necessary to remove the girdle or detach the napkin from the tab by removing the pin each time it is temporarily necessary to remove the napkin.

The principal object therefore of the present invention,is to provide a belt of the character described which overcomes the above recited objections and. disadvantages by providing detachable tabs with means to permit of the ready removal of the tabs from the girdle when it is desired to temporarily remove the napkin.

Another object of the invention is to provide means which permits of an adjustment of the tab with respect to the girdle whereby to insure the proper fitting of the napkin when in place.

The invention further contemplates the provision of an article of the class described which is comparatively simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and highly efficient in purpose.

With the above recited and other objects in view, some of which will be more apparent hereafter, reference is hall. to the following detailed description, the appended claim and the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a belt constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a slightly modified form of a supporting tab employed in connection with the belt and illustrating the same in its extended condition.

Figure 3 is a view of the tab illustrating the manner in which the same may be ar- Serial No. 407,887.

ranged to secure a different adjustment of the free extremity thereof.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates a girdle strip of elastic or any other suitable material adapted for a purpose which is adapted to encircle the waist of the wearer. One extremity of the girdle strip 10 is provided with a plurality of rows of eyelets 11 and the opposite extremity is provided with hooks 12 which are adapted to be selectively engaged in the eyelets 11 to obtain the proper circumferential adjustment. The girdle 10 has secured to the outer sides thereof at diametrically opposite points the hooks 13 and a pair of supporting tabs 1e are det-achably associated with the girdle 10 through the medium of the engagement of the eyelets 15 with the hooks 13. As illustrated in Figure l of the drawings the tabs 14 are provided with a plurality of rows of eyelets 13 whereby the distance between the free ends 16 of the tabs and the girdle may be varied to obtain the proper adjustment of the napkin on the body.

Referring to Figures 2 and 3 of the drawing the tabs 20 are provided adjacent one end with the eyelets 21 which are designed to detachably engage hooks formed on the girdle. In this instance the adjustment of the tabs is obtained by means of a plurality of rows of eyelets 22 formed in the free ex tremity of the tab, which eyelets are designed to engage with the spaced hooks 23 secured to a strip Q secured transversely of the tab. By this arrangement the eyelets 22 which are not engaged by the hooks 23 may function to receive the pin 25 in order to secure the napkin to the tab, thus eliminating wear on the tab due to the constant perforating of the same by the pin.

From the foregoing, it will. be understood that a belt is n'ovided which permits of the temporary removal of the napkin by the disengagement of the tab from the girdle which materially adds to the life of the belt and at the same time minimizes the time required in the temporary removal or application of the napkin.

While there has been illustrated. and described several preferred embodiments of the invention, it is understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the elements in which the claim is set forth and by variations in the phraseology of the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A device for supporting sanitary napkins comprising a girdle having an adjustable connection at its opposite extremities napkin supporting tabs having detachable connection with the girdle at diametrically opposite points thereof, each of said tabs comprising a strip of material having a relatively wide upper portion and narrow lower portion said portions provided at their juncture with a transversely secured strip, a pair of spaced hooks secured to the transversely secured strip and a plurality of vertically spaced pairs of eyelets provided in the free extremity of the relatively narrow portion of the strip, each pair of which constitutes means respectively for the reception of a safety pin, and for engagementwith the hooks to vary the length of the tabs, as anta for the purpose specified.

JACOB STEIN.