US1705782A - Mosquito guard - Google Patents

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March 19, 1929. J. B. wERs 1,705,782

MOSQUITO GUARD Filed Aug. "1, 1926' ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 19, 1929.

JOSHUA BRYANT POWERS, or NEwYoRK, N. Y.

MOSQUITO GUARD.

'Application filed August 7,1926. Serial No. 127,882.

he present invention. relates to protective leggings, well for guard coverings for certain other exposed parts of the body, and has for an object to prevent the effective reach, and puncture of the skin, by the stinging equipment. of the mosquitoand other insect-s.

It is also an object of my invention to pro ride a cheap, cool, efficient, light-weight, and easily applied mosquito guard, bulky enough to prevent effective penetration by the stinger of insects, and yet be free from inconvenience when, worn.

In the actual mv nufactureof it is a further object to use ine; ;peneive, paper, such as thin crepe 'pa;i er,-for example, for my cheaper goods, and a parchmentized'or otherwise toughened paper for my medium priced goods, and an impregnated cambric for example for my higher class goods, sub-.

jecting each variety of fabric to a roughening process in order to secure bulky thickness when a plurality of wraps are employed in the making of my guard. I

' In impregnating my paper or other fabric, I may use an alcohol solution of gum shellac for example'with the object of securing and maintaining the roughness of the fabric.

"With the above and certain other objects'in view, which will become apparent as the description proceeds, my invention consists in the novel parts. and combination of parts, all as hereinafter will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views Figure 1' shows one of my mosquito guards in the form of a legging applied to a limb;

Figure 2 shows a top or plan view of several wraps of one of my mosquito guardforming strips.

Figure 3 shows a side'view of a partial length, cut away in the center, of one of my mosquito guard-forming strips.

Figure l shows an edge view of'this mosquito guard-forming strip.

Figure 5 "s a transverse sectional view through one of my mosquito guard-forming strips taken as on the line A B of Figure 3, and looking in the direction of the arrows; and r i f Figure 6 is an enlarged edge view of one end of one of my mosquito guard-forming strips.

With reference to Figure 1 10l0-10 are same my invention the flat-sides or convolutions of one of my mosquito guard formmg strips in the form of aleggmg applied to the limb of a wearer.

'The legging is started at the ankle and is wet, glue fashion, to cause it to adhere.

VVrth refercnce'to F1gure2 10 is thestrip material and 11 is the reenforced'cnd applied and. adhering to the strip after making a wrap or two.

With reference to Figure 3 .10 is my strip material, 12 the roughened or corrugated surface, and 1313 are distant edges produced in my roughening process. V lVith reference to Figure 4- 10 is the mosquito guard-forming strip in edge view, 11

the reenforced end applied thereto.

WVith reference to Figure 5 10v is the end View of. one of my mosquito guard-forming strips, and 1813 are the outstanding edges thereof. i y

With reference to Figure 6, which is an enlarged and sectional end view of one of my strips 10 is the strip, 12 the roughened or corrugated surface, 11 the reenforced end provided with an adhesive.

I It will now be appreciated that I may take a single strip or two or more strips of crepe paper, for example, and unite them into a compound strip through the agency of any suitable adhesive, a mucilage, for example,

and in this way secure a substantially cellular construction,-building up a bulky thickness of paper through which the stinging equipment of the mosquito cannot reach. In the place of using thin crepe paper I may usea little heavierweight paper or a cambric, and after running my previously cut strips between roughening or corrugating rollers, I can, unite two or more of them in substantially parallel rows throughthe agency of adhesive, or I can use them as simple single strips, and reenforce the ends by means of, a suitable impregnating reenforcing member to be pasted to hold the legging secure 011 the limb of the wearer.

'With my roughened or corrugated strips of fabric, either in single thicknesses or in superimposedor compounded layers it now be% comes obvious that I may secure avery cheap,

glue, and a light Weight but bulky mosquito guard legging, easily applied, Worn, and thrown away after use, but With such thickness as to prevent the stinging equipment ofa mosquito or other insect, from penetrating and reach ing through eltectively to the flesh of the limb protected by my guard.

Having described my invention, 1 claim:

1. A legging comprising a strip or crepe fabric Whose corrugations are treated with a solution to aid in maintaining said corrugations, said strip adapted to create a substantially cellular structure when Wrapped about a limb, and provided with means for making fast one 01 the ends of said strip.

2. A legging comprising a strip oi paper Whose surface is provided with a plurality of ind-entions and raised portions, said :t'abric being treated With a solution to preserve said surface formation; a reinforcement )rovided on one of the ends of: said strip; and an adhesive on said reinforcement.

3. A legging comprisii'ig a plurality of v sociated superimposed strips of fabric each provided With an undulating surface, the edges of the composite fabric being extended beyond the surface thereof; a winter ement provided on one of the ends or saiifl composite strip; and an adhesive on said reinforcement whereby the composite strip may be Wound about a leg and self-secured to provide a protection against the bites of insects, etc.

t. Alegging comprising a plurality of associated superimposed strips of indented :t'abric treated to maintain the indentations, the plurality oi strips being united by means of anadhesive, and means to secure the composite fabric strip to a leg including an adhesive applied to oneend of said strip.

5. A legging comprising a composite of a plurality of associated superimposed strips of paper each having a surface provided With undulations extending in plural directions and treated with a solution to preserve said undulations, the edges of the coinpositeextending beyond the surface thereof to reinforce the same; a separate reinforcement provided on one of the ends of said composite; and an adhesiveon said last named reinforcement.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 5th day oi? August A. D. 1926.

JOSHUA BRYANT rownns.

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