US1941320A - Bath mitt - Google Patents

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J. E. PAMPLlN Dec; 26, 1933.

BATH MITT Filed June 2.7, 195s INVENTOR Patented Dec. 26, 1933 UNITED S'IA'rlss` PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The present invention relates generally to new and useful improvements in bath mitts and has particular reference to a mitt of reversible character embodying a pocketlike element on one side thereof for retaining a cake of soap and allowing lather therefrom to iilter'through the material thereof to facilitate bathing.

The principal object of the invention'is to provide a bath mitt of the class designated that embodies a porous soap container arranged on one side thereof or on the palm side of the mitt and through which the lather from the soap filters asl in bathing.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a reversible bath'mitt which employs a soap rcontainer on the palm side thereof and that may be quickly Aand easily reversed when suiilcient lather has been secured without removing the hand from the mitt.

A' still further object of the invention is the provision of a bath mitt of the dass described which combines a soap container on one side and a two sided crash or toweling rubbing or scrubbing surface for soaping the body and cleansing the sameby the use of either or both sides.

An additional object of the invention is that of providing a bath mitt' ofthe class indicated which is so constructed that thumb openings are positioned on opposite side edges to facilitatethe easy reversing of the same without entirely withdrawing the hand therefrom.

Additional to the foregoing. objects is that o! providing a bath mitt which is very simple in construction, is durable, and that provides an excellent body cleaning and massaging medium.

Other objects andv advantages of the invention become apparent with reference to the subjoined specification and the accompanying one sheet of drawings in whichz- Figure 1 is a side elevation'of the improved bath mitt showing the scrubbing or cleansing side thereof;

Figure 2 illustrates the reverse side thereof or the palm side and shows the porous container positioned in place thereon, a hand being shown in place in the mitt;

Figure 3 is as enlarged fragmentary section taken through the finger sections and side binding;i as illustrated by the line 3-3 in Figure l; an

Figure 4 is a greatly enlarged transverse section taken through the hand portions of the mitt, the soap container and the thumb openings thereof, as indicated by the line 4-4 in Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing it will be observed that the bath mitt in its preferred form consists of two mating crash or like roughened hand sections 5 and 6 stitched and held securely bound together by means oi' binding strips 7, 8 and 9 and providing a wrist section l0 open at one side to receive the hand and having snaps 11 and 12 adapted to secure the mitt securely to the wrist, a loop 13 being also provided to hang the mitt up when not in use.

Thumb openings 14 and 15 are provided in opposite side edges of the binding through which the thumb is inserted when the mitt is used in either position and finger openings 16 are stitched into the mitt and extend inwardly toward the palm section thereof so that the iingers may be inserted therein to facilitate handling of the mitt.

' As disclosed in Figures 2 and 4 the mitt is shown provided on the palm side thereof with a stitched soap container 17 having its outer and side edges securely stitched in place to the section 6 of the mitt and havinga snap fastener 18 secured to its lower free edge whereby'a cake of soap 19 may be inserted therein and held in place by said snap fastener.

The container material is a very porous netting or webbing material and the soap lather easily penetrates the same when the mitt is in use and the lather spreads over the surface 6 of the mitt and this surface being of rough crash material causes the lather to be thoroughly spread over the users body, the opposite side 5 of the mitt being utilized for rinsing and massaging purposes.

It will be observed with reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing that the mitt has been illustrated in the two positions in which it is used, that is, Figure 1 illustrates the same in position for use as cleansing and massaging element while in Figure 2 the same. is shown with the soap container on the palm side of the right hand, or in position to lather the body of the wearer.

It will also be noted in this connection that the mitt may be worn on either right or' left hands and may be also reversed from side to side on either hand. The reversal of the mitt from side to side on either hand may be accomplished without entirely removing the mitt from the hand of the wearer.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States the following:-

A bath mitt of the class described comprising mating sections of coarse material, said sections being stitched and bound together at their marginal edges, spaced lines of stitching extending inwardly from one end thereof forming linger openings between said sections and thumb openings formed in the side edges thereof and a wristopening formed in the opposite end thereof, and a porous soap retaining receptacle stitched to one of said sections, whereby the body may be lathered and cleansed and the mitt may be reversed to massage the body after the lathering and cleansing operation.

JAMES E. PAMPLIN.

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