US778077A

US778077A - Catamenial appliance.

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Publication number: US778077A
Application number: US20963404A
Authority: US
Inventors: Helen E Scott
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-05-25
Filing date: 1904-05-25
Publication date: 1904-12-20
Anticipated expiration: 1921-12-20

Description

PATENTED DEC. 20,1904.

. H. E. SCOTT. OATAMENIAL APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25,1904.

N0 MODEL.

a specification,

Patented December 20, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE-.

HELEN E. soon, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

QATAMENIAL APPLIANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,077, dated December 20, 1904.

' Applicatiorifiled May 25,1904. Serial No. 209,634.

To all whom it may concern:

,Be it known that I, HELEN EVANS SooTT, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Catamenial Appliances, of which thefollowing is This invention relates to an appliance to be worn over the drawers and corsets and under the skirts by women in connection with the ordinary napkin during the period of menstruation or in anticipation of the recurrence of such period to prevent staining of the outer garments.

The said invention consists of an apron formed of two pieces of woven fabric between which is interposed a comparatively thin body or layer of cotton-batting or absorbentcotton or some equivalent material The three thicknesses are suitably bound at the edges and the drawers and held thereat by means of suitable straps, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forminga part here- 'of, and in whichregulate their length to suit the wearer; but

any shortening and lengthening devices, such as buckles or slides, may be employed in lieu of the loops.

5 5 are straps attached to the side edges of theapron at a proper distance from the top of the device, which are brought around the body to the front, where their ends are tied or connected by buckles or other suitable contrivances.

7 represents the ordinary napkin, and its illustration is to show that while the apron does not in any manner interfere with the use of the napkin there is acooperation of the two appliances to effect a usefulresult. To effect this cooperation of the two devices, the waistband 2 is furnished with the pendent tabs or

straps

8 and 9, situated at the front and rear, respectively, to which the napkin-supports 1O orvthe ends of the napkin itself are pinned or otherwise secured, a

I claim as'my invention 1. In a catamenial appliance, the combination ofa waistband, an absorbent apron suspended from the waistband by means of straps which are attached to the apron at its upper edge, the lower end of the said apron being free or unrestrained, and straps connected to the sides of the apron and near its upper edge,

whereby the upper part or portion only of the said apron is drawn forward and secured in contact with the person, substantially as specified.

2. In a catamenial appliance, the combination of a Waistband, an absorbent apron suspend ed from the waistband by means of straps which are attached to the said apron at its upper edge, the lower end of the said apron being free or unrestrained, straps connected to the sidesof the said apron and near its upper edge whereby the upper portion only of the apron may be drawn forward and secured in contact with the person, and pendent straps at thefront and rear portions of the waistband adapted to support theordinary napkin which is interposed between the apron and the person, substantially as specified.

HELEN E. SCOTT.

Witnesses OREGON MILTON DENNIS, WM. T. HOWARD,