Improvements in or connected with Dress Guards or Shields.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Dress Guards or Shields.
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I, SOPHIE AMÉLIA GREENE, of "Merrieleas," Chandler's Ford, Southampton,
in the County of Southampton, Married, without a calling, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:
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My invention relates to improvements in, or connected with dress guards or
shields, and has for its object to provide an efficient inexpensive sanitary dress
guard and preserver.
According to my invention I make the dress guard in the form of a double
pocket, or pouch, and of crescent, or other suitable shape, with the sleeve portion
rather longer and narrower than the bodice part, and I fill the guard with
absorbent sanitary wool, or like material capable of easy removal and renewal, for
example, I make the guard of any suitable waterproofed material, and of crescent,
or other suitable shape with the sleeve portion rather longer and narrower than
the bodice part, and I provide the bodice portion and the sleeve portion with
pockets of net, or thin gauze on the sides which comes next to the wearer, so that.
the guard is in the form of a double pouch having the pockets on the outside, the
openings to the pockets are at the top, and if desired flaps, or tongues may be
provided to tuck in to the openings. The top elge or mouth of the pocket is
hemmed over a piece of fine.cord, and the pocket is secured to the edge of the guard
by binding, or other suitable way.
I fill the pockets through the openings before mentioned with an absorbent
sanitary wool, or like fiber prepared as hereafter described. The absorbent sanitary
fiberous filling may be removed from the pouch and renewed when required or
found desirable.
I fix the guard to the bodice and sleeve of the dress, or other article of attire
by means of small metal fasteners, or the pouch may be provided with small
metal eyelets, or with suitable flexible loops, by which means it may be fixed
or sewn into position on the garment, or I form tabs provided with button-holes
on the edge of the guard, and these button on to flat buttons fixed on the bodice
and sleeve of the dress.
Under another form of my invention the crescent or other shaped pouch may
be formed of flaps of thick absorbent paper, and between these flaps place
fiberous absorbent sanitary material-dress guards so made should be worn near
or next to the body of the wearer, after use they can be burnt.
In the manufacture of the fiberous absorbent sanitary material under..my
invention to form the filling or refill for the dress guards I take hygroscopic
cotton-lint, wool, woolette, flannelette, jute, tow, or other fiherous material
deprived of fatty matier and naturally, or artificially hygroscopio, and form it
into lavers or flakes.

page_text: I insert in the filling, or impregnate, or dust, or cover it with a powder which
is composed as follows:-
6. parts of powdered infusorial earth.
2 parts of powdered starch
3 parts of boracic acid,
2 parts of powdered alum, to which may be added a few drops of attar of roses.
⚫I carefully mix these ingredianis, and in use, I sprinkle or dust the powder
in or on the fiberous material as before stated.
The powder may be kept in a powder box sprinkler, and used as and when
required.
To keep the filling or refills in a good shape so that they will easily slip in and
out of the pockets of the guard, I prefer to stiffen them by applying a stiff paste
which may be made of a mixture of starch, gelatine, flour, alum, or other suitable
materials.
The paste is applied to the back of the filling, or to the filling in bulk which is
then hot pressed to produce the required stiffness.
The dress guards under my invention may be made up for sale in the form of a
packet containing a pouch in duplicate, and a number of refills, together with a
box of the sanitary powder.
The refills may be in the form of pads to fit into the pouch, or between the paper
flaps, or they may be in the form of loose fiber.
Dated this 5th day of Til 1900.
FREDERICK J. CHEESBROUGH, Fel. Chart. Inst. P.A.;
Grant & Maddison's Bank Buildings,
Canute Road, Southampton,
Applicant's Agent.
Improvements in or connected with Dress Guards or Shields.
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I, SOPHIE AMELIA GREENE, of "Merrieleas," Chandler's Ford, Southampton,
in the County of Southampton, Married, without a calling, do hereby declare the
nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:.
My invention relates to improvements in, or connected with dress guards, or
shields, and has for its object to provide an efficient inexpensive sanitary dress-
guard and preserver.
In carrying out my invention I make the dress-guards of crescent or other
suitable shape; I preferably make the sleeve portions longer and narrower than
the bodice portion.
I place over the dress-guard a filling or pad formed of flannelette or any other
suitable absorbent woollen fabric.
I make my dress guard of crescent or other suitable shape of thin waterproof
fabric; and I form tabs carrying button holes on convenient parts of the dress
guards, and by means of small flat buttons sewn to the bodice and sleeve portion
I attach them to the garment. I also may attach my dress-guards by means of
small metal eyelets, or suitable flexible loops, by which they may be sewn or
secured to the bodice, and sleeve, of the garment.
Under one form of my dress-guard I provide pockets on the outside portion
of it; these pockets I form of' net or muslin, or of any similar material. The

page_text: top edge or mouth of the pocket is hemmed over a piece of fine cord, and the
pocket is secured to the edge of the guard by binding, or in any other suitable
way; these pockets receive the filling or pad.
Under another form make my dress guard without pockets, but in their place
I provide cross-bands of narrow water-proof material or webbing fixed across the
dress-guard, and with the straps so formed I secure any pad or filling.
Under another form I make the pad or filling large enough to admit of tabs
being formed thereon having button-holes, or I fasten a tab of webbing having a
button-hole to the edge of the pad or filling-in both cases these button-holes will
attach on the same button which secures the dress-guard itself to the sleeve and
bodice of the garment.
I form the pad or filling by stretching a sheet of flannelette, or other absorbent
woollen fabric, tightly on to a blanket or board. 1 draw out on this the form of
my pad or filling which is similar to the dress-guard in shape but generally
smaller. I mark out a crescent-shaped pouch at the top of the pad or filling I
cover. the pad or filling with a paste of thick starch except the portion marked for
the crescent-shaped pouch. I then cover the surface of the pad with a thin fabric
of cotton or like material stretched tightly and secured at the corners. Then I
pass a hot laundry iron over the material, and when the pads or fillings are
thoroughly stiff I cut or stamp them out and fill the pouch at the top with a
sanitary powder (composed as hereafter described). I then stitch or scam the
pads or fillings into pairs, turning the edges of the seam to the inner or wrong
side of the pad; the pads or fillings so made are then applied to the dress-guard
by being placed over the dress guard with the sleeve and bodice part placed in
the net pockets or secured by the cross-bands or tabs on to the dress-guard.
Under another form of my invention the crescent shaped guard may be formed
of flaps of thick absorbent paper and between these flaps I place fibrous absorbent
sanitary material. Dress-guarils so made should be worn near or next to the
body, after use they can be burnt.
inven-
In the manufacture of the fibrous absorbent sanitary material under my
tion, to form the filling or pad for the dress-guards I take hygroscopic cotton lint,
wool woollette, Hannelette, or other fibrous material deprived of fatty matter
and naturally or artificially hygroscopic.
The sanitary powder which I use with the pads or filling is composed as
follows:
6 parts of powdered infusorial earth
2 parts of powdered starch
3 parts of boracic acid
2 parts of powdered alum to which may be added a few drops of attar of roses.
I carefully mix these ingredients, and in use I place sprinkle, or dust the powder ·

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Figure 3 is a front elevation of another modified form of my improved dress-
guard, one half of the dress-guard only being shown.
Figure is a front elevation of another modified form of my improved dress
guard, one half of the dress-guard only, being shown.
Figure 5 is. an end view of the absorbent pad or filling removed from the
dress guard.
Figure 6 is an end view of my improved dress-guard when made of layers of
absorbent paper.
With reference to. Figures 1 and 5 of the drawings a designates the foundation
of the dress-guard or shield formed of water-proof material; b denotes the
crescent-shaped pocket or pouch formed of net or other similar material provided
at its mouth with the cord and attached to the foundation a by the binding c;
e denotes the tabs on the dress-guard and the button-holes by which it is
attached to the garment; y denotes the pad or filling of flannelette or other
absorbent material having a backing of cotton or other thin fabric; and h denotes
the pouch formed between the pad g and the cotton backing, and is used to contain
the sanitary powder.
With reference to the modification shown in Figure 2 of the drawings it will
be seen that I dispense with the crescent-shaped pocket and I secure the pad g
to the dress-guard a by means of the cross-bands and I provide eyelets f to
secure the dress guard to the garment.
With reference to the modifications shown in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings
it will be seen that I apply the pad g to the dress guard a without the pockets
or cross-bands b. .In this case
secure the pad g by providing
the pad with tabs provided with button-holes; these tabs may
form part of the pad g as shown in Figure 3, or they may consist
of a piece of webbing, one end of which is attached to the pad y as shown
in Figure 4. In either of these cases the tabs button on to the button which
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secures the dress-guard to the garment:
With reference to the modification shown in Figure 6 tic dress-guard a is
formed of two folds of thick absorbent paper; and the absorbent pad g covered
with the sanitary powder is placed between the folds of paper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A dress-guard or shield constructed as herein described and provided with
a fibrous sanitary anti-septic composition as described, that is to say a dress-guard
or shield comprising a foundation of waterproof material adapted to fit in and
over the sleeve and the bodice of a dress or other article of attire; pockets of
net, gauze, or like material provided on the outside of the sleeve and bodice
parts of said foundation; and a pad or filling of fibrous material adapted to cover
said foundation and be held by said pockets, said pad or filling being impregnated
or filled with a sanitary composition of ingredients such as herein set forth.
2. A dress guard or shield having its outside surface provided with pockets,
adapted to hold or receive a pad or filling of fibrous sanitary antiseptic material as
set forth.
3. A dress-guard or shield.constructed as described, and provided with button-
holes or eyelets for attaching the article to the garment as set forth.
4. A pad or filling composed of fibrous material impregnated or filled with the
sanitary antiseptic composition herein described, and for use with a dress-guard
or shield as set forth.
5. The sanitary antiseptic composition herein described for use with dress-
guards or shields as set forth.
6. The dress-guard or shield constructed as herein described and as shown
with reference to Figures 1, and 5 of the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 7. The dress guard or shield constructed as herein described and as shown with
reference to Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings.
8. The dress-guard or shield constructed as herein described and as shewn with
reference to Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
9. The dress-guard or shield constructed as herein described and as shewn with
reference to Figure: 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of April 1900.
FREDERICK J. CHEESBROUGH,
Canute Road, Southampton, Grant & Maddison's Bank Buildings,
Applicant's Agent.