An Improved Infant's Bath.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Infant's Bath.
GEORGE LEONARD LAVINGTON, 19 St. George's Road, Forest Gate, E.
Gentleman EDWIN ALFRED WRIGHT 51 St. George's Square, Forest Gate, E.
Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved infant's bath, wherein a child can be laid
without risk of drowning; our intention being that it should be in shape
rectangular; there being in the centre of each side & foot end a small well or
basin of convenient breadth & depth; the centre of the sides & foot end will
project outwards in the form of a semicircle, forming half the well or basin. In
the floor or bottom will be formed suitable grooves or gutters for the purpose of
draining water therefrom into the wells or basins, having from each side & foot
end half circular pieces cut out so as to form a complete circle with the above
projections in the side; for the wells or basins. At the head there will be a pillow
provided reaching across the bath, which will be suitably hollowed to allow the
back of the head to rest in, & shaped in front to fit the nape of the neck. The
three wells or basins reaching below the floor or bottom will form stands or legs, a
fourth being provided at the head. There will be a float similar to the floor or
bottom in pattern having a pillow fixed thereto with short car pieces projecting
from each side of pillow part for the purpose of resting in collars fixed to each side
of the bath, this float being made of cork will rise to a horizontal position midway
in the bath, when this float is preferably made of zinc our intention is to have the
pillow part loaded to counterballance the part on which the infant lies. Baths
provided with this float will have through the floor or bottom a waste plug shaped
as a vent peg which is intended to lead down a waste pipe.
Dated this 5th day of February 1895.
GEORGE LEONARD LAVINGTON.
EDWIN ALFRED WRIGHT.
An Improved Infant's Bath.
GEORGE LEONARD LAVINGTON 19 St. George's Road, Forest Gate, E.
Gentleman, EDWIN ALFRED WRIGHT, 51 St. George's Square, Forest Gate, E.
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be perforined, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
An improved infant's bath wherein a child can be laid without risk of drowning.
The bath is rectangular or oblong in shape and shallow, with the top edges of the
sides and ends (A) curled outwards to form beading. Inside, reaching across one
end and resting on the bottom of the bath is a pillow or head-rest (B) suitably
hollowed (C) to allow the back of the infant's head to rest thereon, the front
part (D) being rounded to fit the nape of the neck. Through the floor or
bottom (E) three small circular wells or basins (F) are sunk for the purpose of
containing a convenient quantity of water for bathing. The said wells or basins

page_text: are preferably located one at the middle of each side, the third being at the
foot-end (G). The wells or basins project outwards from the sides and foot-end of
the bath respectively in the form of a semicircle (H). The three wells leading
down from the floor or bottom of the bath form feet or stands (K) a fourth being
provided at the head in the shape of two ring-supports (M) which are suitably
adapted for handles. (The float, gutters, and plug as mentioned in the Provisional
Specification will not be adopted, being found impracticable.)
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. Rectangular infant's bath.
2. Fitted in one end of the bath, a pillow or head-rest suitably hollowed to allow
the back of the infant's head to rest thereon, and the front of the pillow rounded to
fit the nape of the neck.
3. Three small circular wells for the purpose of containing water, the said wells
being located one at about the middle of each side and one at the middle of the
foot-end, sunk through the floor or bottom of the bath.
4. The wells forming three feet or stands, a fourth is provided in the shape of
two ring-shaped supports at the head of the bath.
Dated this Fourth day of November 1895.
G. L. LAVINGTON and
E. A. WRIGHT.