Improvements in Bed Pans.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Apr., 1896-Accepted, 2nd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bed Pans.
I, Mrs. SUSAN C. WOLFSKILL, resident of Winters, in the County of Yolo,
and State of California, United States of America, Farmer's Wife do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to bed-paus, and especially to a side bed-pan-that is, a
pan which can be used by simply turning the patient on on his side, and bringing
the pan up to the buttock of the person, the patient being able to use the same
without requiring to be lifted onto the pan, as in the case of the ordinary bed-pan
now in use.
In the practice of my invention, I employ a side bed-pan, which is made,
preferably rectangular in form and constructed with four vertical walls and a
bottom, the front wall being cut away in semicircular form, for a particular
purpose, as will be presently described. The pan is provided with a handle,
secured to or formed on the rear vertical wall. The object of forming the front
wall of the pan with the cut out portion is that the pan can be brought up to the
buttock of a patient, and the cut-out portion will fit snugly the shape of the body
at this point and allow a portion of the buttock to extend into the pan, thus
avoiding the necessity of using pads or cloths. It will be observed that by the
peculiar shape and construction of my bed-pan all necessity of lifting the patient
onto the pan, as in the case of bed-pans now in use, is avoided, which is a very
important feature of my invention.
The operation in the use of my pan is very simple and effective. The patient is
turned on his side, and the pan brought up to the buttock, so as to partially
inclose the same, and the patient can be relieved without requiring to be lifted.
The pan may be constructed of porcelain in one piece or of metal in one or more
pieces, but preferably in one piece, as by this construction it can be more conveniently
and thoroughly cleaned.
The pan is used, preferably, without a cover, and by reason of its simplicity of
construction and peculiar shape can be conveniently and neatly used by the patient
alone or assisted by an attendant.
Dated this 20th day of December 1895.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents..
I, SUSAN COOPER WOLFSKILL, a citizen of the United States and a resident
of Winters, in the County of Yolo, and State of California, Farmer's Wife, do
bereby declare the nature of this 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 bed-pans, and especially a side bed-pan, that is a pan

page_text: which can be used by simply turning the patient on his side, and bringing the pan
up to the buttock of the person, the patient being able to use the same without
requiring to be lifted onto the pan, as in the case of the ordinary bed-pan now
in use.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of the pan, and
Fig. 2, is a transverse section through a portion of a bed, exhibiting a portion of
the outline of a person lying thereon with the bed-pan in position for use.
A, in the drawing, represents my side bed-pan, which is made preferably rect-
angular in form, and constructed with four vertical walls a and a bottom a¹, the
front wall being cut away in semi-circular form, as at a 2, for a particular purpose,
as will be presently described. The pan is provided with a handle B, secured to or
'formed on the rear vertical wall. The object of forming the front wall of the pan
with the cutout portion is that the pan can be brought up to the buttock of the
patient, and the cut-off portion will fit snugly the shape of the body at this point
and allow a portion of the buttock to extend into the pan, thus avoiding the
necessity of using pads or cloths. It will be observed that by the peculiar shape
and construction of my bed-pan all necessity of lifting the patient onto the pan, as
in the case of bed-pans now in use, is avoided, which is a very important feature of
my invention.
The operation in the use of my pan is very simple and effective. The patient is
turned on his side, as illustrated in the drawing, and the pan brought up to the
buttock so as to partially inclose the same, and the patient can be relieved without
requiring to be lifted.
The pan may be constructed of porcelain in one piece or of metal in one or more
pieces, but preferably in one piece, as by this construction it can be moved
conveniently and thoroughly cleaned.
The pan is used, preferably, without a cover, and by reason of its simplicity of
construction and peculiar shape can be conveniently and neatly used by the patient
alone or assisted by an attendant.
'
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
As an important article of manufacture an open top side pan comprising in its
construction a receptacle having upright transverse front and rear walls, a portion
of the front wall being cut away on a downward segmental curve so that the pan
can be brought up to a patient lying on his side and the pan slightly tilted with
the curved portion transversely against the buttock, and the buttock permitted to
extend over the pan and the patient enabled to use the same without requiring to
be lifted thereon, substantially as described.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1896.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.