A Combined Rug and Bed for Travellers, Soldiers, and others,, applicable also as a Life Belt or Support in Water.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Rug and Bed for Travellers, Soldiers, and others,,
applicable also as a Life Belt or Support in Water.
I, SARA ELIZABETH WALSH of Woodlands, Lightcliffe near Halifax in the
County of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as..
follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a damp-proof bed for travellers,
soldiers or others camping out or having to sleep in temporary sheds or out--
places, such beds being of use as a covering, coat, or rug during the day.
I take a travelling rug say seven feet long, and four feet, six inches wide; down
the centre say two feet wide, I form an air proof bag or air bed, with inflating
tube at the side, and at the top a second air proof bag or pillow with inflating
tube.
Towards the bottom of the rug, the larger air bag or bed terminates in the
ordinary rug, cut or formed to turn over on to the foot of bed, also on both sides
of the air bed, the rug turns over so as to overlap and button in the centre, the
top part turning back above the pillow.
When inflated it might also be used as a life belt or support in crossing:
water.
Dated this Prants fifth day of January 1895
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant..
A Combined Rug and Bed for Travellers, Soldiers, and others,.
applicable also as a Life Belt or Support in Water.
I SARA ELIZABETH WALSH of Woodlands, Lightcliffe, near Halifax in the
County of York, do hereby 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a travelling or camping-out rug (suitable
for travellers, soldiers, invalids, or others camping-out or having to sleep in.
temporary sheds or out places), which can be easily and readily converted into a

page_text: I take a travelling rug or blanket say seven feet long and six feet wide, down
the centre say two feet wide, I form an air-proof bag or air bed A, with inflating
tube B at the side, and at the top a second air-proof bag or pillow C, with inflating
tube D.
Towards the bottom of the rug the larger air bag or bed A terminates in the
ordinary rug, cut or formed to turn over on to the foot of the bed, also on both
sides of the air bed are wraps or wings E, which turn over so as to overlap and
fasten or button in the centre, such wings E being secured in position by straps F
and buttons G, the top part turning back above the pillow, see Fig. 2.
For crossing rivers, the beds and pillows of the rugs can be inflated and used
ás life belts or rafts.
For a cheaper and lighter camping out rug, instead of having the inflated bed A,
I substitute a water or damp-proof bed H, see Fig. 4.
For inflating the bed, the ordinary inflating bellows are used the pillow can be
inflated by the mouth.
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. Travelling or camping-rugs with inflating air pillow C, waterproof inflating
air bed A, and folding wings E, as and for the purposes substantially as described.
2. Travelling or camping-out rugs with inflating air pillow C, waterproof
bed H, and folding wings E, as and for the purposes substantially as described.
Dated this Twenty-third day of October 1895.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant..