An Improved Hygienic Napkin for the use of Children.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hygienic Napkin for the use of Children.
I, CÉLESTINE RUBENS, of 15 Sloane Street, Chelsea, Corset Maker in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of iny said Invention to be as
follows:-
. This Invention relates to improvement in appliance to be worn upon the person
for receiving and protecting the body from contact with urine and excrementitious
matter, and is especially adapted for the use of children. In constructing the said
appliance, which can be made of any suitable material, I form a pilch Napkin, so
shaped, as to comfortably fit the under part of the body, and the same is perforated,
so as to allow the water, passed by the wearer, to descend into a pocket.
My Invention of this said article called An "Improved Hygienic Napkin" is as
follows:-
I form two separate backs, & two separate fronts, I connect the inside back with
the inside front round the bottom part, and form one, or more, funnels which
descend half way into a pocket where the water.sojourns. The outside back, with
the outside front, connected around together, form the pocket or reservoir. The edges
of the inside, are joined all around, with the edges of the outside parts, except the
top parts which are left open to allow the inside to be turned out for cleaning. This
is my point of Improvement. I wish it to be understood, that I do not limit myself
to the exact details described, as it is obvious that my invention will admit of several
modificatious, without departing from the true nature of my said Invention.
CÉLESTINE RUBENS.
I, CÉLESTINE RUBENS, of 15 Sloane Street, Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex,
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:-
This Invention relates to improvement in appliance to be worn upon the person,
for receiving and protecting the body from contact with urine and excrementitious
matter, and is especially adapted for the use of children. In constructing the said
appliance, which can be made of any suitable material, I form a pilch napkin, so
shaped, as to comfortably fit the under part of the body, and the same is perforated,
so as to allow the water passed by the wearer, to descend into a pocket.

page_text: My invention on this said article called the "Hygienic Napkin " is as follows:-I
form two separate backs A and D, and two separate fronts E and C. I connect the
inside back A. with the inside front C, round the bottom part, and form one or more
funnels (G,) which descend half way into a pocket B, where the water sojourns. The
outside back (D.) with the outside front E. connected around together forms the
pocket. The edges of the inside A and C are joined all around with the edges of
the outside parts D and E. except the top parts of D and A, which are left open to
allow the inside to be turned out for cleaning, as shown in Figure 1.
This is my point of improvement. I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do
not limit myself to the exact details described and shown, as it is obvious that my
invention will admit of several modifications without departing from the true nature
of my invention.
Fig. 1 shows the back view of Napkin complete, with the inside turned out for
cleaning. A of Figs. 1, 2, and 3 shows the inside backs. B of Fig. 1. shows the
back part of the pocket where the water sojourns, turned out. C of Fig. 3. shows
the inside front part, and how connected with back part A.D of Fig. 2 shows
the outside back, and Napkin complete. D of Fig. 3 shows the outside back part,
and how the inner parts of napkin A and C are placed in the centre between D
and E, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
Fig. 2 shows Napkin complete. F of Figs. 2 and 3 shows the separation of the.
inside back A and outside back D. B of Fig. 3 shows the back part of the pocket
reservoir. G of Figs. 1 and 3 are the funnels formed by perforations between
back part A and front part C.
These funnels are employed to carry the water passed by the wearer, into the
pocket reservoir B. Fig. 4 shows the same article as hitherto described and showi
in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, but cut through from X to X as shown in Fig. 2. The interior,
back A, and interior front C, are connected together and perforations made, by which"
the funnels G, are formed, and which carry the water into the pocket reservoir B.
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,
An improved, personal sanitary convenience for children and invalids, to protect
the body from contact with urine.