Improved Bath Accessory.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1899
Improved Bath Accessory.
I, SIDNEY BENEDICT KAIINWEILER, of 123, West 87th Street, in the City,
County and State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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;-
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My invention relates to bath bags and has for its object to produce a bag which
may be used in lieu of a sponge or a loofah.
To these ends my invention consists in the construction hereinafter claimed.
In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated one form of my invention
wherein a receptacle is provided for the soap.
Figure 1 is a detail elevation of a bath bag embodying my invention showing
the same as opened out in order to more clearly illustrate the construction;
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the bag showing means for holding soap.
In this drawing, a is a bag herein shown as made of net which will abrade the
soap and form lather. The said bag may, however, be made of any other suitable
fabric. This bag a is provided with a neck b which, however, may be of the same
diameter as the bag and which may be confined by a string or other securing
means c. The bag is shown as provided with a flaring extension above the neck
portion b, which extension d is shown in the present instance as of a general
conical shape and having its mouth closed by a string e or other fastening means.
The globular portion of the bag is shown as containing chips of cork for other
suitable soap abrading material. This cork may, however, be replaced by other
material, such as deer hair, pieces of sponge, etc., the essential feature being that
the material shall be a solid and in small pieces so that a lather may be readily
formed and the bag may conform to the shape of the part of the body upon which
it is being used. The extension d when its mouth is closed, constitutes a second
or supplemental bag which may be thrust into the main bag, as shown in Figure 2
It will be observed
and may contain a cake of soap or other suitable material.
from Figure 2 that it is convenient to close the mouth of both bags by means of
the drawing string or fastening device c or other common mouth closing means.
When the bag is thus constructed, the irregular pieces of cork and the knots of
the net will abrade the soap and the bag will quickly become saturated with a
creamy lather. If it is desired to use the bag without the soap, the drawing
string c may be untied and the soap removed through the mouth of the bags. It
will be seen that by providing the bags with a common mouth that economy
space is effected and the soap is brought into more intimate contact with the pieces
of cork or other material constituting the filling of the bag. It will likewise be
observed that when the filling material of the bag is of a buoyant character, such
as cork, deer hair, or sawdust, the bag will float upon the surface of the water
and the bather can find it at all times.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
A bag for bathing purposes comprising an outer bag, an inner bag contained
within the outer bag and adapted to contain a cake of soap, a filling of soap
abrading material contained within the outer bag and interposed between the
bags, the said bags having a common mouth and a common mouth closing means,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 7th day of February 1899.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.