Improvements in Sponge Bags.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1897-- Accepted, 23rd Oct., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sponge Bags.
I CHARLES WILLIAM STANFORD MAGRATH (Surgeon Major Army Medical Staff)
of 12 Lindon Grove Gosport in the County of Hants, 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:-
My invention consists of improvements in sponge bags and is designed to dis-
pense with the drawstrings buttons and fastenings to be found in sponge bags as
heretofore constructed and also to provide a convenient receptacle for carrying
such small articles as tooth brushes and nail brushes whilst the sponge is con-
tained within two thicknesses of the material of which the bag is composed.
The sponge bag made according to my invention consists of two pockets one
slightly smaller than the other so connected together that the smaller pocket can
be entirely enveloped in the larger one in the way common to a large class of
tobacco pouches, the sponge being placed within the smaller pocket which is
then turned into the larger one, so that the sponge is completely enclosed in a
double layer of fabric. At or near what may be termed the hinge of the bag-by
which I mean the portion of fabric connecting the two pockets-I provide a
small, nearly rectangular pocket extending from end to end of the said con-
necting portion of fabric and of a sufficient depth to contain the tooth brush, nail
brush or other similar article. This pocket which I call the "brush-pocket" lies
within the smaller pocket and is provided with a flap which folds over the brush
pocket along the line of folding between the two main pockets so that the folding
of the one pocket within the other will necessarily ensure the closing of the flap
over the brush pocket.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have attached two
drawings to this my specification.
Fig. 1 shows the sponge bag open and the brush pocket also open.
Fig. 2 shows the same bag with part of the small pocket broken away to show
the brush pocket.
Fig. 3 shows the sponge bag closed and the small pocket and the brush pocket
are indicated by dotted lines.
In all Figures A is the large pocket, B the small pocket, C the brush pocket.
D the flap to the brush pocket, and X. X. the line of folding.
The brush pocket and its flap which may be cut out of one piece of material are
attached to the sponge bag on its internal side by a row of stitching along the
aforesaid line of folding, X. X.
Suitable straps and loops for containing the tooth brushes, etc., are provided
within the brush pocket. By employing this method of construction I am able
to dispense with the use of india-rubber and yet prevent the moisture from the
sponge penetrating through the sponge bag to the outside as every portion of the
sponge is contained in a double fold of material with a thin layer of air between.
I have found Willesden canvas very suitable as a material, but any other
material may be employed. The two pockets although not just the same size must
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page_text: be of the same shape and I prefer two nearly semicircular pockets connected
together at the broadest portion as is commonly found in tobacco pouches.
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:-
The combination of a sponge bag and receptacle for tooth brushes and nail
brushes substantially as described.
Dated this 2nd day of Anmist 1897
CHARLES WILLIAM STANFORD MAGRATH.