Improvements in Diapers.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 2nd June, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Diapers.
I, ALEXANDRIA SCHIFF, residing at 727, E. 141st Street, New York, in the
County of New York, State of New York, United States of America, Inventor, do
ereby 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 diapers, and the object thereof is to provide an
improved article of this class which may be quickly and easily applied without
the use of pins, hooks or other fastening devices; and with this and other objects
in view the invention consists of a diaper constructed as hereinafter described and
claimed.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which;-
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Fig. is an inside plan view of my improved diaper;
Fig. 2, a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3, a front view showing the method of folding the sides of a diaper when
connecting it with a child;
Fig. 4, a front view showing the diaper applied; and,
Fig. 5, a back view thereof.
In the drawing forming part of this specification the separate parts of my
improvement are designated by the same letters of reference in each of the views,
and in the practice of my invention, I provide a diaper A, substantially triangular
in form and composed of any suitable material. The diaper is preferably slightly
greater in length than in width, and the upper side thereof is preferably provided
at each corner with an extension a to each of which is secured a strap a² which
aid in securing the diaper in place as hereinafter described.
The bottom corner of the diaper is preferably cut away as shown at a³ and
secured thereto are two straps a similar to the straps a² and formed in one
side of the diaper near the top thereof is a slot or opening as which is arranged
substantially in a vertical position and formed in the top portion of the diaper
is a horizontal slot or opening a6.
I also preferably provide a shield or supplemental part B which is also prefer-
ably rectangular in form and is placed in position as shown in Fig. 1, being
connected with the inner side of the diaper A. In this operation one corner of
the shield or supplemental part B is passed through the slot or opening a6 and
5 buttoned to or otherwise connected with the upper side of the diaper as shown
at b.
of the diaper is also
The lower corner of the supplemental shield or part
preferably provided with a short vertical slot or opening 62 by means of which it
may be buttoned to a waist band or other article connected with the waist of the
0 child, or the said lower part of the supplemental part or shield
nected with the bottom of the diaper.
may be con-
Secured to the back of the extensions a of the diaper are cross straps forming

page_text: loops C through which in the operation of securing the diaper in place, the
straps a² are passed as hereinafter described.
The supplemental part or shield B is intended as a reinforcement to render the
diaper thicker at the centre, and the operation of securing the diaper in position
is shown in Figs. 4 and 5.
In this operation the central portion of the diaper including the supplemental
part or shield B is placed at the back and the straps a² are passed around the
body below the waist, and one of said straps is passed through the slot or opening a
as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and the corresponding extension a of the diaper
is drawn through said slot or opening. The straps a² are then passed clear around
the body, and the ends brought forward and passed through the loops C. The
bottom portion a³ of the diaper is then brought forward between the legs, and the
straps are tied to the straps a² as shown at D in Fig. 4.
The upper corner of the supplemental part or shield B is preferably provided
with an ordinary button hole where the connection at is made, and the slot or
opening in the bottom corner of said supplemental part or shield may also
consist of an ordinary button hole.
The supplemental part or shield B is not absolutely essential and may or may
not be employed, and cords, strings or other devices may be substituted for the
straps a and a.
By means of my improvement I provide a diaper which can, as will be seen,
be easily attached to a child and secured in proper position without the use of
pins, hooks or other fastening devices, and when once placed in position will
so remain, and will not accidentally come off, and the upper portion of the diaper
forms a secure abdominal support and keeps the parts or organs over which it is
placed warm and comfortable.
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:-
1. A triangular diaper, one side of which is longer than the other, strings
or tapes secured to the corners of the diaper at the ends of the longer side, said
diaper being also provided with a transverse slot adjacent to one of said corners,
and centrally of said side with a horizontal slot, substantially as shown and
described.
2. A triangular diaper, one side of which is longer than the other, strings
or tapes secured to the corners of the diaper at the ends of the longer side, said
diaper being also provided with a transverse slot adjacent to one of said corners,
and centrally of said side with a horizontal slot, and a button or other fastening
device secured to the back of the diaper adjacent to said horizontal slot, sub-
stantially as shown and described.
3. A diaper which is triangular in form, and one side of which is longer than
the others, strings or straps secured to the corners of the diaper at the ends of
the longer side, said diaper being provided adjacent to one of said corners with
transverse slot or opening, the third corner being also provided with
strings or straps, substantially as shown and described.
a
4. A diaper which is triangular in form, and one side of which is longer than
the others, strings or straps secured to the corners of the diaper at the ends of
the longer side, said diaper being provided adjacent to one of said corners with
a transverse slot or opening, the third corner being also provided with
strings or straps, said diaper being also provided with a supplemental part or
shield connected with the inner side thereof, substantially as shown and
described.
5. A diaper which is triangular in form, and two corners of which are provided
with strings or straps, said diaper being also provided adjacent to one of its
corners with a transverse slot or opening, and at the third corner with two strings
or straps, one side of the diaper being also provided with a slot or opening, and

page_text: a supplemental part or shield connected with the inner side of the diaper, one
corner of which is passed through said last named slot or opening and buttoned
to the diaper, and another corner of which is adapted to be connected with a
waist band, substantially as shown and described.
Doted this 20th day of March 1899.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.