IMPROVEMENTS IN SPONGE BAGS
Year: 1886

page_text: I, WILLIAM LANE of 30 Poets Road Highbury New Park in the county of Middle-
sex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention, for IMPROVEMENTS IN
SPONGE BAGS (to be as follows :—
It consists of a bag or pouch constructed of, and at one end of a piece of water-
proof sheeting, the pouch or bag occupying only a portion of the entire length of the
sheeting the remainder of which forms a flap on which the bag .or pouch is rolled or
folded, the whole being fastened in any convenient manner by preference with a tape
or string. The bag or pouch is larger at the mouth than at the bottom, which enlarge-
ment is obtained by a gusset or other means.
Attached to the flap, a short distance from the mouth of the pouch or bag is a bar
of wood or other material having a 'loop of tape or cord connected with it, by means
of which the 'bag may be suspended "the pouch being in front while the flap falls
behind, the whole forming a suitable and convenient receptacle.
The invention is open to various modifications, such as the addition of holders for
Brushes, Soap and other Toilet requisites.
In witness thereof I, the said William Lane have hereto set my hand.

page_text: I WILLIAM LANE, of 30 Poet's Road, Highbury New Park, in the county of
Middlesex, Gentleman, 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 a bag or pouch constructed of, and at one end of a piece
of waterproof sheeting, the pouch or bag occupying only a portion of the entire
length of the sheeting, the remainder of which forms a flap on which the bag or
pouch is rolled or folded, the whole being fastened in any convenient manner, by pre-
ference with an eyelet and stud or with a tape or string.
I find it advantageous to make the bag or pouch larger at the mouth than at the
bottom which enlargement is obtained by a gusset or other means.
Attached to the flap at a short distance from the mouth of the pouch or bag is a
bar of wood or other material having a loop of tape or cord connected with it by
means of which the bag may be suspended, the pouch being in front while the flap falls
behind, the whole forming a suitable and convenient receptacle.
In the accompanying drawing figure 1 represents a front view of a sponge bag
made according to my invention and shewn suspended from a wall or the like as it is
intended to be when in use, and figure 2, a cross section of the same; figures 3 and 4,
are a front view and cross section respectively of the sponge bag rolled up with the
sponge inside it for convenience of carriage. Similar letters in all the figures repre-
sent similar parts.
a represents the bag or pouch formed of and at one end of a piece of waterproof
sheeting the remainder of the said piece of sheeting forming a flap b, as shewn and
the bag or pouch a, being preferably formed larger at the mouth than at the bottom;
is the eyelet and d, the stud forming a convenient fastening when the whole is rolled
up with the sponge a¹, inside as shewn in figures 3 and 4; e, represents the bar of wood
or other suitable material which I provide in the flap at a short distance from the
mouth of the bag or pouch a, and f, is the loop of tape or cord which I connect
thereto for the purpose of allowing the bag or pouch to be suspended as shewn in
figures 1 and 2, the bag a, being in front while the flap b, hangs down behind; the
bar e, serves to stiffen the sheeting at the point of suspension thereby preventing the
edges of the bag from collapsing or falling inwards.
By this construction I provide a convenient receptacle for a sponge which can be
suspended in any suitable place by means of a nail g, (or the like) as shewn in
figures 1 and 2 and which when not required for use can be rolled up with the
sponge a¹, inside it in a compact manner as shewn in figures 3 and 4 so as to be con-
veniently carried in the pocket or otherwise.

page_text: The invention is open to various modifications such as the addition of holders for
brushes, soap and other toilet requisites.
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. The improved sponge bag constructed substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated in the various figures of the accompanying
drawing.
2. In a sponge bag such as that herein described the use of a bar of wood or other
suitable material for the purpose of preventing the bag from collapsing when sus-
pended substantially as set forth.