A Tray for the Wash Stand to Hold all Toilet Requisites for Ablutionary Purposes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th Jan., 1893—Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Tray for the Wash Stand to Hold all Toilet Requisites for
Ablutionary Purposes.
WILLIAM PITT BROOK, c/o. Mrs. Allen 11 Alexandra Road, South Hampstead,
London, N.W. Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to avoid so many articles on the wash stand by
embodying them all in one tray.
My invention consists of a tray fitted to hold sponges, gloves, soap, nail, tooth,
shaving brushes, any other article used for ablutionary purposes, tooth powder and
false teeth.
The shapes and sizes of trays and position of the articles may be varied to
fancy. Some trays may be fitted for only a portion of the articles enumerated
above.
The trays or fittings may be made of china, all kinds of ware, metals, woods,
or any composition usable for such purposes.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Tray for the Wash Stand to Hold all Toilet Requisites for
Ablutionary Purposes.
I, WILLIAM PITT BROOK of 11 Alexandra Road, South Hampstead,
London, N.W. 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 tray for the wash stand shaped and fitted in various
ways to hold all articles usable for ablutionary purposes, especially sponges, gloves,
soap, nail, tooth and shaving brushes, also tooth powder, false teeth and rings, the
whole consisting of only one piece.
The receptacles for the various articles in the tray to be in the form of cavities,
or cavities and uprights, I prefer to use cavities as shewn in annexed drawing.
Figure 1 is the tray and the letters shew the receptacles for the different
articles, thus, A for rings or shaving brush, B for tooth brushes, C for nail brush,
D. D. for soap, E and F for tooth powder box, and false teeth, G for sponge or
glove, thus giving a separate receptacle for each article.
Figure 2 shews the depth of cavities.
My tray may be fitted for all or any of the enumerated articles with the shapes
and sizes varied according to requirement.
I prefer my tray with its receptacles made of china or earthenware but it may
be made of any suitable substance or substances combined such as glass, marble,
wood, or metal, providing the whole is in one piece.
My invention may also be adapted to marble or other slabs as used in dressing
rooms, and lavatories.
Having now 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,
A tray for the wash stand constructed to hold all articles usable for ablutionary
purposes especially sponges, gloves, soap, nail, tooth and shaving brushes, also
tooth powder, false teeth, and rings to be made in china, earthenware, glass,
Duin Q17

page_text: marble, wood, metal or any suitable substance or substances combined, the whole in
one piece thus saving the labour of cleansing, and the risk of breaking the many
pieces now in use on the wash stand.