An Improved Guard or Protector for the Rims or Tops of OChamber Utensils and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 6th May, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Guard or Protector for the Rims or Tops of OChamber
Utensils and the like.
I, CHARLES EDWARD TURNBULL of 5 Charterhouse Buildings in the City of
London 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 :-
It is frequently desirable especially for invalids that the rims or tops of chamber
utensils such as those made of pottery should be covered or warmed so that the
person using them shall not come suddenly in contact with a cold surface and my
invention is designed to provide an appliance that can at any moment be placed
over the top or rim of the utensil and removed at will without trouble the said
appliance being of such a character as not to be unsightly and so capable of being
hung up in a room without giving offence, and in carrying it into effect I provide a
hollow moulding, beading or rim usually circular in form but of convenient shape
corresponding to that of the utensil, whether an ordinary "chamber," night
commode, bed pan or the like, and which may be turned or cut from wood or may
be moulded from papier maché or any suitable material, and in section preferably
semi-circular or segmental.
The underside is hollowed or concave so as to freely cover the rim or edge of
the chamber utensil or may be flat and secured by springs or clips. The upper or
convex part I cover with velvet, plush, felt or other soft and warm material or
materials non-conductory of heat and of varied colours or pattern so as to afford a
comfortable seat and present a sightly appearance, and I may make the outer soft
covering loose and of such a character that it may be removed from the wooden or
other foundation.
The accompanying drawing is a sectional elevation of a circular protector for use
over an ordinary chamber utensil in which A is the hollow beading B the cover of
warm or soft material and C the chamber utensil.
It may be found necessary in a few cases to cut away, indent, reduce, or otherwise
prepare a portion of the circumference of the guard or protector to suit the various
forms of handles attached to the utensils.
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
1. For protecting or temporarily covering the rims or tops of chamber utensils
and the like the use of-a-hollow-loose_circular (or corresponding beading having a
concave under-surface and covered on its upper or convex-surface-with-velvet_or
like warm material substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
2. The improved protector or guard for the tops or rims of chamber utensils and
the like substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accom-
panying drawing.
Dated this 29th day of March 1895.
TITONDITTY
Dated this 29th day of March 10
By Popplewell & Co.,
C. E. TURNBULL,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, W.C., Chartered Patent Agents.