An Improved Combined Wash-stand and Toilet-case.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 4th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 30th Mar., 1889
An Improved Combined Wash-stand and Toilet-case.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows :-
The object of this invention is to provide a neat, compact, and convenient cabinet or
case for the use of mothers and nurses in the care of babes and small children, and
one that may be conveniently carried or moved from place to place in the room,
or be packed away when not in use, so as not to occupy an undue amount of space
therein.
The invention consists in the improved toilet cabinet or case having the arrangements
and combinations of parts thereof, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and
finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of
the improved device, showing the relation of the several parts to one another; Figure 2
is a sectional view of said case, taken vertically through plane X ; Figure 3 is a side
view of the upper part of the cabinet, showing a rack folded against the body of the
cabinet, and Figure 4 is a section taken on line Y.
In said drawings, a indicates a body-portion, consisting of four sides or portions, a²,
and a top piece or portion, b, the latter of which is provided with recesses or perfora-
tions, c, d, e, f, adapted to receive appropriate receptacles for powder, soap, a sponge
and a large wash-bowl; or they may be adapted to receive said powder, soap and
sponge directly, the receptacles in the latter case being formed in and of the top piece.
The body portion, a, is provided with suitable standards or legs, 9, 9, which raise the
body portion sufficiently above the floor to enable the mother or nurse to gain ready
access to the receptacles on or in the top when sitting, as usual, on a low chair.

page_text: The said legs may be rigidly secured to the body, or and preferably are, hinged
thereto, as indicated in Figures 3 and 4, to enable them to be folded beneath the body
when packing the case away.
One of the side portions of the case is provided with an opening, through which a
narrow drawer, i, may pass beneath the top portion, b, at one side of the bowl
receptacle; the said drawer being held in position by a track or way, j, extending
from one side of the body to the other, being adapted to receive a pin-cushion and
a comb and brush or other such articles; said drawer being partitioned for that
purpose, as at j¹.
At one side of the cabinet, I have provided a towel rack, which is arranged to fold
against the side of said cabinet, when the same is not in use, and to extend from said
side to form a loop to receive the towels &c., when turned down or opened. The
said rack consists of a front strip, h¹, and two side strips, h³, arranged at the ends
of the part, ¹, at right angles hereto and providing means for attachment to the body
of the cabinet. The front strip, h', when folded or brought to its closed position,
preferably lies in a groove formed in the side of the part, k, where it lies flush with
the face of said part and is thus protected when not in use. It also serves as a
means for holding said part, k, to the body of the cabinet, as will be understood.
The parts, 1, 2, forming the sides and front or outer part of the towel rack,
together form a loop into which the towel or one end thereof, may extend, and thus
the said towel is prevented from slipping off the rack, as would be the case were
the said rack a simple rod adapted to be drawn out from the body. By forming the
loop, substantially as in the manner shown, the said rack is also given greater holding
capacity and greater strength, there being no projections such as would be readily
bent or broken, and be apt to injure the child.
The said towel rack provides convenient means for suspending towels, diaphers &c.,
in a convenient position for use.
The legs are provided with suitable stays, g¹, for holding the same in their vertical
position when not in use: Said stays may be of any ordinary construction.
Upon the body, a, serving as a top therefor, is a supplemental case, k, hinged upon said
body-portion at 7, 1, and adapted to be held open and vertical by means of braces, m.
Said supplemental case consists preferably of a board, k³, adapted to separate the
towel chamber from the soap, water and other receptacles on the body portion of the
case, and side pieces or cleats, ², which project from the opposite sides of the board, k¹,
to form chambers or receptacles for towels, &c., on one side of the said board, and for
the projecting edges of the wash-bowl, soap-dish, &c., and their contents on the other.
Said supplemental case is provided with a cover, o, which closed in the chamber or
receptacle, n, as shown in Figure 2. Said cover is suitably hinged to one of the side
pieces, 2, by the hinges shown more clearly in Figure 2, which may be of any
ordinary construction and arrangement.
Means are provided for fastening the supplemental case down to the body, and for
fastening down the cover of said supplemental case.
I am aware of the devices shown in Patents No. 35, 136, 180, 933 and 315, 343,
and also Figure 446, in the "Encyclopedia on Domestic Economy," and I do not
wish to be understood as claiming herein anything shown in any of said works.
Dated this 13th day of April 1888.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, 'W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Wash-stand and Toilet-case.
I HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex 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:—
The object of this invention is to provide a neat, compact, and convenient
cabinet or case for the use of mothers and nurses in the care of babes and small
children, and one that may be conveniently carried or moved from place to place
in the room, or be packed away when not in use, so as not to occupy an undue
amount of space therein.
The invention consists in the improved toilet cabinet or case having the arrange-
ments and combinations of parts thereof, substantially as will be hercinafter set
forth and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.
Referring to the drawings filed with the provisional specification in which like
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device, showing the relation of the
several parts to one another; Figure 2 is a sectional view of said case, taken vertically
through plane X ; Figure 3 is a side view of the upper part of the cabinet, showing a
rack folded against the body of the cabinet, and Figure 4 is a section taken on
line Y.
In said drawings, a indicates a body-portion, consisting of four sides orportions, a²,
and a top piece or portion, b, the latter of which is provided with recesses or perfora-
tions, c, d, e, f, adapted to receive appropriate receptacles for powder, soap, a sponge
and a large wash-bowl; or they may be adapted to receive said powder, soap and
sponge directly, the receptacles in the latter case being formed in and of the top piece.
The body portion, a, is provided with suitable standards or legs, 9, 9, which raise
the body portion sufficiently above the floor to enable the mother or nurse to gain
ready access to the receptacles on or in the top when sitting, as usual, on a low chair.
The said legs may be rigidly secured to the body, or and preferably are, hinged
thereto, as indicated in Figures 3 and 4, to enable them to be folded beneath the body
when packing the case away.
One of the side portions of the case is provided with an opening, through which a
narrow drawer, i, may pass beneath the top portion, b, at one side of the bowl
receptacle; the said drawer being held in position by a track or way, j, extending
from one side of the body to the other, being adapted to receive a pin-cushion and a

page_text: comb and brush or other such articles; said drawer being partitioned for that purpose,
as at j¹.
At one side of the cabinet, I have provided a towel rack, which is arranged to fold
against the side of said cabinet, when the same is not in use, and to extend from said
side to form a loop to receive the towels &c., when turned down or opened. The said
rack consists of a front strip, ¹, and two side strips, h³, arranged at the ends of the
part, , at right angles thereto and providing means for attachment to the body of
the cabinet. The front strip, h¹, when folded or brought to its closed position,
preferably lies in a groove formed in the side of the part, k, where it lies flush with
the face of said part and is thus protected when not in use. It also serves as a means
for holding said part, k, to the body of the cabinet, as will be understood.
The parts, h¹, h, forming the sides and front or outer part of the towel rack,
together form a loop into which the towel or one end thereof, may extend, and
thus the said towel is prevented from slipping off the rack, as would be the case
were the said rack a simple rod adapted to be drawn out from the body. By
forming the loop, substantially as in the manner shown, the said rack is also given
greater holding capacity and greater strength, there being no projections such as
would be readily bent or broken, and be apt to injure the child.
The said towel rack provides convenient means for suspending towels, diaphers &c.,
in a convenient position for use.
The legs are provided with suitable stays, not shown, for holding the same in their
vertical position when not in use: Said stays may be of any ordinary construction.
Upon the body, a, serving as a top therefor, is a supplemental case, k, hinged
upon said body-portion at 1, 1, and adapted to be held open and vertical by means
of braces, m.
Said supplemental case consists preferably of a board, k¹, adapted to separate
the towel chamber from the soap, water and other receptacles on the body portion
of the case, and side pieces or cleats, ³, which project from the opposite sides of
the board, k¹, to form chambers or receptacles for towels, &c., on one side of the
said board, and for the projecting edges of the wash-bowl, soap-dish, &c., and their
contents on the other.
Said supplemental case is provided with a cover, o, which closed in the chamber
or receptacle, n, as shown in Figure 2. Said cover is suitably hinged to one of
the side pieces, k², by the hinges shown more clearly in Figure 2, which may be
of any ordinary construction and arrangement.
Means are provided for fastening the supplemental case down to the body, and
for fastening down the cover of said supplemental case.
I am aware of the devices shown in United States Patents No. 35, 136, May 6th 1862
180, 993 Aug. 15th 1876 and 315, 343, April 7th 1885 and also figure 446, in
the "Encyclopedia on Domestic Economy," and I do not wish to be understood as
claiming herein anything shown in any of said works.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A toilet case for infants, combining a body consisting of four sides and a top
board, b, the latter having receptacles for a wash-bowl, soap, etc., a drawer, i̟, and
a supplemental case serving as a cover to conceal said wash-bowl, soap, etc., and
having a receptacle for towels, and a cover for said supplemental case, substantially
as set forth.
2 A toilet case for infants, combining a body composed of sides, a¹, a¹, a¹, a¹,
and a top, b, having perforations, c, d, e, f, said body being supported by suitable
legs, a hinged cover consisting of a partition board, , and side pieces, &, forming
a chamber above and below said board, k, and a cover, o, for said chamber above
said partition, h¹, all said parts being arranged and adapted to operate, substantially
as set forth.

page_text: 3. In a child's toilet case, the combination with the body thereof, of a rack
forming a loop with said body, the said rack being adapted to be closed and the
part h to engage the body, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
4. In a toilet cabinet, the combination with the body thereof and the supplemental
case, of a towel rack having parts, h¹, h¹, adapted to fold up against the side of
the said case, into a groove therein, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 4th day of Dabona 1980
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.