Improvements in Baths chiefly intended for Infants.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1894-Accepted, 18th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Baths chiefly intended for Infants.
THOMAS ROBERT SPARKS 2 Thornvilla Crumlin Co. Dublin Ireland Tea
Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Baths made of iron or other material, with rings or other contrivance, fastened
so as to appear upon the inside. A piece of Turkey toweling or other suitable
material with rings or loops attached to the edges, a cord or tape is passed through
said rings or loops, by which the toweling or other material is connected with the
rings or other contrivance upon the inside of the bath, thus forming a platform or
hammock suspended near the bottom of the bath, upon which an infant or other
person can be placed for the purpose of washing or bathing.
Dated this 7th day of November 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Baths chiefly intended for Infants.
I THOMAS ROBERT SPARKS of 2, Thornvilla, Crumlin, Co. Dublin, Ireland,
Tea Agent, 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 :—
This invention relates mainly to the baths used for children, and to a device to
be applied to the baths to enable the children to be more easily bathed. The
bath is of the ordinary size and shape and of iron or other material, fitted
according to my invention, with a number of rings or hooks, riveted or otherwise
fixed in place. These rings are placed at each end of the bath and serve to support
a small hammock of Turkey towelling or other suitable material, hung by means of
loops and cords passing through the loops and rings, or by hooks engaging with the
rings. On this hammock the child is placed, and thus suspended near the bottom
of the bath being in the most convenient position for washing or bathing. The
children can be fully immersed at any moment by unfastening the hammock at one
or both ends.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the
bath, showing it in use, and Figs. 2 & 3 are respectively a vertical section and a plan
of the bath with fittings.
At each end of the bath A are fixed the rings B and B¹ five being shown at the
head and three at the foot, any other convenient number being employed, if
desired. By these rings is suspended the towel hammock C, which is provided
at the head with the rings or loops c and at the foot with the hooks c. It is
fastened at the head by the cord which is threaded through the rings and loops B
and c.
The towel is simply hooked in place at the other end, which permits it to be
rapidly disengaged when the child is to be immersed.
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.) In a bath the use of a hammock or suspended sheet on which the child or

page_text: other person is laid, hung from the sides by rings or the like, substantially as and
for the purposes specified.
(2.) In a bath the use of a hammock suspended from the sides of the bath by
rings and loops through which a cord passes, substantially as described and for the
purposes specified.
(3.) The improved bath and fittings substantially as described and shown in the
accompanying drawings and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 12th day of July 1894.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.