An Improved Catamenial Pad or Diaper.
Year: 1889

page_text: Dite of Application, 6th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 1st June. 1889-Accepted. 6th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Catamenial Pad or Diaper.
I CHARLES BAYER of 31 London Wall in the City of London, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide an improved catamenial pad or diaper
which shall be comfortable and not liable to get displaced in wear.
The diaper is made of an oblong strip of some soft loosely woven absorbent material
such as terry, swansdown, &c., which is turned over at one end and sewn so as to form
a pocket at each side of which it is provided with lateral extensions by which it is
buckled or otherwise secured to a waistband. The strip is of such length that it may
be folded on itself and inserted in the pocket so as to form a soft absorbent pad.
Dated this 6th day of March 1889.
C. BAYER.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Catamenial Pad or Diaper.
I CHARLES BAYER of 31 London Wall 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:-
The object of my invention is to provide an improved catamenial pad or diaper
which, when folded and arranged for use, will be securely retained in the folded
position and not liable to become displaced in wear, and which may be readily
unfolded for the purpose of being washed.
The improved pad is made of an oblong piece of some soft, loosely woven,
absorbent material such as terry, swansdown, and the like, which is folded or doubled
on itself at one end, and the side edges of the doubled or folded portion are sewn so
as to form a pocket into which the remainder of the piece of material after being
folded one or more times upon itself can be tucked, and wherein the said folded
portion will be retained, so as to form with the two thicknesses of material constituting
the pocket, a thick, soft, absorbent pad.
The pad is provided with tabs at each end by which it is buckled or otherwise
secured to a waist band, the said tabs being stitched to the ends of the pocket portion.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specifica-
tion, wherein Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the pad or diaper developed
or unfolded, and Figure 2 represents a similar view of the same folded for use, whilst
Figure 3 represents a cross section on line 1-1 Figure 2. The same letters of
reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
a is the piece of material folded at one end on itself, the two thicknesses being
stitched together at the edges bb to form a pocket c presenting its mouth towards
the rest of the piece, the depth of the pocket being about one third of the
length of the appliance when in the unfolded position, so that by folding the
remaining portion upon itself, say along the line d-d and again along the line e-e,
the folded portion can be inserted in the pocket, and when so inserted will be
retained, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. ffare the tabs stitched onto the ends bb of
the pocket portion for attachment of the appliance to the waist band.
Price 6d.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
The improved catamenial appliance consisting of a piece of soft woven material a
formed with a pocket c and provided with tabs f and adapted to be folded and tucked
into the pocket to form a päd, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 1st day of June 1889.
C. BAYER.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.
C. BAYER.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.