Improvements in or Connected with Absorption Pad Devices for Menstruations.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Connected with Absorption Pad Devices for
Menstruations.
I, OTTO HORIG, of Junkerstrasse, 36, Breslau, in the Kingdom of Prussia and
German Empire, Surgical instrument and bandage 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 bandages hitherto in use for women, have the great disadvantage that in
consequence of the hardening of the blood secretions, the bandage or pad rubs the
thighs and causes rawness, which makes walking impossible.
If the pads are applied with underlying tissue stuffs which do not thoroughly
overlap at the edges, a shrinking of these stuffs takes place, which defeats the desired
object of a hygeianic absorption pad.
If, on the other hand pads without an under-covering are used, a dripping of the
absorbed liquid (blood) easily takes place when the pad has become saturated.
The present invention overcomes, in the most perfect way, these inconveniences, by
completely surrounding the absorption pad, preventing the same from drying and the
consequent bad smell.
In consequence of this the pad remains constantly soft and causes no impediment to
walking.
Another effect obtained by this invention, and one of not less importance, is that
the absorption pad being enclosed on all sides, cannot drip.
Reference being made to the annexed sheet of drawings forming a part of this
specification in which,
Figure 1 shows the absorption pad, connected with a strap from above, showing the
part where the pad A is provided with the lenticularly shaped aperture a.
Figures 2 and 3 represent in front and side views, the clamp for holding the
pad, and
Figure 4 shows the manner of fixing the pad to the body.
According to my invention the objects before mentioned are attained by the
application of indin-rubber or other similar material formed into a sack-like
covering A, which is provided at a with a lenticularly shaped aperture for the
reception of the liquid (blood), and which surrounds the pad at the back and on
the sides.
The pad itself is held by means of clamps b, which are tightened by the buckles c,
or by other suitable contrivance.
These clamps are connected by straps d with the waist belt e, which is buckled
round the waist. For easier wearing the straps d and, if required, the belt e, are
made of elastic material.
The shape of the india-rubber covering A, renders an easy fitting of the absorption
pad practicable, and prevents, moreover, as has been already remarked, a clotting or
hardening of the absorbed matter.
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 :-
First. The absorption-pad or device for menstruations; substantially as herein
described.
Second. An absorption-pad for menstruations, characterized by the sack-shaped
covering or case A, made of india-rubber or other material, and having at a a slot
or aperture which contains the absorption material; the said material being affixed by
an elastic strap and clamps, or by other suitable means, to the body, for the purposes
set forth.

page_text: Third. As an article for use in connection with an absorption pad for menstru-
ations, a case or covering A, adapted and constructed to be employed substantially as
set forth.
Dated this Twenty-third day of September 1889.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.