Improvements in and in connection with Accouchement and Menstrual Pads or Bandages.
Year: 1889

page_text: Complete Specification Left, 28th July, 1890-Accepted, 30th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Accouchement and
Menstrual Pads or Bandages.
[, LAURETTA ARUNDEL 58 Dalyell Road Brixton London S.W. Lady, do hereby
leclare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to supersede the clumsy and inconvenient method of
affixing and using the ordinary diaper at present used by women after childbirth, and
at menstrual periods generally. For this purpose I form a band or strip of any suit-
able material and of any required pattern, size and thickness which may be made by
hand or machine. I so arrange the belt or bandage that when in use the same fits
tightly round the lower part of the stomach passing between the legs. It is kept in
position by dividing the band or bandage from the abdomen into two parts, each part
passing over either shoulder joining the main band again at the lower or any part of
the back, which fastening may be effected by buttons, hooks, or other device in any
convenient part. I affix by means of safety pins or other fastenings inside the widest
parts of the band or bolt a folded pad to cover the parts to be protected and which may,
or may not be medicated for antiseptic purposes.
Dated this 16th day of November 1889.
СКАДАМ С СПАДАМ,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Accouchement and
Menstrual Pads or Bandages.
I LAURETTA ARUNDEL of 58 Dalyell Road Brixton S.W. Lady 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 supersede the clumsy and inconvenient methods
now generally in use for affixing the ordinary diapers at present used by women
for absorbing discharges after childbirth and also for the absorbing of the natural
discharges of women.
For the purpose of my invention I construct a band or belt of any suitable material
such for instance as linen, which may be of any desired pattern, colour, or thickness
required, and may be made in any size, either by hand or machine. This band or belt
I form of such a length that when in use it can be passed between the legs and over
the shoulders of the person wearing same. For about one third or thereabouts of its
entire length, I divide this band longitudinally into two portions, between which the head
of the wearer is passed, so that one of the strips or bands thus formed, rests on each
shoulder; when the band is adjusted in the proper position the two free ends thereof
are joined together by hooks, buttons, or any other convenient means, such junction
being made either in front, or behind as most convenient to the person using
same.
When thus fixed in position by any of the aforesaid means, the band or belt
fits tightly round the lower part of the stomach and is quite secure against any
disarrangement by the ordinary movements of the body of the wearer.
To the part of this band or belt as most convenient, I affix by means of loops, safety
pins, or any other suitable fastenings, a folded pad of some absorbent material, such
for instance as cotton wool, enclosed in an absorbent gauze or other suitable case or
covering. This pad may be made of any size or shape most suitable for the purpose
for which it may be required, but preferably of an oblong form. The pad may be

page_text: medicated, if preferred, with any suitable antiseptic substance to which a little perfume
may be added for the purpose of counteracting any odour that might arise from the
aforesaid antiseptic fluid used, or from other causes.
In the accompanying drawing, A. A. A. represents the band or belt, which is divided
longitudinally from B to B', into the two strips or bands C. C., the opening between them,
being for the purpose of allowing the head of the person using same to be passed
through when the strips or bands C. C., form shoulder straps one passing over each
of the shoulders of the wearer, and comfortably supporting the whole bandage.
D shows the aforesaid absorbent pad, which is shown in the drawing as affixed by the
two narrow loops E. E. which may be made of any suitable material, or it may be
fixed by any other of the before mentioned devices.
Having now fully explained and illustrated my invention, what I claim is-
The making of a band or bandage, for the greater convenience of holding a pad or
diaper in position, specially applicable for the use of women and for the purpose as
herein before substantially in manner & for the particular purpose described and
illustrated.
Dated this 28th day of July 1890
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
Agents for Applicant.