Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Jan.. 1888
Complete Specification Left, 6th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 16th Nov., 1888
JOHN ELLIOT ALLNUTT of 75 Little Britain in the City of London India Rubber
Goods Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is a mat so constructed as to readily absorb moisture at
its upper surface, and at the same time prevent any moisture so absorbed, passing
through the said mat to the floor or other surface on which it may be placed. My
said improved mat is especially convenient for use in bath-rooms, and for bathing or
washing persons in bed in cases of sickness or hurt; my improved mat absorbing any
water dropping from the person bathing or washing thereby keeping the floor or bed
upon which it may be placed dry and clean. My said mat is invaluable for out-door
bathing, as placed with the absorbent side upwards it will not only absorb any moisture
adhering to the body; but will also protect the person using it from actual contact
with the surface of the shore and being incommoded or dirted thereby.
any
In carrying out the object of my said invention, I take a fabric having a looped or
piled surface such as that known in the trade as "terry," and cut or make it
desired size and shape; I then apply to the underside thereof a similarly shaped
piece of waterproof material, and unite them by binding, sewing, or cementing, or
by both cementing and binding them together around their edges. If necessary one
or more rows of sewing may be carried across the surface of the mat.
I do not confine myself to the use of looped or piled surface fabric, as any cotton,
woolen, or linen fabric may be employed for the absorbent surface of the mat; the
other surface thereof being composed of any well known waterproof fabric or
material either flexible or rigid.
DL: L
1000

page_text: COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Mat for Bath Rooms and Bathing Purposes.
I, JOHN ELLIOT ALLNUTT of 75ª Little Britain, India Rubber Goods 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 a mat which shall readily absorb moisture at its
upper surface and at the same time prevent any moisture so absorbed passing through
the said mat to the floor or other surface upon which it may be placed.
My improved mat is especially convenient for use on bath room floors or seats and
for placing beneath persons needing to be bathed or washed on beds or such like
places as the said mat, readily absorbs the water falling from the person bathed and
prevents any moisture passing through it onto the floor or other surface upon which
my said mat is placed.
I will now proceed to describe the best method with which I am acquainted of
manufacturing my said improved mat I take a fabric having a looped or knotted
surface similar to the surface of Turkish bath towels, known in the trade as "Terry ;
made of either linen, wool, cotton, or a mixture thereof, this fabric I cut to any
convenient size or shape, sewing one or more widths together if the width of the
fabric is not sufficient to produce a mat of the desired size. I then take a sheet of
waterproof material preferably an india-rubber-proofed fabric known in the trade as
either single or double texture and cut this to the same size and shape as the piece
cut or shaped from the Terry fabric. If the rubber proofed material is smaller than
the Terry "I cement two or more pieces thereof together in the way well known by
makers of india-rubber goods so as to get the necessary size it being important that
the "Terry or absorbing fabric should be of the same size (or nearly so) as the
waterproof material to which it is to be applied. I now place the knotted or looped
(Terry) fabric, the knotted or looped surface outward, upon the shaped waterproof
material and unite them by binding the materials together by silk, cotton, or woolen
binding, which is sewn around the edges of the materials forming the mat. In mats
of a large size I find it an advantage to run one or more rows of stitching across the
mat.
I do not confine myself to the use of "Terry" fabric as the absorbent fabric of
my improved mat as any well known absorbent fabric may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. The new or improved mat for bath rooms and bathing purposes having one side
thereof composed of an absorbent fabric and the other side thereof consisting of a
waterproof fabric substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this Sirth day of Ontahan 1000