Improvements in and relating to Portable Baths.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 19th Feb., 1900-Accepted, 24th Mar., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Portable Baths.
We, HARVEY HOAR PHILLPOT, of 15, Regent Street, London, Departmental
Manager, and JOHN BATHURST, of the Junior Army and Navy Stores Limited,
Assistant Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to portable
baths & our invention consists in the improved construction of a bath which is
adapted to be rolled up when not in use and will then occupy little space, our
improved portable bath being held open or distended when being used by a
folding frame constructed substantially as hereinafter described.
In carrying our invention into practice we make a bath of suitable water-
proof canvas said bath being preferably oblong in shape when opened out, and
for the purpose of supporting the sides of the bath we employ a folding frame
consisting of four pairs of hingedly connected rods or the like each pair con-
sisting of one long and one short arm or rod according to the dimensions of the
bath the shorter arms being about equal to the height of the sides of the bath
and the longer arms reaching from about the centre of the bottom of the bath
to the corners of the latter. The longer arms are connected together by means
of a rivet or equivalent and the outside of the bath is formed at its corner parts
with pockets or equivalents adapted to receive the free ends of the shorter arms
referred to.
To enable our improved bath to be used said bath is opened out and placed
upon the four long arms or the like said arms being spread out about diagonally
and the shorter arms are raised to about a vertical position and the free ends
entered into the pockets referred to said shorter arms serving to support and keep
upright the sides of the bath.
In order to make our improved bath more rigid we prefer to also employ four
separate rods which rods are entered into pockets at the top edge of the bath and
when so entered are situated along said top edge & serve to keep the sides pro-
perly distended.
We may make our improved bath & the folding frame of any desired_suitable
material and the dimensions may be any desirable and when my improved bath is
not in use the sides are folded down, the frame folded together and placed into
the bath and the latter is then rolled up, a suitable cord and corresponding eye
enabling said bath to be tied up.
Dated this 27th day of April 1899

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Portable Baths.
We, HARVEY HOAR PHILLPOT, Department Manager, and JOHN BATHURST,
Assistant Manager, both of the Junior Army and Navy Stores Limited, 15, Regent
Street, London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what man-
ner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :—
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to portable and
collapsable baths, and our invention consists in the improved construction of a
bath, which is adapted to be rolled up when not in use, and will then occupy
little space, our improved portable bath being held open or distended when being
used, by a folding frame constructed substantially as hereinafter described.
In carrying our invention into practice, we make a bath of suitable waterproof,
canvas, the said bath being preferably made of one piece of canvas, oblong in
shape when opened out, and for the purpose of supporting the sides of the bath,
we employ a folding frame consisting of four pairs of hingedly connected rods or
metal strips, or the like, each pair consisting of one long and one short arm or
rod according to the dimensions of the bath the shorter arms being about equal
to the height or the sides of the bath, and the longer arms reaching from about
the centre of the bottom of the bath to the corners of the latter. The longer
arms are connected together by means of a rivet or equivalent and the outside
of the bath is formed at its corner parts with pockets or equivalents, adapted to
receive the free ends of the shorter arms referred to.
To enable our improved bath to be used, the said bath is opened out and
placed upon the four long arms, or the said arms, being spread out about diagonally
and the shorter arms are raised to about a verticle position and the free ends
entered into the pockets referred to, the said shorter arms serving to support and
keep upright the sides of the bath.
In order to make our improved bath more rigid we prefer to also employ-
four seperate rods or wooden laths, which are entered into pockets at the top
edge of bath and when so entered are situated along the said top edge and serve
to keep the sides properly distended.
We make our improved bath and the folding frame of any suitable material,
and the dimensions may be any desirable; and when our improved bath is not
in use, the sides are folded down, the frame folded together and placed into the
bath and the latter is then rolled up, a suitable. cord and corresponding eye
enabling said bath to be tied up.
We shall now more fully describe our bath by reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which,
Fig. 1 is a plan of our improved form of collapsable bath.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.
Fig. 3 is an elevation looking on one of the corners.
Fig. 4 is a semi collapsed plan and
Fig. 5 a plan of the supporting frame collapsed.
In all the views like reference letters indicate like parts.
The body A of the bath is formed from a single piece of waterproofed canvas,
or other material, preferably rectangular in form, by folding each side inward for
a suitable depth to form the sides a of the bath. The surplus material at the
corners a¹ is folded round, thus giving extra strength at these parts. By thus
forming the body from a single piece of material the use of seams is avoided, the
bath being therefore less liable to leak.
To prevent the sides a of the bath sagging, we attach removably, at or near

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the upper edge of each side a a flexible strip 6 preferably of wood, each end of
these Hexible strips 6 enters a pocket a² formed in or attached to the upper edge
of the sides a of the bath; the sides are thus sustained while the bath is in. use.
To further strengthen the bath A we may use a frame formed of four strips
preferably of metal c pinjointed together at c; this frame we place under the
bottom as of the bath, the ends of the strips which are pinjointed coming under
the centre of the bath, and each each strip c extending diagonally out to a corner
of the bath. To the outer end of these strips c are hinged at upright arms c³
which extend up the bath at the corners, and enter pockets a at the upper edge
of the bath. The bath is thus held rigid, and each strip or arm chas a short
foot which raises the bath slightly from the ground.
When it is desired to pack up the bath for transport, the flexible strips bare
removed from the pockets a², and the bath lifted from the metal strips, c and c³.
Two of the sides a are folded in as shown at Fig. 4. The metal strips or arms c³
are folded over on top of the strips c which are then collapsed into the position
shown at Fig. 5, these metal strips are placed inside the bath A along with the
flexible strips 6 and the bath is then folded and rolled into a compact form.
Holes d are formed at the upper edge of two of the sides for the passage of
a cord which retains the bath in its folded position.
Although we prefer to use the metal frame in conjunction with the flexible
strips, they may be used alone to support the bath when in use.
We do not wish to confine ourselves to the method shown, of attaching the
flexible strips b and arms c³ to the bath as it is obvious, that without departing
from our invention other means may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. In a collapsable bath the combination therewith of flexible strips or bars,
removably attached to the upper edge of each side, to sustain the bath when in
use, and means for attaching these bars to the bath substantially as shown and
described.
2. In a collapsable bath made from a single piece of waterproofed material,
the combination therewith of flexible strips, removably attached to the upper
edge of each side, means for attaching these strips to the bath, a light collapsable
framework placed underneath the bath, and having hinged upright arms to sus-
tain the bath at the corners, means for removably attaching said arms to the
bath, and short supports to raise the bath a short distance from the ground
substantially as described and shown.
3. The combination and arrangement of parts, constituting our said invention,
substantially as herein shown and described.
Date : MAL
1000
HORN, SON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.