AN IMPROVED COM-
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Blundell, of 75, Mark Lane, in the City
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of London, Gentleman, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED COM-"
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pound Cape AppLICABLE ALSO FOR Use as ▲ BED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
POUND CAPE APPLICABLE ALSO FOR USE AS A BED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Blundell at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd February 1872.
I, WALTER BLUNDELL, of 75, Mark Lane, in the City of London,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED COMPOUND CAPE APPLICABLE ALSO FOR USE AS A BED, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in a novel combination and arrangement of
parts, as herein-after described, whereby an improved compound water-
proof cape is produced, which when not worn as a cape may be used as
a bed, or in parts serving as a railway travelling rug or otherwise; and
portions of this compound cape are applicable also for carrying water or
other liquid when travelling, and for other purposes.
In carrying out my Invention I make the outer portion or body of the
cape of waterproof material, preferring the kind well known as macin-

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, .
filed by the said Walter Blundell in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 31st July 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WALTER,
BLUNDELL, of 75, Mark Lane, in the City of London, Gentleman, send-
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of February, in the year.
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Walter Blundell, Her special licence that I,
the said Walter Blundell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Walter Blundell, my executors, administrators,
and assigns; should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED COMPOUND CAPE APPLICABLE>
ALSO FOR USE AS A BED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition ·
(amongst others) that I, the said Walter Blundell, my executors or;
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one:
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date:
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Walter Blundell, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, and the Drawings therein referred to :-
This Invention consists in a novel combination and arrangement of
parts, as herein-after described, whereby an improved compound water-
proof cape is produced, which when not worn as a cape may be used as
a bed, or in parts serving as a railway travelling rug or otherwise; and
portions of this compound cape are applicable also for carrying water or
other liquid when travelling, and for other purposes.
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page_text: tosh; and in the central portion of this body I form an aperture with or
without a slit, and with a projecting part or portion, which when the
cape is being worn as such constitutes the collar thereof; but when the
cape is required to be used as a bed this aperture in it may be closed by
securing across it the projecting part or portion forming the collar, as
aforesaid, a button being provided which, besides securing the flaps of
the cape across the wearer's chest when worn as a cape, serves also for
retaining the projecting part or portion in position, so as to close the
aperture above referred to when necessary.
To the inner side of the waterproof body above described I secure a
second body or lining, preferably of woollen or other warm material,
attached to the waterproof body by buttons or other fastenings; and
between the two bodies I interpose air-tight bags formed with small
tubes of india-rubber, canvass, or other material capable of being folded,
and in conjunction with these small tubes I provide small bands, recesses,
or pockets formed with or attached to the air-tight bags, so that after air
or other fluid has been blown or forced into the bags through the tubes,
the latter may be rolled up or folded, and placed and securely held under
or within the bands, recesses, or pockets, thereby closing the apertures
leading to the interiors of the air-tight bags, and causing them to retain
the air or other fluid which has been forced into them in the manner
already described.
By this improved compound cape the neck, shoulders, chest, and
abdomen of the wearer are protected with a uniform degree of warmth,
and at the same time ventilation is fully preserved. .
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When required to be used as a bed it is taken off, and forms a paral-
lelogram on the ground. The air-tight bags are then inflated, so that by
their positions the one supports the hips and the other the head of the
recumbent person, who lies down on one half of the waterproof body, and
disposing of the inner body or lining, so, as to produce the requisite
degree of warmth, draws the other half of the waterproof body com-
pletely over his body, buttoning the lower part so as to leave his arms
free. Thus a comfortable bed, adjusting itself to the conformation of
the human frame and to any inequality of ground, and affording pro-
tection to the parts of the body most requiring it, may be at any moment
readily made.
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page_text: Fig. 1 represents the inner side of a compound cape showing the parts
in position for wearing; Fig. 2 is a section through the line A, B, of
Fig. 1.
In carrying out my Invention I make the outer portion or body a of
the cape of waterproof material, preferring the kind well known as mac-
intosh; and in the central portion of this body I form an aperture 6 with.
or without a slit c, and with a projecting part or portion d, which when
the cape is being worn as such constitutes the collar thereof, but when
the cape is required to be used as a bed this aperture in it may be closed
by securing across it the projecting part or portion forming the collar,
as aforesaid, as shewn in Fig. 2, a button 'e being provided which,
besides securing the flaps of the cape across the wearer's chest when
worn as a cape, serves also for retaining the projecting part or portion d
in position, so as to close the aperture above referred to when
necessary.
To the inner side of the waterproof body above described I secure a
second body or lining f, preferably of woollen or other warm material,
having an opening at f¹, and attached to the waterproof body by but-
tons g or other fastenings, and between the two bodies a and fI inter-
pose air-tight bags h (secured by buttons h¹ to the body a) formed with
small tubes i of india-rubber, canvass, or other material capable of being
folded, and in conjunction with these small tubes I provide small elastic
bands, recesses, or pockets j formed with or attached to the air-tight
bags, so that after air or other fluid has been blown or forced into the
bags through the tubes (when the bags are to be used in forming a bed,
as hereafter explained), the tubes may be rolled up or folded, and placed
and securely held under or within the bands, recesses, or pockets, as
shewn at in Fig. 1, thereby closing the apertures leading to the
interiors of the air-tight bags, and causing them to retain the air or other
fluid which has been forced into them in the manner already described.
m, m, are waist bands for drawing the front of the cape close to the body
when worn for walking.
By this improved compound cape the neck, shoulders, chest, and
abdomen of the wearer are protected with a uniform degree of warmth,
and at the same time ventilation is fully preserved.
. When required to be used as a bed it is taken off, and forms a paral-
lelogram on the ground. The air-tight bags are unbuttoned from the

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body, and are then inflated and placed in suitable positions, so that the
one supports the hips and the other the head of the recumbent person, who
lies down on one half of the waterproof body, and disposing of the inner
body or lining so as to produce the requisite degree of warmth, draws
the other half of the waterproof body completely over his body, but-
toning the lower part by the buttons g³, g³, g³, which take in corre-
sponding button holes formed in the cape at 1, 1, . In the position
of the parts as illustrated these three button holes have three buttons of
the lining passed through them. By buttoning the lower half of the
waterproof body as described the recumbent person wraps himself up
thoroughly, but leaves his arms free. Thus a comfortable bed, adjusting
itself to the conformation of the human frame and to any inequality of
ground, and affording protection to the parts of the body most requiring
it, may be at any moment readily made.
Having described my said Invention of "An Improved Compound
Cape applicable also for use as a Bed, and for other Purposes," and
having explained the manner of carrying the same into practical effect,
I hereby declare that I do not claim as of my Invention or the exclusive
use of the several parts herein-before described or referred to, except
when the same are used in and for my said Invention, with reference to
which I hereby declare that I claim,―
First. The combination of parts forming the improved compound cape
arranged as above described.
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WALTER BLUNDELL. (L.S.)