Durex Rubber Diaphragm, Steel Spring
date: label: date made
content: 1938 - 1940s
label: patent date
content: 1937-12-07
notes: label: Description
content: Vaginal diaphragm with an inscription that reads “DUREX / Products, Inc. / 60 / Pat. No. 2,101,255” An inscription on the cardboard box reads “1 STEEL SPRING / RUBBER DIAPHRAGM / MANUFACTURED FOR USE / CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN / MANUFACTURED BY / DUREX / PRODUCTS, INC. / NEW YORK, N.Y. / MADE IN U.S.A.” The box includes a folded paper insert: "Care ot the Durex Diaphragm."
label: Description
content: Ref: Rene M. Hay, “Method of Making Pessaries,” U.S. Patent 2,101,255 (Dec. 7, 1937), assigned to Durex Products, Inc.
label: Description
content: Thomas Young, “Pessary,” U.S. Patent 2,443,943 (June 2, 1948), assigned to Durex Products, Inc.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Robert J. Locurto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0160.07
label: accession number
content: 1980.0160
label: patent number
content: US2101255A
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0160.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, diaphragm
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (instructions, sheet of material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 3 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 3/4 in; 8.5725 cm x 8.5725 cm x 1.905 cm