Breast Cups
date: label: date made
content: 1875
label: patent date
content: 1875-08-17
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Taylor E. Daniels, “Improvement in Breast-Pads for Females,” U.S. Patent 166,686 (August 17, 1875). Daniels lived in Detroit, Michigan. This device was designed "to be worn upon the person under the clothing for the purpose of receiving and retaining the fluid involuntarily discharged from the breast.”
label: Description
content: The device consisted of a flattened nipple cap with a small tube connecting to a longer flexible tube leading to a receptacle which could be carried in the pocket or other suitable place. The patent model shows a metal rendition of the nipple cap and drain tube, but Daniels suggested making the nipple cap from hard rubber or gutta-percha. The second part of the patent (SEE record MG.M-04340.02) is described as "a soft pad or shield recessed to receive and retain the cap." The nipple caps could be used alone or with the pads, and the pads could also be used alone "simply for expanding the bust."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04340.01
label: catalog number
content: M-04340.01
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: US166686A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pump, Breast
label: Object Name
content: breast cups, patent model
label: Object Name
content: breast cups
label: Object Name
content: patent model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in; .635 cm x 9.525 cm x 9.8425 cm