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No. .
E. A. WILEY.
CATAMENIAL SACK.
Patented Jan. 1 1889.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
EMIlIA AU'BREY WILEY OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. CATAMENIAL SACK.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.  dated January 1 1889.
Application filed June 28 1888. Serial No . (No model)
To all whom) it may concern:
Be it known that I Emmx AUBREY WILEY a citizen of the United States residing at Los Angeles in the county of Los Angeles and
5 State of California have invented a new and useful Improvement in Catarnenial Sacks of which the following is a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in catamenial sacks having for its object to pro
10 vide a device which may be easily and securely affixed to the body in such a manner that all unnecessary restriction and heating o f the body are avoided and further to provide the said sack with an integral pocket
15 adapted to contain a sponge linen or other soft absorbent material which cannot be displaced by the motions of the body.
The invention consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts fully
20 set forth hereinafter in connection wi I h the accompanying drawings wherein
Figure 1 is a view of the sack in the operative position. Fig. i is a rear view of the same partly broken away.
25 Referring by letter to the drawings A designates the body of the sack adapted to fit closely around the lower portion of the trunk of the wearer and provided with the openings B B on either side to receive the limbs and
30 the upper edge of the sack is provided with the drawing strings or tapes C C to enable the top of the body to be adjusted to fit the waist of the wearer.
The sides of the body A are provided with
35 the vertical slits Dl) and the rear side of the same at the upper edge is provided with the Vshaped openings E F to enable the sack to fit more accurately to the trunk and also provide ventilation.
40 The bottom of the sack between the openings B B above referred to is provided with the hanging pocket F adapted to contain a sponge soft linen or other absorbent material in a position to receive the menstrual
45 discharges and prevent them from coming in contact with the garments of the person wearing the sack.
The improved sack is designed to be made
of thin rubber which (being elastic) will fit
50 the body accurately and closely and will
therefore protect the garments. The device
is also light and therefore will not annoy the wearer. Further the sack cannot be displaced by the motions of the body as the rubber will yield and permit free motion and further the pocket being formed as a portion of the sack the former cannot become detached.
I am aware that various means have been devised heretofore to maintain catamenial 6o sacks in their proper positions and prevent the escape therefrom of the fluid should a slight disarrangement of the sack occur or should the sponge or other absorbent become surcharged. Among the means employed 65 one is to form the mouth of the sack so large that a slight disarrangement will not expose the vulva another device is provided with depending lappels or ears to cover the inner sides of the thighs of the female &c. In these cases there is always more or less liability of a serious displacement and a consequent escape of the catamenia owing to the trivial and insufficient means employed to secure the same in position and therefore in. order to guard against these inconveniences I provide a body portion which envelopes the entire lower portion of the trunk and is provided with openings which fit snugly around
1 the thighs of the wearer. Being of rubber 8o the body of the sack will stretch and yield to the movements of the wearer but it will be obvious that in whatever positions the thighs are placed the depending pocket F which is located between the thighopenings will al 85 ways remain under or opposite the vulva. The thighopenings fit the thighs of the wearer sufficiently tight to prevent the escape therethrough of the catamenia even should the latter overflow the pocket. It will be seen that there are no loose parts connected with this improved sack. It is made in a single piece and the body portion fits snugly around the lower portion of the body of the wearer with the depending pocket hanging loosely below the same in a position to be entirely out of the way so as not to inconvenience or hamper the movements of the wearer.
having thus described the invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent Ion of the United States is
As an improved article of manufacture the
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