Патент USA US2566848

Sept. 4, 1951
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L. L. LAUGHEAD
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COMBINATION SHIRT AND` DIAPER
Filed June 5, 1949
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Patented Sept.. 4, 1951
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COMBINATION SHIRT AND DIAPER
Lillian L. Laughead, Lansing, Mich.
ApplicationJune 3, 1949, Serial No. 96,910
1 Claim. (Cl. 2-70)
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This invention relates to holders, is particu
larly concerned with absorbent pad holders, is
of the said folded tapes having three gripper
sockets,` the said gripper sockets of the folded
more particularly concerned with holders for
absorbent pads adapted for use on children, and
is most particularly concerned with a combina
tion shirt and Vabsorbent insert for use in chil
tapes being disposed on the outside of the said
pad, each of the said folded tapes having a single
gripper stud, the said gripper studs being dis
posed on the inside of the said pad, the said pad
being secured to the said shirt by means of the
said gripper sockets and gripper studs, and I- am
now able to avoid the disadvantages of the prior
some of use but because they involve the use of 10 art and am able readily to accomplish the objects
set forth.
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pins for attaching them to other garment inem
While some of the more outstanding features,
bers, shirts, for example, worn by the child.
and advantages of this invention have been here
Another serious objection> to the use of conven
dren’s wear.
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There are serious objections to the use ofcon
ventional diapers since they _are not. onlycurnber
tional diapers resides in _the fact that the diaper
inbefore indicated, others will become apparent
must be capable of absorbing moisture.
from the following disclosures, taken in conjunc
tion with the accompanying drawing, in which:
-Fig. 1 is an inside view of the holder of my
Since
absorption provision must be had in the diaper,
. the entire diaper is made of highly absorbent
material and this adds to the bulkiness of the
invention, spread out.
diaper. The conventional diaper is therefore
bulky, is diñicult to attach and is obviously un 20
of the Fig. 1.
comfortable in wear.
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It is therefore an object of the present inven
tion to provide a holder. It is a further object
to provide a holder for absorbent pads. It is
still a further object to. provide a holder for
absorbent inserts. which has provision for ease
of attachment. It is a further object of the
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Fig. 2 is a section taken along the lines 2--2
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Fig. 3 -is `a view showing the holder attached,
in part, to an undershirt of a child.
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sockets attached thereto, the said sockets being
disposed frontally and substantially near the sides
of the said shirt, a rectangular pad, the said pad
As shown in the Fig. l the rectangular pad I
has a strip of tape 4 sewed to each of the two
corners at one end of the said pad. The two
strips of tape which Will hereinafter be referred
to as tapes‘are sewn to the inside of the pad I.
The inside of the pad is designated as the side
of the pad which in use contacts the body of the
child. Each of the tapes 4 have a pair of gripper
studs I2, and I5, secured to the tapes and to the
pad I. Each of the other two corners of the pad
I have a strip of tape 5 sewed to the outside of
the pad I. Each of the strips of tape 5, which
will be referred to as tapes, have three gripper
sockets Il, I3, and III, attached to them. The
said gripper sockets are secured to the tapes and
to the pad I and the socket portion of the grippers
having a rectangular pocket attached on the in
are on the outside of the pad I. Each of the two
present invention to provide a combination shirt
and absorbent insert holder adapted for wear
by children which is of simple construction, is «
light in weight and affords comfort in wear.
I have now discovered and invented a combin
ation garmènt and pad for holding a moisture
absorbing insert comprising an undershirt, the
said undershirt having a plurality of gripper '
side thereto, the said pocket being sewed along 40 tapes 5 have a single gripper stud 8 attached to
them and to the pad I. The studs are attached
to the inside of the pad I. A rectangular strip
of cloth is sewed along its two long sides to the
terial folded upon itself a plurality of times, the
pad I and this is designated a pocket 2. The
said insert being held within the said pocket,
the said insert being substantially equidistant 45 pocket is open at each of its short ends. A mois
ture absorbent cloth 3 is folded upon itself' several
from the outer edges of the said pad, a pair of
its two wide edges to the said pad, an insert, the
said insert comprising a length of absorbent ma
times, and is inserted within the said pocket.
tapes, each of the said tapes being sewed to the
It will be noted that the tapes 5 are folded over
said pad and being at opposite corners from each
in a V-shaped manner before being sewn to the
other, a plurality of gripper studs, a plurality of
gripper sockets, each of the said tapes having 50 Pad I.
The shirt S has a pair of tapes 1 sewed to the
a pair of the said gripper studs secured thereto,
outside of the front part of the shirt. Each
the said studs being disposed on the inside of the
of the said tapes ‘i has a pair of gripper sockets
said pad, a pair of folded tapes, each of the said
9 and IE), attached to the tapes and to the shirt.
folded tapes being sewed to the said pad and
In use the shirt 6 is placed on the child so
being at opposite corners from each other, each 55
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that the strips ‘I are disposed in the front and
near the sides of the shirt. The child is laid
down (face up) and the pad I is placed beneath
the child’s body, and the lower edge Ia of the pad
is pulled upwardly between the child’s legs. Each
of the studs 8 are now inserted into one of the
sockets on each of the tapes on the shirt. Since
I claim:
A combination garment for holding a moisture
absorbing insert comprising an undershìrt, the
said undershirt having a plurality of gripper sock
ets attached thereto, the said sockets being dis
posed frontally and substantially near- the sides of
the said shirt, a rectangular pad, the said pad '
each of the tapes 'I has two sockets, 9, the upper
having a rectangular pocket attached on the in~
socket, and I0, the lower socket, the studs 8
side thereto, the said pocket being sewed along its
are inserted into either the lower or the upper 10 two longitudinal edges to the said pad, a pair of
sockets, depending on the size of the child. The
two other corners of the pad I are now folded
over the corners nearest to the edge Ia, and the
stud I5 is fastened by inserting it into the socket
I4, and the stud I2 is fastened by inserting it into
the socket I3 or into the socket II. It will be
noted that if the stud I2 is fastened into the
socket I3 the fit of the pad will be more snug than
if the said stud was fastened to the socket II.
When the insert and a portion of the pad is
Imade moist, the studs I2, and I5 are unfastened
from their respective sockets, the two corners
are folded back, the two studs 8 are unfastened
vfrom their respective sockets, and the pad is re
moved from the child. The insert 3 may be re
moved from the pocket of the pad and be laun-`
dered, while another pad and-insert is attached
_to the same shirt.
I Wish particularly to point out that the pad
tapes, each of the said tapes being sewed to
the said pad and being disposed at the rear
corners, two pairs of gripper studs, each of
the‘said tapes having a pair of the said grip
per studs secured thereto, the said studs be
ing secured to the inside of the said pad, a
pair of folded strips of tape, each of the said
strips of tape being folded upon itself forming
a substantially 67 degree angle, each of the said
folded strips of tape being sewn to the said Ypad
and being disposed at the front corners, siii-grip-_per sockets, each of the said folded strips of tape
having three of the said gripper sockets, the
said gripper sockets of the folded strips of tape
being disposed on the outside of the said pad'and
being selectively engageable with the said pairs
of gripper studs on the rear corners of thel pad
respectively, each of the said folded Vstrips of
tape having a single gripper stud„the said last
and theinsert may be changed in a very short 30 named gripper studs lbeing disposedl on the inside
time, there is no possibility of causing injury to
ofthe said pad, the said studs and the said sock-4
the child due to the absence of safety pins, and
etsßbeing secured to the said strips of tape by con
even an inexperienced person is able to make the
ventional means, the said pad being securedto
change.
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the said shirt by means of the `said gripper sockets
I wish further particularly to ypoint out that »
to provide the moisture absorption that I am
thereon and the _said gripper studs on the folded
strips of tape.
able to obtain with the use of my invention, re
quires a relatively small amount of material, and
there i's-furthermore substantially no bulkiness
to the same.
Having clearly set _forth the construction, utili
ty and advantages of my invention I wish partic
ularly to state that it will be apparent that
changes in the details of the construction and
-arrangement of the variousI members of the in 45
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