Name and Maker of My Favorite Travel Syringe?

As a teenager and young adult, I became fascinated by the wide variety of enema syringes that were available in the 50's and 60's, part of the"golden age". My absolute favorite travel syringe was a slender white rubber bag with an integrated rubber loop at the top that could be used to hang the bag on a shower handle or drawer pull, etc. While the bag looked like it wouldn't hold much liquid, it had deep hidden pleats that allowed it to expand to hold almost 3 quarts. The hose was quite long and had small ribs running lengthwise that helped prevent kinking. One end of the hose was designed to be slipped over a plastic end at the bottom of the bag - the other end had a plastic connector with threads on the inside. Two white threaded plastic nozzles were included: a straight white douche nozzle and an adult enema nozzle. The set included a fabric carrying case with a zipper that was coated with a white plastic embossed waterproofing on the outside. The inside was a dark red or maroon.

This travel syringe sold for about $7 at the time and was obviously a top of the line product. Does anyone remember the name and manufacturer of this lovely syringe? A poster on another site thought it might have been called "Celebrity" but didn't comment on the maker. I'd be interested in any stories involving this syringe and the hanging loop and how much it stretched when the syringe was full which sometimes lead to unexpected showers when taking a douche or an enema.

Some of the ice bag combo syringes had a similar hanging loop. These were common in the'80s and are likely still available. I've looked at a lot of folding bag pics and haven't seen one like you describe. Hope you find it!

One of the girls in my sorority house had one of these back in the 1970's. I don't know where she got it, but it was the nicest folding syringe I'd ever seen and I have never seen another one like it. But I have no idea what make it was since that was something we really did not care that much about.

I can remember that particular bag as well; it was sometimes referred to as an "art deco" style; can't remember the (actual) manufacturer, but it was carried in Montgomery Ward catalogs of the late 60's, which is how I came by mine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco

I can recall a number "1941" (possiby the date it was desgined) stamped on the inside of the bag at the top. You're right about the expanding pleats, which went right back to a very slender profile as the bag emptied. And that "hanging loop' made it easy to adapt to a different room when traveling, since a doorknop is just the right height for receiving on towel spread on the floor.

The one problem was that it had screw-type nozzles with a very wide thread (unlike, for example, Davol, which used inside threaded pipes with a very fine tread. As a result, the pipes could become loose if you were using a very soapy solution.

Sorry to say that the bag and I parted company somewhere along the way. But if the famous "JBL" can be revived, mabye somebody out there can do the same for this little beauty.

I recall seeing a syringe exactly as described here in the Sears Roebuck catalogs of the 1950's. The rubber hanging loop was the defining characteristic of this appliance. We have a Zity member who used to have a photo of this bag as his Avitar; I think his "handle" was Curly.

Rubber goods sold by Sears and Montgomery-Ward, were Private Label products made by large rubber companies like U.S. Rubber Co., B.F. Goodrich, etc. Sears, Macy's or Monty-Wards name was embossed into the bag. I don't recall what model Sears called this bag, only that they sold it.

We Get Rimba Syringes in Honkong those are my favourite.

I have a white bag with an art deco design embossed.The bag is shaped in what I think is called "art moderne"style.Im pretty sure that this style originated bin the 1936 Chicago Worlds Fair and influenced everything from buildings -cf Kern County Hall of Records-to cars to enema bags.We mature preverts were an artistic bunch.