Improvements in Cyclists' Tool Bags or Wallets.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cyclists' Tool Bags or Wallets.
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, of Great Charles Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to bags or wallets usually carried by, and attached by
straps to, the back of a cycle saddle, and has for one of its objects, a more simple
and expeditious method of connecting a bag to the strap loops of a saddle; for
another object, to conceal the loose ends of the straps; for a further object, the
bringing of the bag snugly up to the seat and for a still further object, the keeping
of the tools within the bag from rattling. One form of my said invention consists
of a bag with the open mouth closed by a flap and with loose-ended suspension
straps made fast to the two opposite ends of the back upper part of the same.
Passing through the flap at about its junction with the bag, and above the con-
nection of each suspension strap, is a piercing or slit wherethrough the loose end of
the said strap is passed from the outside to the inside of the bag, and is then con-
nected by a button hole or equivalent to a stud or other fastener carried at the
inside back of the bag below the slit or piercing.
I propose to connect the fast ends of the straps to the, bag by necked and
headed eyelets, with the heads coming upon the inside of the bag and forming the
fasteners for the straps to button onto.
Instead of using heads or buttons, I may employ buckles, either with or without
prongs, for the same purpose, so that the loose ends of the straps, when passed
through the slits and then through the buckles or fasteners can be pulled up so aɛ
to run the bag snugly up to the back of the saddle.
The flap is fastened by any suitable connections and straps alone are employed
for the suspension and running up of the bag.
In fixing up a bag, pass the loose ends of the suspension straps from the back
through the strap-loops of the saddle, and then thread the free ends through the
piercings at the back of the bag into the inside of the same. Now open the flap
and pull the ends of the strap forwards when the bag will be run up tight against
the back of the saddle, when the loose ends are fastened by buckling or otherwise
to the inside.
As another form of my improvements, the suspension straps are supplementary
ones carried by the flap-closing straps; that is to say, the back end parts of the
flap closing straps are made fast to supplementary fillets or short straps attached
to the back of the bag by eyelets, stitching or otherwise and their front ends are
united by a bar carrying a fastening strap or catch at its middle, so that both the
closing straps are brought over the flap at one operation and secured by one
expedient
The flap closing straps have rear extensions or loose ends which constitute the
suspension straps and pass through piercings in the back of the bag, immediately
below the points of connection of the fillets, and into the inside of the same and
are there fastened by buttoning, buckling or otherwise.
In carrying out another part of my invention in which a bag is provided with
means for preventing the rattling of the tools or the like contained therein, I take

page_text: a strap or billet and secure one end of the same to the inside bottom of the bag
and then bring the said strap up the inside walls and return it over the mouth into
a loop and then direct the free end downwards to near the bottom of the bag and
pass the same outwardly through a slit and when the strap is brought up the
outside back of the bag and forwardly over the flap and then pulled up and
engaged with a buckle or like fastener, tools placed within the interior of the bag
and circumferentially embraced by the said strap are tied, bundled or bound.
together and prevented from rattling.
Thus, the same strap which closes the flap of the bag is used as a tie for holding
together the tools and accessories contained therein.
Suspension straps may be connected to the back of the bag as is usual and in
order that the tools may be fully encompassed an interior wrap of any suitable
material is threaded onto the strap, which, when pulled up, rolls the wrap around
the tools to be tied together.
As a modification, two billet straps are employed for tying up the tools
instead of one, and their loose end parts are passed through corresponding slits at
the back of the bag near the bottom thereof as before, and then being directed
diagonally towards each other and being connected by a metal ring or loop or
equivalent which carries a single fastening strap adapted to be attached to a buckle
or other fastener secures the tools within the interior of the bag and fastens the
diagonally directed flap-closing straps, which are only employed for the purposes
as aforesaid, the bag itself being suspended by independent ordinary suspension
straps.
As a further modification the fastening strap may take round and under the
pouch and then be connected to the buckle or other fastening on the front, and
instead of the said strap being made fast to the bottom of the bag and being
passed up the inside walls and over the mouth to the back, it may be directed in
the contrary way, with the loose end coming through a piercing in the front.
I propose that the upper edge of the wrap should be stiffened so as to properly
embrace the tools to be tied by the strap.
Dated this 15th day of July 1896.
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS of Great Charles Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :--
This invention relates to bags or wallets usually carried by, and attached by
. straps to, the back of a cycle saddle, and has for one of its objects, a more simple
and expeditious method of connecting a bag to the strap loops of a saddle; for
another object, to conceal the loose ends of the strap; for a further object, to
bring the bag snugly up to the seat and for a still further object, to prevent the
tools within the bag from rattling.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a front elevation of a cycle
tool bag constructed according to one form of my improvements, and attached to
the rear part of a saddle by suspension straps, the loose or free ends of which are
concealed within the interior of the bag.

page_text: Figure 2 is a back elevation of the said bag removed from the saddle.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of the same upon the dotted line a, Figure 2, and
Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the bag, opened, and showing the
inside of the back.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the said Figures 1 to 4.
a is the tool bag, the open mouth a', of which is closed by a flap a³, and two
loose ended suspension straps b, are made fast to the two opposite ends of the
upper part of the back a³, of the same, whilst made through the said flap at about
its junction with the said back and at a point above the connection of each
suspension strap is a piercing or slit a', preferably eyeletted, and wherethrough
the loose end 6, of the said strap is passed from the back of the bag, through the
hole d', in the back of the saddle d, to the inside of the same, and is then
connected by a button hole 6, or equivalent to a stud c, or other fastener carried
at the inside back of the bag below the slit or piercing.
I propose to connect the fast ends 63, of the straps to the bag by necked and
headed eyelets c', with the heads c, coming upon the inside of the bag and forming
the fasteners for the straps to button onto.
Instead of using heads or buttons, I may employ buckles, either with or without
prongs, for the same purpose, so that the loose ends of the straps, after being
passed through the slits a, and then through the buckles or fasteners, can be
pulled up tight so as to run the bag snugly up to the back of the saddle.
The flap is fastened by any suitable connection such as f, the straps b, being
employed solely for the suspension and running up of the bag.
In fixing up a bag, pass the loose ends of the suspension straps from the back
through the strap loops of the saddle, and then thread the free ends through the
piercings at the back of the bag into the inside of the same. Now open the flap.
and pull the ends of the strap forwards when the bag will be run up snugly or
tight against the back of the saddle after which, the loose ends are fastened by
buckling or otherwise to the inside.
According to another part of my invention the bag is provided with means for
preventing the rattling of the tools or the like contained therein.
Figure 5 represents a tool bag constructed according to this form of my
invention and shown hung from the back of a saddle by suspension straps.
Figure 6 is a back elevation of the same.
Figure 7 is a transverse vertical section across the middle of the bag, and
Figure 8 is a longitudinal section thereof from end to end of the middle thereof.
In this arrangement, a is the bag, a' the back, a' the front, a³ the mouth-closing
flap, and are the suspension straps, each made fast at one end to the back and
passing thence through one of the eyeletted holes d', in the saddle 'd, and
downwards again, with its free end 62, secured by the buckle b³.
c are the combined. flap-closing and tool-bundling straps, each of which is
secured at its inner end c¹, to the inside bottom part a', of the bag and is then
brought up the front inside walls and is then returned rearwardly over the mouth
and downwardly, thus forming a loop c, which passes through holes e', in a.
threaded-on leather or textile wrapper or apron e, wherein the tools are wrapped
when the straps c, are tightened or run up, and which is stitched or rivetted to a.
suitable part of the inside of the bag. After being directed downwards, each of
the said running straps c, passes outwardly through a slit as, aud thence diagonally
up the back and forwardly over the top to the upper part of the front, where
they converge and their front ends c³, are connected together by a metal loop or
ring c, from which depends the pulling-up or tightening strap c, the free end c,
of which engages with the buckle e', or like fastener, secured to the bottom or
front of the bag, so that on the said strap c, being drawn up tight and engaged
with the buckle, the tools placed within the interior and embraced by the straps c
and wrapper e, are rolled up in the wrap, tied, bundled or bound together and
prevented from rattling.

page_text: Thus, the same strap which closes the flap of the bag is used as a tie for bundling
together the tools and accessories contained therein.
It is understood that the diagonally directed flap-closing straps, shown in
Figures 5 to 8 are only employed for the purposes as aforesaid, the bag itself
being suspended by independent means and it is further obvious that instead of the
flap-closing and tool-bundling straps being combined in one, the tool-bundling strap
or straps may be independent from the flap fastening strap, and may be provided
with a separate fastening or fastenings on the outside of the bag.
As a modification, only one strap may be employed for tying up the tools instead
of two, and its loose end is passed through a single corresponding middle slit at the
back of the bag near the bottom thereof as before, and then up the back and
over the top to the front of the bag where it is connected either directly, or
through the medium of an attached fastening strap, to a buckle or other
fastener, thus both securing the tools within the interior of the bag and fastening
the flap.
Figure 9 represents a front elevation of this modification.
Figure 10 is a vertical section thereof upon the dotted line x, Figure 9.
Figure 11 is a back elevation of the same, and
Figure 12 is a view with the front of the bag broken away to exhibit the interior
arrangement of the same.
In Figures 9 to 12, a is the bag, a¹ the back thereof, a³ the front, and a³ is the
flap. are the suspension straps whose outer ends are rivetted at 3, to the back
of the bag, whilst the other and inner ends 63, are directed through eyeletted
holes a, in the said bag and are then secured to buckles &, within the inside
of the same.
e is a single combined flap-closing and tool bundling strap, with its
inner end c¹, rivetted at c², to the inside of the bag, whence the said strap proceeds
upwards, over the mouth and down the front, out through the piercing a, then
under the bottom, up the outside back and over the flap, to the front, where its
free outer end is secured, after being drawn up tight to bundle together the tools,
to the buckle a', or other suitable connection.
Instead of the strap being made fast to the inside bottom of the bag and being
passed up the inside walls and over the mouth through the bottom and round the
bag to the front, its loose end may be directed through coincident piercings in the
front of the bag and the overlapping part of the flap.
Figure 13 is a front elevation of such an arrangement. Figure 14 is a back
elevation thereof.
Figure 15 represents a front view of the bag opened and a portion of one end
broken away, whilst
Figure 16 is a transverse vertical section upon the dotted line 23, Figure 13.
Figure 17 is an elevation of the bag with the flap partly opened to show the two
eyelets in the flap and front respectively.
In Figures 13 to 17, a is the bag, a' the back thereof, a' the front and a³ the
flap, bare the suspension straps with their loose ends b', fastened interiorly to the
buckles 2, whilst c is the tool bundling and flap closing, strap, rivetted at c', to
the inside bottom of the bag, then being turned over into the loop e, for gathering
up the tools, and passing out through an eyeletted hole a in the front and
through the piercing a, in the flap a', whence it proceeds downwardly to the
fastening buckle a².
I propose that the upper edge of the wrap shown in Figures 5 to 8 should be
stiffened so as to properly embrace the tools to be tied by the strap.
Instead of the tool bundling. straps passing directly through eyelets or holes at
or near the hottom of the bag, they may, after encompassing the tools, pass
under or through loops fixed at the inside bottom of the bag and then pass
outwardly through eyelets or holes at or near the top of the back of the bag,
whence they pass forwardly over the top and are fastened at the front, preferably
below the flap.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. In a cycle tool bag or wallet, suspending, drawing up and adjusting the
position of the same relative to the saddle from which it is hung, by an outside
adjustable and running strap or straps, with an end or ends secured to the bag or
to the back of the bag and with the other end or ends passed inwardly through a
hole or holes or eyelet or eyelets in the walls of the said bag and fastened upon the
inside, by buttoning, buckling or otherwise.
Secondly. In a cycle tool bag or wallet, tying or bundling together the tools or
accessories within the inside of the same by a running strap, whose inner part is
located within the inside of the bag and is preferably made fast thereto, whilst the
other part passes from the inside, and through a plain or eyeletted hole in the walls
of the bag, to the outside and is there secured.
Thirdly. In a cycle tool bag or wallet, tying or bundling together the tools or
accessories within the interior of the same and also closing the flap thereof by a
running or adjustable strap or straps, fixed at one end within the inside of the bag,
then passed outwardly through holes in the walls of the same and brought over or
around the mouth-closing flap and being secured to the outside of the body of
the bag.
Fourthly. In a cycle tool bag or wallet, tying or bundling together the tools or
accessories within the interior of the same and also closing the flap thereof, by a
running or adjustable strap or straps, fixed at one end within the interior of the
bag, and then being passed outwardly through a hole or holes in the front of the
bag and a hole or holes in the flap and being fastened on the outside, substantially
as described and set forth in Figures 13 to 17.
Fifthly. The improvements in cycle tool bags or wallets, substantially as and for
the purposes described and set forth in the several figures of the drawings.
Amil 1007
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.