Improvements in Wallet or Valise Attachments for Cycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Wallet or Valise Attachments for Cycles.
1, FRANCIS WEINTRAUD of 1, 2, and 3, Nicholl Square, Falcon Square,
London, E.C. Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to means for enabling a cycle wallet, bag, or valise, and
more especially a lady's valise or wallet, to be readily attached to and removed
from the machine, and it consists in an attachment which permits of the wallet
being opened to get at the contents and closed without difficulty and precludes all
liability of the article becoming accidentally detached when riding over rough
roads or otherwise.
The wallet or bag is preferably attached to the machine through the medium of
a rigid plate which is strapped or otherwise secured to the handle bar, but it may
be attached directly to the handle bar as hereinafter described.
The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in
which Figures 1, 2, and 3, shew face, side, and top views respectively of a wallet,
and separately the devices by which the wallet is secured to the machine.
In the drawings the plate D is shewn of T-form, and it is fastened by
straps E and F provided with buckles e, f, to the handle bar and head or front
fork. The plate D is provided at its lower part with a socket d' formed by punching
up the metal to receive a hook B attached to the back of the wallet, while at its
upper part the plate is furnished with a locking device similar to a purse-fastening
for retaining the button or stud C on the upper part of the wallet. This locking
device consists of a spring pressed slide or locking plate d mounted in the frame di
and adapted to engage the neck of the stud C on the wallet when the latter is
passed through the apertures in the frame.
Instead of making the attachment by means of a plate interposed between the
wallet and the machine I may attach the wallet directly to the machine in which
case the handle bar must be provided with studs either permanently fixed to the
handle bar or secured adjustably by means of straps. The back of the wallet in
this case is provided with external grooves near either end to receive the studs
which are held in place by slotted cover plates of metal. The slots in the plates
are of a width sufficient to receive the neck of the stud and the slots are enlarged
at their lower ends to permit of the heads of the studs being passed into the
grooves.
The wallet may be provided with a ring for the attachment of a chain or padlock
to guard against the wallet being stolen.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Wallet or Valise Attachments for Cycles.
I, FRANCIS WEINTRAUD of 1, 2, and 3, Nicholl Square, Falcon Square,
London, E.C. 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 :-—
My invention relates to means for enabling a cycle wallet, bag, or valise, and
more especially a lady's valise or wallet, to be readily attached to and removed
from the machine so that when shopping the wallet may be detached and carried in
the hand and replaced in remounting without liability of the wallet becoming
accidentally detached when riding over rough roads or otherwise. The wallet or
bag is preferably attached to the machine through the medium of a rigid plate
which is strapped or otherwise secured to the handle bar and steering fork spindle
but it may be attached without the intervention of the plate as hereinafter
described.
The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in
which Figures 12 and 3 shew face, side, and top views respectively of a wallet,
and separately the devices by which the wallet is secured to the machine.
In the drawings the plate D is shewn of T-form and it is fastened by
straps E and F provided with buckles e, f, to the handle bar and spindle of the
front fork. The plate D may be provided at its lower part with a socket d
formed by punching up the metal to receive a hook B attached to the back of the
wallet while at its upper part the plate may be furnished with a locking device
similar to a purse fastening for engaging with and retaining the button or stud
fixed at the back of the wallet at the upper part. The locking device consists of a
spring-pressed slide or locking plate d, mounted in the frame d' and adapted to
engage the neck of the stud Con the wallet when the latter is passed through the
apertures in the frame. Or the plate D may have studs fixed to it which engage
in button hole slotted plates on the back of the wallet. The back of the wallet in
this case is provided with vertical grooves near either end to receive the studs
which engage in slotted cover plates of metal fixed to the back of the wallet, the
slots being of a width to receive the neck of the stud and being enlarged at their
lower ends to permit of the heads of the studs being passed into the grooves.
Instead of making the attachment by means of an interposed plate I may attach
the wallet directly to studs permanently fixed to straps which are buckled around
the handle bar, but I prefer the arrangement shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The herein described means of removably attaching a wallet to the handle
bar of a bicycle, consisting of a plate adapted to be strapped to the handle bar and
spindle and provided with locking devices for engagement with studs on the wallet
as described.
2. The herein described means of removably attaching a wallet to the handle
bar of a bicycle, consisting of a plate adapted to be strapped to the handle bar and
spindle and provided with studs in combination with button hole slotted plates on
the back of the wallet as specified.
3. The herein described means of removably attaching a wallet to the handle

page_text: bar of a bicycle, consisting of studs fixed to straps buckled to the handle bar in
combination with button hole slotted plates on the back of the wallet as specified.
Dated this 15th day of February 1897.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.