An Improvement in Handles for Travelling Trunks and other Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 25th July, 1895-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Handles for Travelling Trunks and other
Articles.
FREDERICK WILLIAM WHITLOCK 13 Clark Street Wolverhampton Clerk.
I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The application of a tube of rubber or other material to handles of trunks and
other articles, for ease, comfort & safety in holding or carrying such articles as by
these tubes a firm "grip" is obtained, and the hurting or cutting of the hands
(which is caused by the ordinary handles without these tubes) is entirely
obviated.
Dated this 27th day of October 1894.
FREDERICK WILLIAM WHITLOCK.
An Improvement in Handles for Travelling Trunks and other
Articles.
I, FREDERICK William Whitlock, of 13, Clark Street, Wolverhampton,
Clerk, 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 an improvement in handles for travelling trunks, bonnet
boxes and other articles and has for its object to provide a tube of rubber or other
soft and suitable material which is applied to the handles of the aforesaid articles
so as to enable a firm grip to be obtained without cutting or hurting the hands
which frequently occurs with the ordinary unprotected iron handles.
In carrying my invention into practical effect I provide a short tube of rubber
or other suitable material or composition, of round, square, oval or of other
required shape in cross section, which is attached to the handle as hereinafter more
fully described, and which is intended to be applied to the handles of travelling
trunks, bonnet boxes, boxes of various kinds, coal vases, drawers, coffins, or to any
device furnished with an iron handle or handles.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
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Fig. 1 shows an iron handle furnished with my improved rubber tube or
grip."
Fig. 2 shows a rubber "grip" of slightly different construction and Fig. 3
shows the securing pin or wire used in connection with same.
Fig. 4 shows a third method of securing the rubber "grip" to the handles.
According to this invention the handle h is furnished with a rubber "grip "r
which may be plain, fluted, or ornamented as desired and is placed in position by
forcing the rubber tube or " grip" down on the longer arm h of the handle h
until the end of the rubber tube or "grip "r can be passed through the opening h³
and then on to the shorter arm h³ of the handle h.

page_text: In the modified form shown in Fig. 2 the rubber "grip" is split along one
side at by means of which it is passed over or around the handle where it is
secured in position by means of a pin or wire to (Fig. 3) which is passed through
the longitudinal holes o (Fig. 2) the end being bent over as shown in dotted lines
(Fig. 3), or the rubber tube or "grip "r may be closed round the handle and held
in position by means of springs or suitable clips b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
:-
The application of a tube or "grip" of rubber or other suitable material to the 1
handle or handles of travelling trunks, bonnet boxes and other articles, substantially
as herein described and shown in the accompanying drawings and for the purposes
specified.
Dated this 24th day of July 1895.
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.