Improvements in Luggage or Parcel Carriers, the Invention being also applicable to Buckles or Fastenings.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 29th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Luggage or Parcel Carriers, the Invention being
also applicable to Buckles or Fastenings.
I, VERNON MORITZ MARTIN, of Shenley Lodge, Ridge Hill in the County of
Herts, Merchant and Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in luggage or parcel carriers the fastener
or buckle which forms the subject of my invention being also applicable to straps
and like purposes.
In applying my invention to a luggage or parcel carrier consisting of say a pair
of straps connected by a handle I preferably employ a frame in which the handle
is supported in said frame at suitable points being pivoted cam shaped pieces or
segments preferably having roughened faces between which and the frame, or a
fixed part, the strap is passed. The segment is so shaped or hung that the strap
may be readily pulled through in one direction but will be jammed and held at
any point by the segment which will prevent its moving back until the segment
is lifted.
To assist the holding power of the segment the fixed plate or frame beneath the
segment and strap may be slotted roughened or sunk. The application of my
invention to buckles and the like will be readily understood from the foregoing
description.
Thin noth day of Mar 1905
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent,
For the Applicant.
Improvements in Luggage or Parcel Carriers, the Invention being
also applicable to Buckles or Fastenings.
I, VERNON MORITZ MARTIN of Shenley Lodge, Ridge Hill, in the County of
Herts, Merchant and 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 improvements in luggage or parcel carriers, the fastener
or buckle which forms the subject of my invention being also applicable to straps
and like purposes.
To clearly explain my invention I will describe it with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which two forms of it are shown by way of illustration.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of one form of parcel carrier having my invention applied
thereto.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of same on the line -x of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of one form of the fastening applied to a single-
and ice plan of some

page_text: In applying my invention to a luggage or parcel carrier as shown in Fig. 1,
consisting of say a pair of straps a, a, connected by a handle I preferably employ
a frame c in which the handle is supported, in said frame at suitable points being
pivoted eccentric or cam shaped pieces or segments d d preferably having
roughened faces e, e, between which and the bottom plate of the frame, or a fixed
part, the strap is passed. The cams or segments d are so shaped or hung that the
straps may be readily pulled through forward in one direction but will be jammel
and held at any point by the segment against a backward pull of the strap until
the cam or segment is lifted which may be done by the haud or by pulling the
strap slightly forward. To assist the holding power of the cam or segment & the
fixed plate or frame beneath the segment and strap may be slotted as at f, or it
may be roughened or sunk.
Other forms of handles b for connecting two of the buckles or fasteners before
described for forming a luggage or parcel carrier may.of course be employed.
In Figs. 3 and 4 the cam or segment d is hung between uprights or flanges g, g,
which with the bottom plate c' form the body of the fastener, the cam or segment d
being provided with the roughened part e and with the slot ŕ if desired.
The particular form or shape of the cam or segment and the means for holding
same may however differ from those shown in the drawings.
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 :-
1. A luggage or parcel carrier provided with means for securing the strap
substantially as described.
2. A fastener for securing a strap consisting of a frame in which is pivotally
hung an eccentric or cam shaped piece or segment between which and a bottom
plate or fixed part the strap is held substantially as described.
3. The improvements in luggage or parcel carriers and strap fastenings
substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings.
Dated the 29th day of February 1896.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent,
For the Applicant.