An Improved Direction Label for Attaching to Luggage.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 28th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 3rd May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Direction Label for Attaching to Luggage.
ALFRED WILMOT Agent (Agricultural) 28 Gloucester Road Bishopston Bristol, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I construct my Improved Tablet Label in the following manner, viz.―
By taking a piece of cardboard, wood, or metal of suitable size to form a direction
label, on this I place one on top of the other any given number of pieces (say twenty)
of paper, parchment, cloth or other suitable material, each of these pieces forming a
direction label, on which I print or otherwise, I then fasten these pieces of paper,
parchment cloth or other suitable material to the piece of cardboard, wood or inetal,
with metal clips, pins, lacing, sewing adhesive edges or otherwise, the whole forming
a rigid tablet for writing the addresses upon, I now insert an eyelet through the
whole thickness of my Improved Tablet Label to attach it to luggage with string or
otherwise, the Tablet Label now consists of twenty complete direction labels.
The improvements and advantages I claim for this my invention are that when one
of my Improved Tablet Labels is attached or tied to an article of luggage, there is by
simply tearing off the last repeat label used, always a new one ready for redirection,
until the whole number of repeats are used.
Thus if I tie with a piece of string one of my Improved Tablet Labels composed of
twenty repeats, on any article of luggage my one tablet, takes the place of twenty
present style labels and twenty attachments.
Dated this 18th day of November 1889.
ALFRED WILMOT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Direction Label for Attaching to Luggage.
I, Alfred WilmOT, of 28 Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol, in the County of
Gloucestershire, Agent, 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 improved direction label for attaching to luggage, and
consists of a tablet with labels, to be attached or tied to an article of luggage; there
is by simply tearing off the last repeat label used, always a new one ready for
redirection, until the whole number of repeats are used. Thus if I tie with a piece of
string one of my improved tablet labels composed of twenty repeats (more or less), on
to any article of luggage, my one said tablet label takes the place of twenty old style
labels each requiring attachment.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon."
Figure 1 represents the front view of the tablet with the label b at the top with one
end of same ripped off in order to show the mode of removal. The labels bare
secured to the tablet by four spiked fasteners a, a, a, a, and by the eyelet c.
Figure 2 is a side view of figure 1, with the labels b attached to the tablet e.
Figure 3 denotes a view of one end of the back of the tablei e, with the spikes of
the fasteners a, a, fixed thereto.
My invention is constructed of a piece of cardboard, wood, metal or any other
suitable material, and to any suitable size e, a tablet to the form of a direction label,
and on this I place one on top of the other any given number of pieces of paper,

page_text: parchment, cloth or other suitable material, each of these pieces forming a direction
label on which I print or otherwise. I then fasten the aforesaid together with
metal fasteners a, a, a, a, clips, pins, lacing, sewing, adhesive edges, eyelets or
otherwise, the whole forming a rigid tablet for writing address upon. I now insert
an eyelet c through the whole thickness of my improved tablet label to attach it to
luggage with string or by any other suitable material.
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 The combination of the labels fixed to the tablet e, by fasteners a, a, a, a,
(or by any other means herein specified), and the eyelet c, for the purpose of
attaching the same to luggage, and to enscribe the address of a passenger or otherwise
thereon, substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying
drawings.
Secondly The combination of the tablet labels, to be constructed of any material
or shape, size or with any number of labels, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 28th day of March 1800
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.