AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR SECURING WATCHES, &C., WORN ON THE PERSON, WHEREBY THE SAME ARE RENDERED SAFE FROM ROBBERY, TO BE CALLED FORRESTER'S PATENT WATCH AND PROPERTY PROTECTOR
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Daniel Forrester, of Forest Villa, Mortimer Road,
Kingsland, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED FASTENING FOR SECURING WATCHES, &C., WORN ON THE PERSON,
WHEREBY THE SAME ARE RENDERED SAFE FROM ROBBERY, TO BE CALLED
FORRESTER'S PATENT WATCH AND PROPERTY PROTECTOR."
Sealed the 24th November 1857, and dated the 22nd September 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Daniel Forrester at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd September 1857.
I, DANIEL FORRESTER, of Forest Villa, Mortimer Road, Kingsland, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR SECURING WATCHES, &C., WORN ON THE
PERSON, WHEREBY THE SAME ARE RENDERED SAFE FROM ROBBERY, TO BE CALLED
FORRESTER'S PATENT WATCH AND PROPERTY PROTECTOR,' to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of an improved fastening for securing watches,. &c.,
worn on the person, whereby the same are rendered safe from robbery, to be
called "Forrester's Patent Watch and Property Protector."
The manner in which I propose to carry out my Invention is, by attaching
to the watch, &c., a peculiar kind of swivel fastening, with a suitable length
of chain, the end of which may be secured to the inside of the pocket or

page_text: article of dress by any suitable means. The said fastening may be worn with
or without the ordinary chain or guard, and the watch, &c., taken out for use
without inconvenience to the wearer.
What I intend to effect by this improvement is, that in the event of the
ordinary chain or guard being cut or broken for the purpose of robbery,
the watch, &c., will remain secured to the pocket or article of dress, and
the removal rendered impossible without the wearer being well aware that an
attempt is being made to steal the watch or other article of property.
The said fastening may be made of steel, gold, silver, or any suitable metal.
By a slight modification, the said improvement may be applied to other
articles of property worn on the person. I do not limit myself to the precise
manner of securing the end of the said fastening to the pocket or article of
dress, as various means may be employed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Daniel Forrester in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd March 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DANIEL
FORRESTER, of Forest Villa, Mortimer Road, Kingsland, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twenty-first
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Daniel Forrester, Her special licence, that I, the
said Daniel Forrester, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Daniel Forrester, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter, during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR SECURING WATCHES, &C., WORN ON THE PERSON,
WHEREBY THE SAME ARE RENDERED SAFE FROM ROBBERY, TO BE CALLED 'FORRESTER'S
PATENT WATCH AND PROPERTY PROTECTOR;"" upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Daniel Forrester, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,

page_text: and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Daniel Forrester, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say:-
My said Invention consists in the construction of a peculiar kind of crank
swivel fastening for securing watches and other articles of property worn on
the person.
What I intend to effect by the said Invention is, that in the event of the
ordinary chain or guard being cut, or the bow of the watch broken, for the
purpose of robbery, the watch will remain secured to the pocket or article of
dress, and the removal rendered impossible without the wearer being well
aware that an attempt is being made to steal the watch or other article of
property.
The manner in which I propose to carry out my Invention is, by attaching
to the watch, &c., the said crank swivel fastening with a suitable length of
chain, the end of which may be secured to the inside of the pocket or article
of dress by any suitable means. The said crank swivel fastening and chain
may be made of gold, silver, steel, or any suitable metal, and it may be worn
with or without the ordinary chain or guard.
And for the better understanding of my said Invention, I will now proceed
to describe the details thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, in which the same letters refer to like parts.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shews a view of my new crank swivel fastening.
Fig. 2, a side view shewing the extent of action of crank; and in section
at Fig. 3. D, D, shew two pins with a screw, tapped half way up to screw
into and become a fixture with the parts B, B; the smooth parts of the
pins D, D, work easily in the collar, shewn at a, a. F is the ordinary way
of making the joint, which is detained in position by the nut L, L, which
works in this instance, on a left-handed screw tapped on E. C shews the
swivel at top.
Fig. 4 shews my improved fastening open, which can then be put round the
stem of the watch and secured by the nut L, L.
Fig. 5 shews the method I adopt of fixing my patent crank swivel fastening
to a watch, for its security. P, Fig. 5, is the bar or catch, which I
propose

page_text: to fasten inside the pocket or article of dress; other descriptions of bars or
catches may be employed.
By a slight modification, the said Invention may be applied to secure other
articles of property worn on the person.
Having now described my said Invention, I wish it to be understood that
I do not limit myself to the precise form or length of chain, or in the manner.
of securing the same to the pocket or article of dress, as the same may be
varied; but what I claim is, the construction of the said crank swivel
fastening, and its application for securing watches and other articles of
property worn on the person, as herein-before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Daniel Forrester, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of March, in the year of our
Lord 1858.
DANIEL FORRESTER. (L.s.)