IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING AND OTHER BAGS, CASES, AND BOXES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Fabian James Knewstub, of the Firm of Jenner
and Knewstub, of 33, Saint James' Street, and 66, Jermyn Street,
Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Fabian James Knewstub
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 13th June 1870.
I, FABIAN JAMES KNEWSTUB, of the Firm of Jenner and Knewstub,
of 33, Saint James' Street, and 66, Jermyn Street, Westminster, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING AND OTHER BAGS, CASES, AND BOXES," to be
as follows:-
:-
My Invention relates to an improved method of arranging and
securing the detachable frame or frames in which the toilet and other
I take a bag,
fittings are placed in the interior of the bag, case, or box.
case, or box in which a portion of each side is free to turn upon hinges

page_text: to open the mouth, near the hinges are studs or projecting pins over
which hooks or open loops on the frame or frames carrying the fittings
are passed; these loops serve as hinges for the frame or frames to turn
upon so that if one frame only is used it can be moved to either side to
enable articles of dress or other goods to be inserted or removed there-
from; but when two frames, or more properly speaking two half frames,
are used, they are made to meet in the centre where they can be secured
together by a clip or other temporary fastening. In this case the two
half frames can be opened outwards and find a lodgment in the sides of
the bag in which they can be held firm by elastic or other fasteners.
When the bag, case, or box is not required as a dressing case the
frame or frames with the fittings can be removed by simply lifting them
therefrom and placing them on a table, when the loops serve as feet for
them to stand upon. If the two half frames are used the back and
bottoms of them serve to enclose all the fittings in the sides of the
bag.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Fabian James Knewstub in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 13th December 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FABIAN 2
JAMES KNEWSTUB, of the Firm of Jenner and Knewstub, of 33, Saint
James' Street, and 66, Jermyn Street, Westminster, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of June, in the year of 2
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Fabian James Knewstub, Her special licence,
that I, the said Fabian James Knewstub, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Fabian James Knewstub, 3
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 3

page_text: "IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING AND OTHER BAGS, CASES, AND BOXES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Fabian James Knewstub,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, 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 Fabian James Knewstub, 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 thereof, reference being had to the
Drawings hereunto annexed, that is to say :-
My Invention relates, firstly, to an improved method of arranging
and securing the detachable frame or frames in which the toilet and
other fittings are placed in the interior of the bag, case, or box. I take
a bag, case, or box in which a portion of each side is free to turn upon
hinges to open the mouth, near the hinges are studs or projecting pins
over which hooks or open loops on the frame or frames carrying the
fittings are passed; these loops serve as hinges for the frame or frames
to turn upon, so that if one frame only is used it can be moved to either
side to enable articles of dress or other goods to be inserted or removed
therefrom; but when the two frames, or more properly speaking two half
frames are used, they are made to meet in the centre, where they can be
secured together by a clip or any other temporary fastening. In this case
the two half frames can be opened outwards and find a lodgment in the
sides of the bag, in which they can be held firm by elastic or other
fasteners.
When the bag, case, or box is not required as a dressing case the frame
or frames with the fittings can be removed by simply lifting them there-
from and placing them on a table, when the loops serve as feet for them
to stand upon. If the two half frames are used the back and bottoms of
them serve to enclose all the fittings in the sides of the bag.
The Invention will be understood by referring to the accompanying
Drawings of which Figures 1, 2, and 3 show the half frames for carrying
the toilet fittings in the manner before explained. a, b, are the two half
frames, which in Figure 1 are shown detached, and with brushes, bottles,
and other articles in place, and ready to be fitted into the upper part of the

page_text: bag, as shown in Figure 2, where it will be seen that the back pieces bear
against each other and the other or bottom pieces rest upon the frame
of the bag, which in this case is a travelling bag. These bottom pieces
have hooks or loops c, c, on them to take over pins or studs d, d, fixed to
the edges of the frame, as seen in Figure 1, the hooks or loops serving as
feet for the frames a, b, to rest upon when they are detached from the
bag.
The hooks or loops, which may be similar to bolts or springs, form joints
or hinges so that the frames can be moved on them when it is necessary
to turn them up, as shown on the right hand side of Figure 3, when they
can be held in that position by elastic straps so as to enclose the articles
and shut them in from view. I have mentioned elastic straps, but of
course catches or other fasteners may be employed if found convenient.
By this means any article can be placed in or removed from the body
of the bag without the fittings being seen, but if the elastic straps are
unfastened the half frames would remain as shown in Figure 2, and then
the articles in the body of the bag would be enclosed and hidden; thus
the bag may be opened without either the fittings in the frames or the
articles in the body of the bag being seen when the mouth is opened as
desired by the owner.
If the frames with the fittings be removed the bag can be used as an
ordinary travelling bag so that a great advantage is gained over the bags
generally used, besides by making the bag of the shape shown the lower
part can be crammed without in any way interfering with the fitting
of the frame or frames into the upper part, an advantage not possessed by
bags of other shapes, or where the frame carrying the fittings rests upon
the bottom, or where the bag itself is made to open from the bottom.
Figure 4 represents the frame carrying the fittings with only one
back piece e, and this frame must be turned over to one side or to the
other on the pins or studs d, d, to enable articles to be placed in or
removed from the bottom part of the bag, or it must be removed bodily
for the purpose; the bottom plate of this frame is fitted with hooks or
loops in the same manner as the half frame first mentioned,
I have in the Drawings shown the frame or frames as being fitted in a
travelling bag, but it or they can be made to go into any other kind of
bag, as well as into boxes or cases, therefore I do not confine myself to
fitting them therein.

page_text: And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,—
Firstly. The improved method of arranging and securing the detachable
frame or frames for carrying the toilet or other fittings in bags, cases,
and boxes as herein-before described and shown.
Secondly. I claim fitting the frame or frames carrying the toilet
fittings with hooks or loops which serve for taking on or over pins or
studs to form hinge joints, or as feet, so that the frame or frames can
be supported by them on a table or stand as herein-before described and
shown.
In witness whereof, I, the said Fabian James Knewstub, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of December
One thousand eight hundred and seventy.