IMPROVEMENTS IN' THE CONSTRUCTION OF FITTED DRESSING BAGS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, OTTO SEEFELS of 16 & 17 Barbican in the City of London, Merchant and
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN'
THE CONSTRUCTION OF FITTED DRESSING BAGS and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly..described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
On an ordinary Souflet-Bag-frame I attach two horizontal round Bars parallel
with the bottom wire forming the hinge of the frame, one on each side a short
distance, say one inch away from the bottom-wire. I further construct two
Springs for the opening up of the double Board to which the fittings are attached.
To each end of these Springs I fix a hook, the opening of. which corresponds with
the thickness of the horizontal Bars, so that the Hook will easily hook on and
swing on the Bar; the upper part of this Hook is provided with a projecting plate
which prevents the Hook from passing below the Bar. The Springs with the
Hooks attached are then fustened by me one on each end between the double
Board, the opening of each Hook being outwards and the plates projecting in the
same direction.
I am now able with the greatest ease to fix the fitted Board in the open Bag on
to the Bars, by pressing together the Springs and, after placing the fitted Board at
its readily ascertained right position, releasing them again, when the action of the
Springs will open up the double Board as far as the distance between the two Bars
will permit and press the Hooks into such a position on the Bars that the Hooks
will form the outer part and the Bars the inner part of a hinge, the action of
which corresponds with that of the frame when opening and closing the Bag.
This invention dispenses entirely with vertical fixtures on the frame such as
bars, tubes or stumps, which have to be employed in other kinds of fitted
"Souflet" or "Standard "-Bags, and which are a hindrance in packing the Bag.
On large size Bags I further connect the corresponding ends of each pair of
Springs by a Metal-Strip or Rim, which also serves as a protection to the Board
when standing outside the Bag.
In order to make the above specification of my invention more intelligible I have
shown on the accompanying drawing:
The essential part of the Frame, marked A. in figure 1 and figure 2.
The Bars, marked B. in figure 1. and figure 2.
The bottom-Wire of the frame, marked C. in figure 1. and figure 2.
The Hinge of the frame, marked D. in figure 1 and figure 2.
The Spring, marked E. in figure 1. and figure 3.
The Hooks, marked G. in figure 1. and figure 3.
The projecting Plates, marked F. in figure 1 and figure 3.

page_text: In the same way as here described I attach the Bars, the Springs and the Hooks
on to any kind of Bag-Frame, on Portemanteaus or Cases or any thing where
fittings for travelling are similarly employed.
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:
1st The horizontal Bars attached to the frame for the purpose hereinbefore
stated.
2nd The Springs with Hooks and their Plates employed for fixing the board as
hereinbefore described.
3rd The Combination of the springs having hooks, connected to the board, with
bars connected with the frame substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described.
ARTHUR GRIMMER,
Agent for Otto Seefels.