Improved Travelling Case for Containing Ladies' Hats, Bonnets, and other Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 18 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883) as allowed
-by the decision of the Comptroller General of the 26th day of August 1898.
Date of Application, 22nd July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 16th Dec., 1897--Accepted, 12th Feb., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Travelling Case for Containing Ladies' Hats, Bonnets, and
other Articles.
ARTHUR CHARLES GURNEY, 16, Elmington Road, Camberwell, Surrey, Port-
manteau Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A travelling case for one or more ladies bats or bonnets and suitable also for
other light apparel.
It is made of portmanteau material such as leather, board, or cane.
I claim the following among other features as novelties viz.:-
(1) The shape is cylindrical, oval, or round, instead of square or oblong, and
the bottom and top are sewn in, or otherwise secured around the edges.
The lid shuts flush.
The frame or embushment is of bent wood or cane.
(4) It is fitted with a cushion rest, adjustable perpendicularly or horizontally,
by which the hat or bonnet is held in position, which cushion is removable.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1897.
Improved Travelling Case for Containing Ladies' Hats, Bonnets, and
. other Articles.
I, ARTHUR CHARLES GURNEY, 16, Elmington Road, Camberwell, Surrey, Port-
manteau. Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The case is made of portmanteau material, such as leather, millboard, grey
or strawboard, or cane, stiffened.
The improvement principally consists in the shape, which is cylindrical, by
which I mean that the bottom and top are cut exactly the same size and shape,
either round, oval, square or oblong, with round corners, the body of the case
being brought round these. The girth being the same from top to bottom forms
a cylinder, the top and bottom being sewn in, instead of the ends. The lid

page_text: shuts flush. The frame, or embushment, is of bent wood, cane, mill or other
board, sufficiently strong or firm enough for the size of the case. The top and
bottom, both the same in shape and size, are varied according to requirements.
The shape of the case depends entirely on the shape of the top and bottom.
In the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1. shews, top and bottom divided into quarters.
Figure 2. Body of case in the flat showing bound edges A A C C, staff marked
off B B and divided into quarters.
Figure 3. Showing shut flush lid A top, B bottom, C body, D1) staff, E E welt-
ing, F frame or embushment, G stitching with which same is held.
Figure 4. Adjustable rest without cushion, A reel to which cushion is affixed,
B pin on which reel slides perpendicularly, C screw to clamp same, D flat piece
of brass to which pin B is fixed, E slot in same for adjusting horizontally Fa
disc of brass for affixing to bottom of case, G screw nut to clamp flat piece of
brass D where required.
Figure 5. A view of case showing cylindrical shape with front removed show-
ing adjustable cushion made in segments.
Having cut out the top and bottom, divide each of them into quarters, Fig. 1
and measure for girth, then cut out the body the required depth, the length
being about one half inch less than the girth of former, and divide this into
quarters Fig. 2 measure depth of staff down one side of this, and half cut through,
Fig. 2 B B. Face staff with basil, or lap over cloth or leather and stitch along
one row only, Fig. 2 C C about one quarter of an inch in the other edge bind
with basil, or lap over cloth or leather, and pop-stitch, Fig. 2 A A cut off the
staff, and put a lock on the body, about half an inch down, bevel body and staff
aiso top and bottom and edge up with holland if intended to welt the case. Bend
the body round and sew together at back, then baste in bottom, seeing the lines
marking the quarters come together. Then cut a piece of wood, or cane, two or
three inches wide, cover this with leather, or cloth, on the outer side, leaving
sufficient to cover the inner side, bend it round the inside of body, raising it
about one and a half or two inches above the bound edge to form an embush-
ment, Fig. 3 F, sew in between the pop-stitches, so that one continuous row of
stitches runs round the top of the body, Fig. 3 G. The staff may then be sewn
together at back, placed on embushment of body as D Fig. 3, and the top basted
in, a piece of leather stitched over the joint from top to bottom to fulfil the
double purpose of covering the joint and forming a hinge, this piece of leather
to be welted in both top and bottom, the stitching on the staff and that on top
of body to be continued across this, the case may then be welted, handle put on
either the lid, front, or back, straps and buckles (if any) hasp, leather on embush-
ment, glued down, and if desired clips put on bottom of body. The handles and
straps and buckles may be put on on the flat. It is then lined.
For hats, or bonnets, an adjustment cushion rest, see Fig. 5 is made by tying a
cushion composed of segments and padded with horsehair, about five inches across
on a wooden reel, Fig. 4 A two inches across, with a hole in centre and a thread to
same, which works up and down a screw, or without a thread, working up and
down a plain pin Fig 4 B with a screw in reel to clamp same on the pin where
required Fig. 4 C. The screw, or pin, Fig. 4 B is two and a half or three inches
long and fixed near the end on the side of a flat piece of brass Fig. 4 D three
or four inches long by about one half inch wide, with a slot Fig. 4 E in it
nearly the entire length, this fits a short screw Fig. 4 G affixed to a disc of
metal Fig. 4 F which is rivetted to the bottom of the case Fig. 5 and a brass
nut on the screw Fig. 4 G clamps the flat piece of brass in any position required.
The fittings are removable. Without the fittings, the case is suitable for such
other articles of clothing as ladies dressés, underclothing, gent's shirts, suits of
clothes, and the like.
The following features are novelties viz. :-
1st. The cylindrical shane with plain vertical sides

page_text: 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 travelling case consisting of vertical sides C, flush fitting lid A, embusn-
ment F, constructed as herein before described and represented in the annexed
drawings. Figures 1, 2, 3 and 5.
2. In combination with a travelling case of the construction referred to in
the above claiming clause, the hat or bonnet support consisting of slot E in
plate D, base rod B supporting segmental padded cushion arranged for adjust-
ment, as set forth and shown at Figures 4 and 5 of the annexed drawings.
Dated this 16th day of Danomber 1897