Year: 1897

page_text: CHARLES FREDERICK MARTIN, Joiner 55 Lawrence Road South Tottenham
WILLIAM RICHARD MARTIN, Seedsman 55 Lawrence Road South Tottenham
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A metal screw ring with nut (& leather washer to prevent nut from cutting
through lining of waistcoat when in use) also attached to screw ring a leather ring
for chain to work through.
CHARLES FREDERICK MARTIN.
WILLIAM RICHARD MARTIN.
We, CHARLES FREDERICK MARTIN Mechanic and WILLIAM RICHARD MARTIN,
both of 55 Lawrence Road South Tottenham 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:―
This invention relates to improvements in watch protectors, and has for its
object to provide a simple and inexpensive device to be attached within the
waistcoat or other pocket of the wearer, that shall effectually prevent the
unauthorized abstraction of the owner's watch therefrom, while at the same time
such device will not interfere with the removal of the watch from the pocket by
the owner for the purpose of ascertaining the time or for similar purposes.
And in order that this our said invention may be the more readily understood
and carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying
sheet of illustrative drawings wherein :
Fig. 1 is a side view of the device shewn in actual use in a pocket Fig. 2.
being a perspective view of the device by itself, while Figs. 3 & 4 illustrate
details of the invention.
Referring to the drawings a is a looped or circular headed pin the shank of which
is screw-threaded to receive a nut b. A leather or other similar ring c is linked
to the pin a, preferably by bending the head a¹ of such pin around the
circumference of the ring c whereby freedom of movement is allowed such ring c.
The ring c is secured to the interior of the waist-coat or other pocket by forcing
the shank of the pin a through the lining at the back of such pocket, the whole
being firmly maintained in place by the tapped nut b, between which and the
lining is interposed a leather or other washer e, for the purpose of enabling the
said nut to be screwed home firmly along the screw-threaded shank of the ring a.

page_text: In operation the watch chain f¹ is detached from the watch bow fl and the
former then passed through the ring c after which the said chain is linked to the
watch bow again. From the foregoing description taken in conjunction with
the drawing, it will be readily seen that it is an impossibility for the watch to be
extracted from the wearers pocket without such wearer being apprised of the
attempt.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. In a device for preventing the unauthorised abstraction of a watch from the
wearers pocket, the ring for threading the watch chain through, loosely connected
to a pin for holding said ring within the pocket, substantially as described and
shewn.
2. In a device for preventing the theft of a watch from the pocket of a garment
the means for fixing the protecting ring within a pocket, such fixing means
consisting of a pin having a looped or circular head and a screw-threaded shank
in combination with a nut and washer all arranged, combined and operating
substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 2nd day of Sontember
1007
HUGHES, SON & Co.
38 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.