Improvements in Parcel Carriers or Handles, and Fasteners for the same.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 15th Jan., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Parcel Carriers or Handles, and Fasteners for
the same.
We, WILLIAM TANK BURALL and HENRY CHARLES BURALL, of Queen's Road,
Wisbech, Label and Parcel Handle Manufacturers, 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 parcel carriers or handles and attach-
ments or fasteners for securely attaching the same to the string of the parcel or
such like article.
According to our invention the carrier or handle consists of a strip of leather,
leather board or other suitable material provided at each end with a metal fastener
or spring safety hook for attaching it to the string of the parcel or such like,
article to be carried.
In some cases the carrier or handle may be formed as a loop the two ends of the
strip being folded over and clipped together by a single hook or fastener.
In similar carriers or handles as heretofore constructed the arrangement and
shape of the hook or fastener is such that it is very liable to become detached
from the string of the parcel but by the improved construction of our hook or
fastener this is rendered impossible.
And in order to clearly understand our invention we will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1. is a side or edge
view of one of our improved carriers or handles and Fig. 2 is a view at right angles
to the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of a carrier or handle in the form
of a loop.
a. is the strip of leather or other material forming the handle and b, b, are the
hooks or fasteners clipped or attached to each end thereof.
As will be seen from Fig. 1. the outer end of these fasteners is bent over to
form the hook or loop b. whilst the other end is passed through a hole in the end of
the strip a and bent upwards to form the spring tongue 3 bearing against the
inner side of the hook . The handle is attached to the parcel by forcing the
string of the latter between the point of the tongue 2 and the hook the tongue
then springing back and preventing any possibility of the hook or fastener
becoming accidentally detached from the string.
In the arrangement shewn in Figs. 3 and 4 the strip a forming the handle is
doubled or folded in the form of a loop the two ends being clipped together by the
inner end of the single hook or fastener b which is of similar construction to those
described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.
In order to strengthen the attachment the hole at each end of the strip a may be
provided with a metal eyelet through which the inner end of the fastener is
passed. By means of our invention the handle or carrier may be easily clipped to
the string of a parcel and secured thereto as aforesaid without any liability of
displacement.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
(1) In parcel carriers or handles consisting of a strip of leather or other
material providing the same with a hook or fastener at each end formed with a
spring tongue for securely clipping it to the string of the parcel substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
(2) In parcel carriers or handles the combination of a strip a of suitable
material and fasteners 6 formed with a hook b¹ and a spring tongue b² substan-
tially as described and for the purposes specified.
(3) In parcel carriers or handles the modification substantially as described and
shewn with reference to Figs. 3. and 4. of the drawings.
Dated this 14th day of December 1897
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.