Improvements in Bags or Cases for Carrying Surgical Instruments or other Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1898
Improvements in Bags or Cases for Carrying Surgical Instruments
or other Articles.
:
I, THOMAS EGGINGTON, of 7 & 9, Grosvenor Street, Downing Street, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Surgical Instrument Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is specially applicable to bags or cases for carrying surgical
instruments and other articles required by a physician or surgeon, but it is also
applicable to ordinary hand bags or other bags for travelling or other special
purposes.
The improvements consists first in the construction of a metallic or other suitable
frame with or without divisions forming a centre and foundation of the bag. This
framework can be made in steel, iron, zinc, cardboard, leather, or other suitable
hard substance.
The framework is made with a stiff support at each end of the bag, extending to
the top or nearly to the top of the bag and forming a support thereto. The sides
of the frame are shallow being built only a suitable distance from the bottom to
allow the bag to open easily and leave free access to any part of the bag, the leather-
work is then built on the framework, lined and fitted.
The sides of the bag which require no metal frame are made with end pieces to
overlap the stiff ends of the bag, and these end pieces are shaped and stitched in
such a position as to make them rain-proof.
When closed the two sides draw together, folding over each other, and over the
top of the stiff ends which support them. The overlapping side is locked in the
front, and a strap is provided at each side of the lock to hold this side of the bag to
the other, and a handle is fitted on the top of the bag for carrying it. The bag is
or may be also fitted with a loop (buckle and strap) near each end of the top so that
it may be fastened to any bicycle, and also with a similar loop buckle and strap to
one end to steady the bag on the bicycle. This bag can be used for all ordinary
purposes as well as for the bicycle the last named straps being made loose and
removable.
Another part of the invention consists in fitting near each end of each side in the
interior of the bag a strap with buckle passing through metal or other suitable loops
fixed in the corresponding side of the bag. Thus each strap can be unbuckled and
each loop in the strap between the said metal loops can be drawn out and extended
to the size of the articles to be placed under the loops in the strap which can
then be tightened up and buckled, thus preventing shaking, injury and breakage
of the articles being carried. Another advantage is, the straps can be taken out of the
metal or other fixed loops and one broad article can be placed under the strap.
The bag can be constructed in leather, or any other waterproof or suitable material.
The advantage of the bag is that not only can it be made broad but it also can be
made narrow, and it so opens as to allow a free access to the interior thereof and a
practical use of any part of the bag top bottom or sides; the bag can be built of any
size suitable for the articles required and will be found lighter and less bulky than:an
ordinary bag. It is specially convenient for the usual hand-bag purposes.

page_text: This bag dispenses with the usual metal frame to which the handle is attached
thereby saving a considerable weight and making it much lighter and allows the
carrying of a number of articles in a little space. It saves bulk, and useless weight
and gives a neater appearance when being carried.
Dated this 26th day of January 1898.
Improvements in Bags or Cases for Carrying Surgical Instruments
or other Articles.
I, THOMAS EGGINGTON, of 7 & 9, Grosvenor Street, Downing Street, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Surgical Instrument Manufacturer, 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 is specially applicable to bags or cases for carrying surgical
instruments and other articles required by a physician or surgeon, but it is also
applicable to ordinary hand bags or other bags for travelling or other special
purposes.
The invention will be readily understood from the following description on
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section (taken through
the line A-B on Fig. 1) of a case or bag for containing surgical instruments made
according to my invention, these views being shewn without the fixing straps lock
and handle..
Figs. 3 and 4 are front and end views of the case or bag complete.
The improvements consists first in the construction of a metallic or other suitable
frame a a¹ (see Figs. 1 and 2) with or without divisions such as a² and pockets such
as as, the said frame forming a receptacle and constituting the foundation of the bag.
This framework can be made in steel, iron, zinc, cardboard, leather, or other suitable
hard substance, and may be in skeleton form, or with solid sides ends and bottom, as
illustrated.
The framework is made with a stiff support a¹ at each end of the bag, extending
to the top or nearly to the top of the bag and forming a support thereto. The sides a
of the frame are shallow being built only a suitable distance from the bottom to
allow the bag to open easily and leave free access to any part of the bag, the leather-
work is then built on the framework, lined and fitted.
The sides b 61 of the bag which require no metal frame are made with end
pieces to overlap the stiff ends a¹ of the bag, and these end pieces 6* are shaped
and stitched (see Figs. 2 and 4) in such a position as to make them rainproof.
When closed the two sides b b draw together the two end pieces 6x folding over
each other, and over the top of the stiff ends a¹ which support the sides. The over-
lapping side b is locked in the front at c (as seen at Fig. 3) and a strap d is provided
at each side of the lock c to hold this side 6 of the bag to the other side b¹, and a
handle e is fitted on the top of the bag for carrying it. The bag is or may be also
fitted with a loop buckle and strap f, Figs. 3 and 4, near to each end of the top so
that it may be fastened to any bicycle, and also with a similar loop buckle and strap g
to one end to steady the bag on the bicycle. This bag can be used for all ordinary
purposes as well as for the bicycle the last named straps being made loose and
removable, as shewn on the drawings Figs. 3 and 4.
Another part of the invention consists in fitting near each end of each side or any
other convenient or desirable part in the interior of the bag a strap h with buckle h

page_text: passing through metal or other suitable loops i, fixed in the corresponding side of the
bag. Thus each strap can be unbuckled and each or any loop in the strap h between
the said metal loops can be drawn out and extended to the size of the articles to be
placed under the loops in the strap h which can then be tightened up and buckled,
thus preventing shaking, injury and breakage of the articles being carried. Another
advantage is, the straps h can be taken out of one or more of the metal or other fixed
loops i and one broader article or articles can be placed under the strap. The bag
can be constructed in leather, or any other waterproof or suitable material. One
strap such as h and its loops can be used instead of a pair of such straps and such
strap or straps can be fitted to any suitable bag or case.
The advantage of the bag is that not only can it be made broad but it also can be
made narrow, and it so opens as to allow a free access to the interior thereof and a
practical use being made of any part of the bag top bottom or sides; the bag can be
built of any size suitable for the articles required and will be found lighter and less
bulky than an ordinary bag. It is specially convenient for the usual hand-bag
purposes.
This bag dispenses with the usual metal frame to which the handle is attached
thereby saving a considerable weight and making it much lighter and allows the
carrying of a number of articles in a little space. It saves bulk, and useless weight
and gives a neater appearance when being carried.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of iny said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved bag or case constructed substantially as herein before set forth.
2. In a bag or case the combination with a strap and buckle or straps and buckles
of a series of fixed loops through all or any of which the said strap can pass and be
adjusted to securely hold articles passed through the same, substantially as herein-
before set forth.
Dated this 95th day of October 1898