Combined Glove and Purse or other Holder for Containing Money and other Small Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 21st Dec., 1898-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1899
Combined Glove and Purse or other Holder for Containing Money
and other Small Articles.
I, THOMAS MULLETT ELLIS, Novelist, of 28, Essex Street, Strand, London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to a glove fitted or provided at or about the palm or back
or both with one or more purses or small satchels capable of containing money,
valuables, memoranda or the like.
.
It consists in forming the glove with an appendage, pocket or chamber, capable
of receiving and holding various small articles, such as usually carried in a purse,
and this receiver may be fitted with a fastening device of any suitable form. The
latter may take the shape of a flap, clasp or clip, and the mouth of the receiver may,
if desired, be contracted and closed by a cord.
The purse may be attached to either glove or to both gloves, but preferably it
is formed with the left-hand glove.
I prefer to arrange the purse, which may also be of the types in ordinary use,
within the palm of the glove so as to be out of sight, but it may be placed at any
other convenient part of the glove itself. The combined glove and purse are pre-
ferably formed of the same material, e.g. leather, but they may be constructed of
different materials.
The purse and glove being thus combined in a single article, the wearer does not
risk the loss of his or her purse during outdoor use, by dropping it, or by abstraction
from the pocket or otherwise.
Combined Glove and Purse or other Holder for Containing Money
and other Small Articles.
I, THOMAS MULLETT ELLIS, Novelist, of 28, Essex Street, Strand, London, 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:-
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This invention relates to a glove or gauntlet, fitted or provided at or about the

page_text: back with one or more purses or small satchels capable of containing money,
valuables, railway and similar tickets, tobacco, cigarettes, memoranda and other
articles, the said purse or satchel being incorporated with the glove so that the
purse and glove combined, together form an inseparable and complete article.
I have shewn upon the accompanying drawings several views. of, a combined
glove and purse, or combined glove and similar holder, the purse or holder being
inserted into, or being formed as one article with, the back or outer portion of the
glove.
Fig. 1 shews a left-hand glove, into the back of which a small purse has been
inserted; both are here made of the same material, and they form a single article.
Fig. 2 shews another form of purse secured to a glove so as to form a single
article; in this case the neck of the purse is movable and is fitted with a collapsing
fastener and a cap, of, well known pattern.
Fig. 3 illustrates another form of purse, small satchel or wallet, stitched or other-
wise firmly secured to the back of a glove.
Fig. 4 shews a glove to which a folding case has been secured.
On these drawings, A represents a left-hand glove and B is the purse provided
with a fastening device b. The glove may be made of leather or any other suitable
material, and the purse may be secured upon either the right-hand or the left-hand
glove of each pair, or a purse to each glove of a pair. Otherwise the glove is of
ordinary construction.
The purse secured to or upon the back of the glove may also be made of leather
or any other suitable material and may be of any desired pattern. The fastening
can be effected in any suitable manner, and can be made by means of a clasp, a
flap, elastic band, or a noose-cord, or any other convenient device.
On Fig. 1, I have shewn an ordinary stud fastening device; on Figure 2 an
expanding and collapsing neck device, and on Fig. 3 a spring fastening device, but
any other suitable fastening or closing device may be employed.
On Figures 2 and 3, the purse or small satchel shewn may be fitted with any
desired number of compartments.
Fig. 4 of the drawings represents a folding case D, the flaps d d¹ and e e¹ of
which are shewn to respectively contain postage stamps and visiting cards, a button
hook, tooth-pick and lead pencil, a sachet for perfumes, (or a small comb might
replace this sachet), and a small mirror, or it may contain other similar articles.
These flaps conveniently fold one over another and when closed form a small flat
case secured to the back of the glove; in this view the glove shewn is a right-hand
one.
The purse or other holder or case may be of any suitable pattern, shape or size,
and one or more of them may be firmly secured in any suitable manner to any
convenient portion of the back of the glove, either above or below the knuckles,
or both.
The materials of which the purse and the glove are made may be similar or
different, as desired.
It will be evident that other small articles which can conveniently be carried
upon the back of the glove, can also be secured within pockets or holders attached
thereto or formed therewith. It is impossible to specify every article which can
be so carried, but, for the purpose of shewing the scope of my invention, I mention
in addition to those already given, a prayer-book capable of being inserted into
and withdrawn from a leather or other similar case; a small case or pocket into
which the whole or a retaining-portion of a ball-programme may be slipped; a
case for cigarettes, tobacco or snuff; visiting card case; cycle accessories; small
looking glass; scent-bottle, powder-puff and its concomitants; postage stamps;
matches; railway and other tickets etc. etc., and the case for holding one of these
articles e.g., a prayer-book, may be so constructed as to be capable of receiving
others e.g. a card-case, or the cards themselves.
The invention may be adapted to these and similar purposes, at most without
serious modification or departure from the instructions above given.

page_text: In certain cases, the glove or gauntlet may take the form of a mitten, made of
wool, fur or other material and be provided with the pocket or other suitable con-
tainer, in the wrist portion of the gauntlet.
The purse or other article herein referred to as being inseparably attached to
or formed with the glove may be of any convenient size; thus for instance on
Fig. 3, the purse may be larger or smaller proportionately to the glove, and in
the former case it may extend across the whole back of the glove. The one or more
purses, pockets or other cases may be situated at any suitable position or positions
on the back of the glove between the wrist portion and the knuckles of the glove
or gauntlet.
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:
1. A combined glove and purse, or combined glove and other holder or case, the
said glove and purse, holder or case, being formed as a single article, and the purse,
holder or case being inserted into, formed with, or secured to, the back of the
glove, substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. A glove and purse, or glove and other holder or case, combined as a single
article, substantially as herein described and set forth.
Dated this Twenty-first day of December 1898.