Improvements in Purses.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 17th July, 1889-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1889
Improvements in Purses.
HENRY JAMES SALMON No. 2 King Street Finsbury E.C. Manufacturers Agent
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Improvements in Purses.
For the protection of purses carried in the hand, for the Elastic Band across the
back of purse, secured by metal clips, through which the hand is passed & so prevent
the purse being stolen dropped or mislaid, see Illustrations.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Purses.
I, HENRY JAMES SALMON of No. 8 Christopher Street, Finsbury, in the County
of Middlesex, Manufacturers' Agent 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:-
1
The object of my invention is to enable a purse to be carried in the hand with
greater security than obtains in the case of other purses as hitherto made and used,
and the method adopted by me according to my invention renders it a practical
impossibility for the purse so made or fitted, to be mislaid, dropped, or stolen."
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I may refer to the sheet of
drawings accompanying my provisional specification, in which Figure 1 represents a
purse made or fitted according to my invention, held in the hand, in the usual
manner, and Figuro 2 is a reverse view of the same, shewing the method of attachment
or retention.
In carrying my invention into effect, I attach an elastic, or semi-elastic band a to
the back of the purse A, in the manner shewn by Figure 2, said band being fixed
to the side of the purse by means of clips bb, which may be made of any suitable
metal or material, and of any design or shape. The band a may be wholly of
elastic inaterial, such as india rubber or gutta-percha, or may be made of part elastic
and part of other material, or I may employ a band of silk, mohair, cotton or
the like.
In carrying a purse made or fitted according to my invention, the purse is held in
the hand as shewn by Figure 1, and is easily accessible when it is required to be
opened, and is firmly retained in this position upon the hand by means of the band a
hereinbefore described.
I wish it to be understood that I am aware of the fact that purses have been made,
in which the flap is secured by means of an elastic band attached to it, and passing
longitudinally over the back of the purse, so that the fingers of the hand may pass
between the band and said purse, but the band a Figure 2, according to my invention,
being attached to the sides of the purse A by the clips & may be adapted to any form
or shape of purses as generally made, such, for instance, as those known as
lock
"frame rim," or "bag," with any kind of fastening attached thereto, except the
longitudinal band of elastic material passing round the purse and thus securing the
flap, as above mentioned, this latter device being entirely distinct from, and different
to, my invention as herein set forth.
"
The advantages appertaining to the use of purses fitted or made according to my
said invention renders these especially applicable for ladies, the general custom being

page_text: to carry them in the hand, in which case the band a Figure 2, effectually prevents
loss by dropping, mislaying, or by being snatched from the hand.
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,
The attachment to the sides of a purse of any suitable design, an elastic, or
semi-elastic band a Figure 2, secured by metallic clips & substantially as and for the
purposes herein described and shewn by the drawings.
Dated this 16th day of July 1889
FREDK. WALKER & HYDE,
4, Little Moorfields, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.