IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING BAGS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Tom Vickers, of Pensarn, near Abergele, in the County of
Denbigh, North Wales, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING
BAGS"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Tom Vickers at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st April 1876.
TOM VICKERS, of Pensarn, near Abergele, in the County of Denbigh, North Wales.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING BAGS."
My improvements have reference to the framework and parts employed for
securing the same when closed.
The upper part of the external framework is hinged, and is provided with pro-
jecting hooks or lugs, which when the bag is closed hook on to bosses or corre-
sponding parts on the inner frame. When the bag is locked it also secures the
hinged outer framework over the inner framework, also by this means retains the
projecting hooks or lugs hooked on to the bosses of the inner framework. By this
arrangement the bag cannot be pulled open at the ends without being first unlocked.
This arrangement adds much to the strength of the framework, also the bag is
more securely fastened than when cramps or straps are used.

page_text: My improvements in travelling bags have reference to the framework and parts
employed for securing the same when closed.
The upper part of the external framework is hinged, and is provided with pro-
jecting hooks or lugs, which when the bag is closed hook on to bosses or corre-
sponding parts on the inner frame. When the bag is locked it also secures the
hinged outer framework over the inner framework, also by this means retains the
projecting hooks or lugs hooked on to the bosses of the inner framework. By this
arrangement the bag cannot be pulled open at the ends without being first unlocked.
This arrangement adds much to the strength of the framework, also the bag is
more securely fastened than when cramps or straps are used.
And in order that my Invention may be more completely understood reference is
given to the accompanying Drawings and to the letters and marks thereon.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 represents a side elevation; Fig. 2, an end elevation, shewing travelling
bag constructed according to my Invention closed; Fig. 3 shews the bag open,
and represents one part of my Invention; Fig. 4 is a side elevation; Fig. 5 an end
elevation, shewing the bag closed; Fig. 6, an end elevation, shewing the bag open,
and is a modification of Figs. 1, 2, and 3; Fig. 7 is a side elevation; Fig. 8, an
end elevation, shewing the bag closed; Fig, 9, an end elevation, shewing the bag
open, and is also a modification of travelling bag shewn at Figs. 1, 2, and 3.
I will now proceed to describe the bags shewn at Figs. 1, 2, and 3. a represents
the body of the bag, which is provided with suitable framework b, the upper part c
of which is hinged at d, as shewn, and provided with a projecting hooked part e,
when closed passes over the projecting part f, and a certain amount of elasticity
being provided in the framework b, on the bag being completely closed the hook c
hooks on to the projection f, as shewn at y, Figs. 1 and 2. The bag may be provided
with a lock of ordinary construction. When the bag is locked the hooked part e is
retained in its position over the projecting part of the framework.
A modification of the above described arrangement is shewn at Figs. 4, 5, and 6,
in which arrangement instead of having the continuous hook e, as shewn at Figs. 1, 2,
and 3, I provide a number of hooks having corresponding projecting lugs or bosses i
on the inner frame. When the bag is closed the projecting hooks h hook on to the
bosses or projecting parts i in a similar manner to that described in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.
In each of the above-described arrangements the framework is connected together
by means of an ordinary hinge joint j. But when required I arrange a joint, as
shewn at , Figs. 7, 8, and 9. In this case I do not rely upon the elasticity of the
framowork, which in this case is made much stronger, but is provided with slot
holes in one of the frames, into which are passed the pins m attached to the other
frame; and in order to keep the outer frame hooked on to the inner frame after the
bag has been closed I provide the springs n, which retain the projecting part o
within the hook p. And in order to release or open the bag I press back the springs n
with the inner frame, and push the inner frame down, which is permitted by
means of the slot l; by this means the bag may be readily opened.
The Invention is also applicable to portmanteaus as well as travelling bags.
By the above-described arrangement of framework the bag cannot be pulled open
at the ends without being first unlocked. This arrangement also adds much to the
strength of the framework; also the bag is more securely fastened than when
cramps or straps are used.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and shown by Drawings
how the same may be carried into practice, I would have it understood that I
do not limit myself to the exact limits, details, or configuration of the parts I have
explained and shewn, as the same may of course be varied or modified without in
any way departing from my Invention, but what I do claim to be secured to me by

page_text: Letters Patent is, the arrangement, construction, and application of framework to
travelling bags, substantially as and for purposes herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Tom Vickers, have hereunto set my hand and
scal, this Twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
T. VICKERS. (L.S.)