Improved Safety Attachment for Purses.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Apr., 1891-Accepted, 23rd May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Safety Attachment for Purses.
I, DAVID COCHRANE MCGLASHAN of No. 7 Mount Pleasant, Dundee, in the
County of Forfar, Scotland, Artist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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This invention consists of an attachment to purses, more particularly to ladies'
purses, whereby any attempt to snatch the purse out of the owner's hand will be
defeated.
In one form the device consists of a ring through which one of the fingers
may be readily passed, such ring being attached to the underside of the purse by
any convenient means, an effective method being to secure the ring by means of a
metal loop passing through the bottom of one of the pockets and secured by
means of a metal pin laying along the interior of the pocket.
Instead of a small ring such as above described the purse may be provided with
link or yoke extending from side to side thereof so that the whole of the fingers
may be passed therethrough.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1890.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Safety Attachment for Purses.
I, DAVID COCHRANE MCGLASHAN, of No. 7 Mount Pleasant, Dundee, in the
County of Forfar, Scotland, Artist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
nd in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
nd ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention consists of an attachment to purses, more particularly to ladies'
urses, whereby any attempt to snatch the purse out of the owner's hand will be
efeated, whilst the purse can be loosely held without fear of dropping it.
The device consists of a ring through which one of the fingers may be readily
passed, such ring being attached to the underside of the purse by any convenient
means, an effective method being to secure the ring by means of a metal loop
passing through the bottom of one of the pockets and secured by means of a metal
pin lying along the interior of the pocket.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings, more fully
Figure 1 is an exterior view and Figure 2 is a sectional view of the lower part of
purse provided with my improved safety attachment, and Figure 3 is a view
showing the purse held in a hand.
a is the body of the purse, which is supposed to be made entirely of leather, b is
the safety ring, which, in the example shown, is attached to the purse by means of
a link or loop c and a bar d; the link or loop c is passed through a hole in
the bottom of the purse and the bar d lies within and along the bottom of one of the
pockets; the link or loop c is clipped around a reduced portion at the centre of the
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page_text: bar, and that portion through which the ring b passes, is large enough to permit of
considerable torsional motion of the ring. The ring b may be in the form of a
split ring thereby enabling any private person to fit it to a purse without difficulty,
or it may be made solid and the link or loop c connected thereto may be formed so
as to enable it, when passed through a hole in the bottom of the purse, to have the
bar d passed therethrough, after which, by a suitable tool, the link or loop is
closed upon the reduced portion of the bar d to fix such parts together.
The ring b may however be connected to a loop or link c which is fixed in the
purse in any suitable manner in the manufacture of the purse, in which case the
connecting means may be either visible or invisible as may be desired.
Or the ring b may be applied to a metal framed purse by an eye or loop which
is screwed or rivetted to the bottom of the metal frame.
The ring may be formed of any desired metal and it may be ornamented
according to taste."
I would here remark that I do not confine myself to the method herein described
of fastening the safety ring to the bottom of a purse, as such may be varied
without departing from the peculiar character of my invention.
Figure 3 shows the method of carrying the purse, the safety ring b being passed
over the middle finger of the left hand with the purse flap towards the palm of the
hand. The safety ring permits of considerable movement of the purse and the
latter can be readily opened and closed without removal of the ring from
the finger.
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
claim is :-
A safety attachment for a purse consisting of a ring attached to the bottom
the purse, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
D. C. MCGLASHAN.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.