IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCH POCKETS, AND THE MANNER OF ATTACHING THE SAME TO VAM DAR PROTEONT
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Albert Porter, of Maidstone, in the County of
Kont, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCH POCKETS, AND
THE MANNER OF ATTACHING THE SAME TO VAM DAR
PROTEONT2
Sealed the 6th October 1875, and dated the 16th April 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Albert Porter at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th April 1875.
I, ALBERT PORTER, of Maidstone, in the County of Kent, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCH
POCKETS, AND THE MANNER OF ATTACHING THE SAME TO VESTS FOR PROTECTING
WATCHES," to be as follows:-
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The pocket for containing the watch is composed of a hinged frame
or jaws of any suitable metal or material properly covered, and in its
general structure it is similar to an ordinary money purse provided with a
frame. The lower part of the frame on each of its sides are hinged

page_text: together by suitable metal springs, while the upper or opening portion
of the frame or pocket is provided with a fastening or ketch of any
known form to hold it closed. The fastening or ketch is placed on the
inside of the frame or pocket, or the portion worn next to the body to
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prevent its being opened without the knowledge of the wearer.
opening or space is made between the inside corners of the frame to
receive the watch chain or guard. The frame is covered with any
suitable material, which forms the pocket for the watch; it is then
ready for applying to use by being placed in an ordinary vest watch
pocket, and secured there by screw buttons attached to the inside portion 1
of the frame, and made to take hold of the vest in such a manner so it
cannot be removed or opened without the knowledge of the wearer. Any
known mode of attaching or securing the pocket to the vest may be
employed to prevent it being removed, as before stated. The pocket
frame is curved to suit the shape of the body, and the same frame or 1
pocket can be constructed for wearing on either side.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Albert Porter in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 14th October 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALBERT
PORTER, of Maidstone, in the County of Kent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Albert Porter, Her special
licence, that I, the said Albert Porter, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Albert Porter, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCH

page_text: POCKETS, AND THE MANNER OF ATTACHING THE SAME TO VESTS FOR PROTECTING
WATCHES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Albert
Porter, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Albert Porter, do hereby declare
the nature of my said 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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The pocket for containing the watch is composed of a hinged frame or
jaws of any suitable metal or material properly covered, and in its
general structure it is similar to an ordinary money purse provided with
a frame. The lower part of the frame on cach of its sides are hinged
together by suitable metal springs, while the upper or opening portion of
the frame or pocket is provided with a fastening or ketche of known
form to hold it closed. The fastening or ketche is placed on the inside
of the frame or pocket, or the portion worn next to the body, to prevent
it being opened without the knowledge of the wearer. An opening or
space is made between the inside corners of the frame to receive the
watch chain or guard. The frame is covered with any suitable material,
which forms the pocket for the watch; it is then ready for applying to
use by being placed in an ordinary vest watch pocket, and secured thereto
by screw buttons attached to the inside portion of the frame, and made
to take hold of the vest in such a manner so it cannot be removed or
opened without the knowledge of the wearer. Any known mode of
attaching or securing the pocket to the vest may be employed to
prevent it being removed, as before stated. The pocket frame is curved
to suit the shape of the body, and the same frame or pocket can be
constructed for wearing on either side.

page_text: Fig. 1 represents a view of a vest, showing the improved watch-
protecting pocket applied; Fig. 2 shows the watch pocket detached from
the vest, and representing an opened perspective view of it; and Fig. 3
is a horizontal section of a portion of a vest through the vest pocket,
showing how the watch-protecting pocket is secured to the lining of the
vest, as before stated.
a is the frame of the watch-protecting pocket usually made of any
suitable metal, and hinged together, as represented. The frame is
covered with leather, or provided with any suitable material to form the
pocket for holding the watch. The inside portion of the frame a, or
that worn next to the body, is provided with a ketche or springe ketche c
of any known form for holding the pocket closed. The two frame
pieces a, a, are cut away at their corners, as shewn at e, e, to form an
opening for the watch chain & when the watch pocket is closed.
The watch-protecting pocket may be made of any desired form and
finish for inserting in an ordinary watch pocket usually made in vests,
as represented in Fig. 1. The manner of holding it to the vest or in the
ordinary vest pocket is fully shown in Fig. 3, which is effected by
providing the inner frame a of the pocket with a small nut and screw b.
The screw is pased through the lining of the vest, and the nut bisa
screwed on it from the inside, which secures the pocket to the vest, and
prevents it being removed without the knowledge of the wearer. I
don't confine myself to this particular mode of fastening the pocket to
the vest, but prefer it to others for being more simple and secure. The
pocket may be secured to the vest by hooks, or hook buttons, or any 2
other known mode of fastening.
The watch-protecting pocket is opened by pressing down the fastening
ketche c, which permits the frame pieces a, a, to spring apart, when the
watch may be removed. The ketche c is usually placed on the inside
frame a of the pocket, or the part worn next the body, to give greater a
security against having the pocket opened without the knowledge of the
wearer. The spring ketche should be made sufficient strong so that the
pressure required to open it would be sufficient to attract the attention
of the wearer.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and manner of a

page_text: pocket constructed and connected with ordinary vests, or vests made
specially for the purpose, substantially in the manner and for the
purposes herein-before stated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Albert Porter, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.