An Improved Attachment for Carrying Parcels, Bags, Small Boxes, and the like.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov.. 1887
Complete Left, 25th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1888
PROVISIONAL STEUTETUATION.
An Improved Attachment for Carrying Parcels, Bags, Small Boxes,
and the like.
I HUBERT ALFRED DONE of Stone House, Sutton Coldfield in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to the production of a cheap and simple parcel carrying
attachment which has for its object an easy and secure means of affixment, the
prevention of injury to the hand or damage to the glove, and a ready way of folding
for carrying in the pocket when not in use.
I construct my invention in the following manner; I take a piece of sheet metal,
wood or other preferred material which I fashion or shape into a suitable handle
or holder for the hand; through the centre of this holder, transversally with its
length, I pass a piece of wire, fitting loosely, so as to hinge, and bend down
its extended ends (at right angles with the holder, and opposite to and parallel with
each other) as sides; the extreme ends I form (either longitudinally or transversally
with the holder) as hooks; thus when the parallel wire sides are turned up, one end
of the holder falls in between them, when it becomes a straight and convenient article
for carrying in the pocket and for packing together. In using, I pass the hooks
under the string of the parcel to be carried and grasp the holder by the hand, with
the hooks to which the parcel is suspended passing between two of the fingers.
In some cases substitute for the wire a piece of string or cord, which I secure
to the centre of the preferred holder in such a manner as to form a loop of any
convenient length, this loop I securo to the parcel by passing its end underneath the
string with which it is bound and over the holder; and for some purposes as for
instance carrying small parcels uniform in size, and articles contained in paper bags,
I make the ciring loop long enough to encircle and secure the parcel or neck of the
bag and leave sufficient length to allow the holder to be grasped by the hand.
It will readily be seen that there are various ways in which the holder or handle
can be formed, or the wire or string secured to it, for the purpose of carrying parcels.
bags, small boxes, and the like.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Attachment for Carrying Parcels, Bags, Small Boxes,
and the like.
1 HUBERT ALFRED DONE, of Stone House, Sutton Coldfield in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to bo performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:—
My invention relates to the production of a cheap and simple parcel carrying
attachment, which has for its object an easy and secure means of affixment, the
prevention of injury to the hand, or damage to the glove, and a ready way of folding
for carrying in the pocket when not in use.
I construct my invention in the following manner, I take a piece of sheet metal,
wood or other preferred material, which I fashion or shape into a suitable handle
or holder for the hand; through the centre of this holder transversally with its
length, I pass a piece of wire fitting loosely, so as to hinge, and bend down its
extended ends (at right angles with the holder and opposite to and parallel with each
other) as sides, the extreme ends 1 form (either longitudinally or transversally with
the holder) as hooks; thus when the parallel wire sides are turned up, one end of the
holder falls in between them, when it becomes a straight and convenient article for
carrying in the pocket and for packing together.
In using, I pass the hooks under the string of the parcel to be carried, and grasp
the holder by the hand with the hooks to which the parcel is suspended passing
between two of the fingers.
In some cases I substitute for the wire, a piece of string or cord, which I secure to
the centre of the preferred holder in such a manner as to form a loop of any
convenient longth, this loop I secure to the parcel by passing its end underneath the
string with which it is bound, and over the holder; and for some purposes as for
instance carrying small parcels uniform in size, and articles contained in paper bags,
I make the string long enough to encircle and secure the parcel, or neck of the bag,
and leave sufficient length to allow the holder to be grasped by the band.
It will readily be seen that there are various ways in which the holder or handle
can be formed, or the wire or string secured to it, for the purpose of carrying parcels,
bags, small boxes, and the like.
My invention will be understood by the annexed sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1.
shows a parcel carrier consisting of a sheet metal holder or handle with small holes in
its sides, a, a, through which a piece of wire of a suitable length is passed, its
extended ends being turned down at right angles to form the sides, b, b, and its
extreme ends bent in opposite directions transversally with the holder, into a pair of
hooks c¹, c³.
Fig. 2 represents a side view of Fig. 1, with the wire sides turned up in a lino
or thereabouts with the holder, for convenience of carrying in the pocket or for packing

page_text: together. To facilitate the attachment of the carrier to the string of the parcel, I
gape the lower part of the bend of the hooks, (marked a Fig. 2).
Fig. 3. shews a cylindrical holder of wood, or other suitable substance with a
modified formation for holding the string of the parcel to be carried; the ends of the
wire being formed as books longitudinally with the holder.
Fig. 4. shews a side view of Fig. 3. with the hooks folded upwards, and kept in
place by slightly clasping one end of the holder. I do not confine myself to the
exact shape of hooks here shewn, or to the size of the holder, which may be made
suitable for being carried by two fingers, or the whole hand.
A modification of this formation I have alluded to in my Provisional Application
for Patent, entitled "An improved handle or holder for facilitating the carrying
of parcels tied with string," No. 5978 and dated 25th April 1887.
Fig. 5 shews a holder with a string or cord loop instead of wire hooks, the said loop
being formed by passing one end of a piece of string or cord of a suitable length,
through a hole in the centre of the holder, and then tying the two ends together;
this is affixed to the parcel either as shown in Fig. 6. by passing the end of the loop
under the string with which the parcel is bound and on to the centre of the holder,
thus making the loop of double strength; or the end of the loop (after being passed
under the string of the parcel as aforesaid) may be brought right over the holder and
slipped down to the string of the parcel, as shewn in Fig. 7.
Fig. 8. shews a different way of forming the string loop and affixing it to the
holder; in this case the string is first doubled and the ends tied together, and then
the loop drawn through the hole in the centre of the holder until stopped by the knot
at the end.
Fig. 9 is a side, and Fig. 10 an end view of a metal holder with a string loop
formed and affixed as shewn in Fig. 8.
Fig. 11. shews a holder with a longer loop of string, fastened round its centre by
means of a slip knot; the extra length of loop being intended to go round and hold
the neck of a paper bag, a small box, or the like, and to be secured in the manner
shewn in Fig. 7. or in any other preferred way. In some cases I tie a knot a short
distance from the holder and leave the extended ends loose, so that they may be
wrapped and tied round as desired; and the string may be tied round the holder
before the loop is formed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I doclare that what I
claim is-
The construction of an attachment for carrying parcels, bags, small boxes, and the
liko, having a holder, in the centre of which is hinged or secured a piece of wire
or string, with extended portions formed as hooks or loops; for the purposes and in
the manner substantially as herein described, and shown in the annexed sheet of
drawings.