AN IMPROVED FASTENER ATTACHED TO THE POCKET TO PREVENT THE WATCH BEING STOLEN
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
GEORGE HOWITT, 9 Glebo Cleft Villas, Sunderland, Durham, Newspaper Manager,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED FASTENER
ATTACHED TO THE POCKET TO PREVENT THE WATCH BEING STOLEN to be as
follows:-
"
screw
The protector consists of two parts joined on the "he" and "she"
principle. To place it in position an eye-let hole is made a little below the near
corner of a waistcoat watch pocket or an inch or two above a lady's dress watch
pocket. The "she screw is placed inside the garment, the projecting end through
the eye-let hole and the upper part is then screwed in. When firmly screwed up,
the end of the albert or chain is passed through the ring and the watch put into
the pocket. The owner will have no difficulty in taking the watch out & looking
at the time in the ordinary way, but even if the chain be cut, no one can pass the
watch through the protecting ring close to the pocket and thus watch pick-pockets
and "snatchers will find themselves completely baulked.
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page_text: I, GEORGE HOWITT, of 9, Glebe Cleft Villas, Sunderland, Durham, Newspaper
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "AN IMPROVED
FASTENER ATTACHED TO THE POCKET TO PREVENT THE WATCH BEING STOLEN," and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an improved fastener or protecting device to be attached
to the pocket or garment for the purpose of preventing the watch from being stolen
or from being improperly withdrawn from the pocket.
The improved fastener or watch protector is illustrated on the accompanying
drawings, in elevation (being partly shown in section) in Fig; 1; and in plan view
in Fig; 2; these Figs being drawn to an enlarged scale; and in full or usual size
in Fig; 3.
The improved fastener is composed of two parts, the one of which is made with
an extended base or flange, 1, and with a raised projecting or thickened boss or
centre part, 2, which is internally screwed, and the other of which parts is made
with an externally screwed projection, 3, and with a flanged head, 4, which may be
either of an ornamental or of a plain formation and which is formed with a through
hole, 5, or is otherwise equivalently formed for the reception of a ring, 6, or like
means.
The said parts may obviously be otherwise formed than as illustrated on the
annexed drawings, the respective functions of the various parts herein described
not being at all dependent upon the exact conformation of such parts, which may
be variously formed, for instance ;-the extended base or flange, 1, may be otherwise
formed or ornamented than in accordance with the particular delineatious illustrated
on the accompanying drawings; the function of this part is to offer very great
resistance to the protector (when in position in use) being bodily withdrawn or
torn through the fabric or substance of the pocket or garment; the parts, 2,
and, 3, serve as detachable means of securely connecting the parts of the fastener,
and the part, 6, prevents the watch from being pulled from the pocket by any one
snatching at and pulling the chain or connected guard, or should the chain or guard
get accidentally caught.
To place the improved fastener or protector in position, an eyelet hole is suitably
made a little below the near corner of a waistcoat watch pocket or close adjacent
to a ladies' dress watch pocket, or elsewhere where required, and the extended
flanged part, 1, is placed on the side adjacent to the body, with the screwed
part, 2, projecting through the eyelet hole; the other part of the fastener is then
screwed into position, see Fig; 3, and when firmly screwed up, the end of the
Albert, chain or other guard is passed through the ring, and the watch is connected
as usually, and placed in the pocket.
It will thus be seen that the parts are most easily connected, and detachable,
and that there is every facility provided for the owner withdrawing the watch,
for ascertaining the indicated time in the ordinary way, as may be desired, the
chain then running back freely through the ring, but any one improperly snatching
at the pendent chain or guard cannot succeed in withdrawing the watch, and hence
the utility of the device will be at once apparent.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
:-
In a fastener or protecting device to be attached to the pocket to prevent the
watch from being stolen ;-the combination of the flanged and internally screwed

page_text: part, 1, 2. to be placed on one side of the garment or fabric, with the flanged and
externally screwed part, 4, 3, provided with a ring or like means, 6, to be placed
on the other side of the garment or fabric, substantially as herein before described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of December 1881
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.