Improved Safety Attachment for Preventing the Withdrawal of Watches or other articles from the Pocket.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 25th Nov.. 1890-Accepted, 24th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Safety Attachment for Preventing the Withdrawal of
Watches or other articles from the Pocket.
1, CHARLES BRAWN, of 124 King's Road, Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex,
Clothier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The object of my invention is to provide suitable means for preventing the with-
drawal of articles from the pocket of the wearer without his knowledge, and while it
is principally applicable to pockets for watches, it may also be used for pockets to
receive bankers' cases or other articles which are secured to the person hy a chain.
The attachment I employ consists of a spring frame composed of two arins, one of
which is secured to or covered by the material at the month of the pocket, and to one
end thereof the other arm is secured; or such second arm may be formed in one with
the first arm, and be bent back so that it can be forced against the first, in either case
the connection being such that the outer end of the second arm will when free spring
away from the first arm.
The second arm enters the pocket itself, and according to one arrangement its free
end does not extend so far as the outer end of the first arm, but is connected thereto
by a flexible strap or band.
In order to insert the watch or other article into the pocket, the thumb or finger is
inserted therein and the spring arm pressed towards the opposite or fixed arm of the
attachment, thus allowing the article to be introduced." When the spring arm is
released its free end springs away from the fixed arm, and this movement distends the
flexible strap or band connecting it to such fixed arm, and brings same above the
watch or article in the pocket, so that any effort to remove such article by pulling
the chain by which it is secured to the person, will bring it into contact with the band
or strap and prevent its withdrawal.
In order to withdraw the watch or other article the spring arm must be first forced
towards the fixed arm, when the flexible strap or band being moved with it, the watch
or other article can be removed from the pocket from behind same.
The spring arm may if desired extend to the same length as the fixed arm, and
preferably be connected to the latter by a flexible strap or band as in the former case,
such strap or band serving to limit the movement of the spring arm away from the
fixed arm.
The watch or other article can then be slipped into the pocket between
the two arms, and the latter then forced together and secured by a spring catch, so as
to confine the chain by which the article is attached to the person between such arms,
and in this way prevent the withdrawal of the article until the spring catch is
released, and the arms consequently fly apart.
A spring catch may also be provided in the arrangement first described, and in both
cases will enable the two arms to be retained close to each other, so as not to distend
the pocket when the attachment is not required to be used, which will be found of
advantage for the outside pockets of ladies' jackets, when they are not carrying a
watch in them.
Or again, the fixed arm may have an extension which is curved or bent round so as
to overlap the free end of the spring arm, and then when the latter has been forced
inwards and the watch or other article is inserted in the pocket, the chain of such
article will be passed within the bend or curved extension of the fixed arm, and the
spring arm allowed to spring back to its normal position, so that the article cannot be
withdrawn as the space between the two arms will be too small to allow such article
to pass between them.
To withdraw the article the spring arm must be again forced inwards and the chain
slipped out of the attachment. when its withdrawal will be easy.

page_text: If desired the free end of the spring arm may extend inwards to or near the
opposite or fixed side, so that when the chain has been inserted and the spring arm
resumes its normal position, such chain will be confined between the extension of the
spring arin and the bend or continuation of the opposite or fixed side, whereby the
withdrawal of the chain when desired will be more easily effected.
The attachment may be made of metal, whalebone, or other suitable spring material,
and may be covered with a fabric or other material to prevent same scratching or
otherwise danaging the watch or other article when it comes into contact therewith,
and further, the covering may also serve to form the flexible strap or band described
for connecting the end of the spring arm to the opposite or fixed arm.
Dated this 25th day of February 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Safety Attachment for Preventing the Withdrawal of
Watches or other articles from the Pocket.
I, CHARLES BRAWN, of 124 King's Road, Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex,
Clothier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of my invention is to provide suitable means for preventing the with-
drawal of articles from the pocket of the wearer without his knowledge, and while it
is principally applicable to pockets for watches, it may also be used for pockets to
receive bankers' cases or other articles which are secured to the person by a chain.
The accompanying drawings show the invention applied to the watch pocket of a
waistcoat,
Fig. 1 being a front elevation of part of a waistcoat, the front of the pocket being
cut away and rolled back to show the inside of the pocket and the attachment in
perspective inside same.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1, showing the attachment in its distended position to
prevent the extraction of the watch after same has been inserted in the pocket.
Fig. 3 is also a plan view of Fig. 1, showing the attachment in its compressed
position to enable the watch to be inserted and withdrawn from the pocket.
Fig. 4 is a corresponding view to Fig. 1, but looking from the rear instead of from
the front of the waistcoat, and shows a slightly modified form of attachment.
Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 7 a transverse section of the attachment
itself.
The attachment consists of a spring frame composed of two arms A and B connected
together or bent from a single piece of metal or other suitable material, so that the
two arms diverge but can be forced against each other when desired.
The arm A is secured by stitching or otherwise to the outer part C of the
pocket D, inside same and near the mouth thereof, while arm B remains free and
projects inwards towards the body of the wearer. Arm B is preferably shorter than
arm A, and a strip, band, or piece of flexible material E connects the arms A and B
together, and may (as shown in the drawings) cover the top of the space between such
arms. The material E may also serve to cover the arms A and B themselves, so as to
prevent same scratching the watch F when it is inserted and withdrawn from the
pocket.
In order to insert the watch F, or other article, into the pocket D, the thumb or
finger is inserted therein, and the spring arm B pressed towards the opposite or fixed
arm A of the attachment, to the position shown in Fig. 3, thus allowing the watch to
be introduced. When the spring arm B is released, its free end springs away from
the fixed arm A, and this movement distends the flexible strip or band E connecting
it to such fixed arm A, and (as shown in Figs. 2 and 5) brings same above the

page_text: watch F, or other article, in the pocket D, so that any effort to remove such article
by pulling the chain G, by which it is secured to the person, will bring it into contact
with the band, strip, or piece E, and prevent its withdrawal.
In order to withdraw the watch F, or other article, the spring arm B must be
forced towards the fixed arm A, when the flexible piece E being moved with it,
the watch or other article can be removed from the pocket D from behind the spring
arm B.
The spring arm B may if desired extend to the same length as the fixed arm A,
and preferably be connected to the latter by a flexible strip, band or piece, as in the
former case, such piece serving to limit the movement of the spring arm away from
the fixed arm. The watch or other article can then be slipped into the pocket between
the two arms A and B, and the latter then forced together and secured by a spring
catch, so as to confine the chain by which the article is attached to the person between
such arms, and in this way prevent the withdrawal of the article until the spring catch
is released and the arms A and B consequently fly apart.
A spring catch may also be provided in the arrangement first described, and in both
cases will enable the two arms A and B to be retained close to each other, so as not
to distend the pocket when the attachment is not required to be used, which will be
found of advantage for the outside, pockets of ladies' jackets, when they are not
carrying a watch in them.
Or again, the fixed arm A may (as shown in Figs. 4 and 5) have an extension
which is curved or bent round so as to overlap the free end of the spring arm B, and
then when the latter has been forced inwards, and the watch F, or other article, is
inserted in the pocket D, the chain G of such article will be passed within the bend or
curved extension A¹ of fixed arm A, and the spring arm B allowed to spring back to
its normal position, so that the article cannot be withdrawn. In Figs. 4 and 5, the
extension A is formed by continuing the material E covering the arms A and B, and
such extension is secured to the opposite side C¹ of pocket D to that to which arm A
is secured.
To withdraw the watch or other article, the spring arm B must be again forced
inwards and the chain G slipped out of the attachment, when its withdrawal will
be easy.
1f desired the free end of the spring arm B may extend inwards to or near the
opposite or fixed arm A, so that when the chain G has been inserted and the spring
arm B resumes its normal position, such chain will be confined between the extension
of the spring arm and the bend or continuation A' of the fixed arm A, whereby the
withdrawal of the chain when desired will be more easily effected.
The attachment may be made of metal, whalebone, or other suitable spring material,
and may be covered with wash-leather, or with a fabric or other material, to prevent
same scratching or otherwise damaging the watch or other article when it comes into
contact therewith, and further, the covering may, as above described, also serve to
form the flexible strip, band, or piece, for connecting the end of the spring arm B to
the fixed arm A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The improved attachment for pockets, consisting of a spring frame composed of
two arms connected together at one end, and one of which arms is secured to one side
of the pocket, inside and near the top of same, while the other remains free inside the
pocket, substantially as specified.
2. The improved attachment for pockets, consisting of a spring frame composed of
two arms connected together at one end, and one of which arms is secured to one side
of the pocket, inside and near the top of same, while the other is free and is connected
to the fixed arm by a band, strip, or piece of flexible material, substantially as
5 specified.
3. The improved attachment for pockets, consisting of a spring frame composed of

page_text: two arms connected together at one end, and one of which arms is secured to one side
of the pocket, inside and near the top of same, and has an extension which is bent
round so as to lie against the opposite side of the pocket, while the other arm is free,
and is connected to the fixed arm by a band, strip, or piece of flexible material,
substantially as specified.
Dated this 21st day of November 1890.
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