Improvements in Cycle Tool Bags or Wallets and like Receptacles..
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cycle Tool Bags or Wallets and like Receptacles..
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN of the Firm of Martin and Martins, of
Granville Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to cycle tool bags or wallets and like receptacles and has
for its object, a noiseless. and loose connection or fasteuing, consisting of two
suspension straps and a billet or drawing up strap, connected to the former at its
one end and whilst the other and opposite ends of the suspension straps are connected
by a stud or other fastening to a supplementary strap carrying a buckle to which
the loose end of the billet strap is secured.
In carrying out one form of my invention, I take a bag of any suitable construc-
tion, but preferably having a flap for the closing of the month, and I pass through
loop straps carried by the flap, the forward ends of obliquely directed suspension
straps, passing from the back over the top of the bag and with the tips connected
together by a loose and necked stud or button from which is also suspended, a
supplementary strap carrying an ordinary buckle.
Connected by buttoning or otherwise to the after ends of the suspension straps,
which, when looked at in plan, comprehend a diamond shaped figure, is a billet
strap either detachably or fixedly connected by a stud or otherwise, so that when
the loose end of the billet strap is brought under a bag and then connected with
the buckle at the front side, (the suspension straps having been passed through the
loops of a saddle) the pulling up of the same runs the bag snugly against the
saddle and at the same time keeps the flap closed.
This form of fastening may be applied to the back of a bag and instead of the
suspension straps being made separately, they may be formed from a single length
of material passed through a loop or equivalent carried at one end of the adjustable
billet strap.
As a modified form, the after ends of the suspension straps pass through loops
attached to the back of the bag and are then buttoned to a fixed or detachable
billet strap passing under the bag and being attachedly or otherwise connected to
a buckle or other fastener carried by the flap of the bag, whilst the forward ends
of the suspension straps are made fast to the flap by buckling or the like, the loose
ends, if any, being passed through loops stitched to the front of the bag below
the flap.
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the specific forms of
connections herein described which may be modified or varied without departing
from the nature of my invention.
Dated this 24th day of June 1896.
PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: improvements in Cycle Tool Bags or Wallets and like Receptacles.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN of the Firm of Martin and Martins, of
Granville Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention relates to cycle tool bags or wallets and like receptacles and has
for its principal object, a noiseless and loose connection or fastening. One form of
my invention consists of two suspension straps with a billet or drawing up strap,
connected to the former at its one end and whilst the other and opposite ends of
the suspension straps are connected by a stud or other fastening to a supple-
mentary strap carrying a buckle to which the loose end of the billet strap is
secured.
Thus, I take a bag of any suitable construction, but preferably having a flap
for the closing of the mouth, and I thread through loop straps cut out of, or
carried by, the flap or back of the bag, the forward ends of the suspension straps,
which pass from the back over the top of the bag and with the tips or front ends
connected together by a loose and necked stud, button or buckle from which is also
suspended, an ordinary buckle.
Connected by buttoning or otherwise to the after ends of the suspension straps,
which, when connected up and looked at in plan, comprehend a diamond shaped
figure, is a billet or drawing up strap either made separate and connected thereto
by any suitable means, or forming a continuation of the fore part so that when the
loose end of the billet strap is brought under the bag and then connected with the
buckle at the front side, (the suspension straps having been first passed through
the loops of a saddle) the pulling up of the same runs the bag snugly against the
saddle and at the same time keeps the flap closed.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in front elevation, a noiseless
or silent cycle-tool bag constructed and arranged in accordance with this part of
my invention.
Figure 2 is a back elevation of the same, showing the suspension or running up
straps threaded through loops cut from out of the material of the back of the bag.
Figure 3 is a vertical section upon the dotted line, Figure 1, of the bug
removed from the saddle.
Figure 4 is a like section view as Figure 3, viz., of the bag removed from the
saddle, but with the section taken upon the dotted line 2, Figure 2.
Figure 5 represents a back elevation of the bag, alike unto Figure 2, but with
the billet strap or end unfastened and let down so as to better exhibit (as shown in
dotted lines) the connections of the fore ends of the suspension straps.
Figure 6 represents the straps employed for suspending and drawing up the bag,
separately.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 6 of
the drawings.
a is the tool bag or wallet, a' the front, a² the back and a³ is the mouth, covered
by the flap a. are the fore parts of the combined suspension or running-up and
flap-closing straps b, whose middle parts pass through the loops c', at the back of
the saddle c, and then are directed backwards or rearwards at 63, through the
cut out loops a³, and are attachedly connected at their terminations 63, to one
another and also to a pulling or drawing up strap 6, whose fore end, is made
fast to a buckle 6, carrying a button or stud b', to which the button hole ends
of the fore parts 6', are connected.

page_text: In order to open the flap of the bag to gain access to the interior of the same,
simply unfasten the end 65, of the strap 6, and turn it down as represented in
Figure 5, when the flap can be opened. To run the bag snugly up against the
saddle before closing down the flap, the said end 6, is taken hold of and pulled
downwards, which raises the bag, and when in a snug position, the end as aforesaid
is made fast through a buckle 6, or equivalent fastening.
Instead of the loops a, being cut out of the back of the bag, they may be cut
out of, or attached to the flap, or cut out of, or attached to both the front and back
of the top of the bag, as represented in front elevation in Figure 7 and back
elevation in Figure 8. These loops then prevent the suspension straps running
back through the saddle loops when unbuckled.
The form of fastening shown in Figures 1 to 6 may be applied to the back of a
bag and instead of the suspension straps being made separately, they may be
formed from a single length of material passed through a loop or equivalent
carried at one end of the adjustable billet or drawing-up strap or end as represented
in Figure 9.
a is the tool bag and the continuous strap, passing through loops a³, cut out
of the back of the bag and then running forwardly through the loops e, of the
saddle c, then being connected to the billet or drawing-up strap 6, at the front of
the bag, below the flap. 6 is the loop wherethrough the strap b', passes.
As a modified form of bag represented in back elevation in Figure 10 and front
elevation in Figure 11, the after ends 62, of the suspension straps b, pass through
loops a cut out of the back a², of the bag a, and are buttoned or attached at 6³, to
a fixed or detachable billet or drawing-up strap or end 6, passing under the bag
and being attachedly or otherwise connected at 6 to a buckle 66, or other fastener
carried by the flap a', of the bag, whilst the forward ends 6, of the suspension
straps b, are passed forwards through the loop c', of the saddle c, and made fast to
the flap by means of the buckles e, or the like, the loose ends, if any, being passed
through loops a', stitched to the front a', of the bag, below the flap.
Figure 12 represents a further modification of my invention, in which two billet
or drawing-up straps or ends are employed for pulling up the suspension or running
up straps.
Figure 13 is a back elevation of the bag.
Figure 14 is a cross section of Figure 12, upon the dotted lines.
a is the bag, a' the front thereof, a² the back, a³ the mouth, enclosed by a flap a¹,
which is kept down and the bag suspended by combined suspension and running-up
billet straps or ends b. The rear ends 63, of these straps may be made fast at 68,
to the back a², and then pass upwardly through the slipped on runners or loops as
then through the loops c', of the saddle c, and back again through the loops a³,
when the fore parts b¹, are brought down forwards over the flap a', and the ends ba
are made fast to the buckles 6', carried by the bag a.
By unfastening the billet or drawing up strap ends 68, from the buckles and
pulling them downwards, the bag is run up into its adjusted position and is then
made fast by the straps being again buckled up. It is obvious that instead of
buckles I may employ a series of button holes in the straps, engaging with buttons
carried on the front.
When the straps b, are unfastened they are prevented from running back
through the saddle loops e¹, by the loops a.
The invention described in this specification is an amplification or development
of former Letters Patent granted to me and bearing date the 15th day of
November 1895 and numbered 21697.
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 I
claim is
First. In a cycle tool bag or like wallet or receptacle, suspending the same
from a saddle or the like, and closing the flap thereof, by suspension straps directed

page_text: from the back, over the top, to the front of the bag, and being there connected,
together and to a billet or drawing-up strap, whose rear or back end is directly
attached or secured to the back ends of the suspension straps, substantially as
described and set forth in Figures 1 to 6 and 9.
Secondly. In a cycle tool bag or like wallet or receptacle, suspending the same
from a saddle or the like by suspension straps, directed from the back of the bag,
over the top to the front and being respectively fastened to separated buckles
carried on the flap, whilst the rear ends are made fast to a billet or drawing-up
and flap-closing strap whose front end, is connected to a buckle or equivalent
fastener attached to or carried by the flap, substantially as described and set forth
in Figures 10 and 11.
Thirdly. In a cycle tool bag or like wallet or receptacle, suspending the same
from a saddle or the like by suspension straps, connected at and proceeding from
the back of the bag, over the top to the front and being there secured to buckles
or equivalent fasteners carried upon or from the body of the bag, substantially as
described and set forth in Figures 12, 13 and 14.
Fourthly. In cycle tool bags, wallets. or receptacles as referred to in the
preceding claims, providing the same with loops a', whereby the suspension straps
are prevented from running. back through the loops or eyes of a saddle or the like
on pulling up straps being unfastened, substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 24th day of March 1897.
PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.