Scabbard Attachment for Field Service Belt.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Scabbard Attachment for Field Service Belt.
I, JAMES WYATT, of 90, Gloucester Street, London, S.W., Military Outfitter,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: —
The addition of a small metal loop upon the top mount of the scabbard,
through this loop, a portable strap with a fixed keeper at the end is passed, drawn
tight and buttoned on to the stud of the frog.
This holds the scabbard firmly and securely in its place, and does away with
the clumsy and inconvenient contrivance now in use, and which has to be fitted
and sewn upon each scabbard, before it can be fixed for use upon the belt.
Dated this 5th day of October 1899.
Scabbard Attachment for Field Service Belt.
I, JAMES WYATT, of 90, Gloucester Street, Belgravia, London, S.W., Military
Outfitter, 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:-
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This invention consists of the herein described improved scabbard attachment
for field service belts which holds the scabbard firmly and securely in its place
in the frog of the belt and does away with the clumsy and inconvenient con-
trivance now in use which has to be fitted and sewn upon each scabbard before
it can be fixed for use upon the belt.
⚫ I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 is a front view of the frog part of a field service belt with the
scabbard attached thereto in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 shews the
top mount of the scabbard and a particular kind of fixing strap which I employ
to attach the scabbard to the said frog part of the belt and Fig. 3 is a separate
view of the said strap.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
In carrying out this invention I fix a small metal loop A upon the front side
of the top mount B of the scabbard and at a short distance below the top of the
same. Through this loop B is threaded a small strap C made with a fixed
keeper c¹ at one end; this strap C is threaded upwardly through the loop A and
then passes down through the keeper e¹ and is drawn tight round the loop A and
then the end portion of the strap C which is made with a stud hole is buttoned
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page_text: on to the usual stud d' of the frog D which latter and the straps de d³ which secure
the frog to the belt E are of the usual kind.
It will be seen that by this method of attachment the scabbard is firmly secured
and can very readily be removed from the frog D by first unbuttoning the strap C
off the stud d' and then drawing the scabbard upwardly out of the frog D.
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:-
The improved scabbard attachment for field service belts comprising, in com-
bination with a scabbard, the loop A fixed to the scabbard top mount and the
strap C made with a fixed keeper and threaded through the loop A of the
scabbard and through the keeper and adapted to button on to the stud d fixed to
the front of the frog, substantially as set forth and illustrated.
Dated this 28th day of July 1900.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.