Improvements relating to the Corner Pieces and Handles of Travelling Trunks and Boxes.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Corner Pieces and Handles of
Travelling Trunks and Boxes.
HERBERT EDMUND HOLLOWAY, Engineer, 327, Fallowfield, Dudley Road,
Wolverhampton, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of an improved form or shape of traveling trunk or box
handle and plate for holding same, the said plate would be made out of thin sheet
iron, or steel in such a form that the centre of the plate, would be stamped or
punched out entirely, thus allowing more room for any person's hand to work
between, the said plate and handle which would be attached to the same in the
using of the said handle described below, which would be made out of a piece or
bar of round iron suitable for the strength required in the use of the before-
mentioned handle and plate, the handle would be made, in such a
form or shape as to make it wider at the front than at the back
which would allow of a wider grip being obtained by the hand, it would
be attached to the plate, in such a manner as to fasten it there, thus making a
combination of the said handle and plate, the plate would be slightly raised across
its horizontal centre for the reception of the handle, the piece stamped or punched
out of the centre beforementioned would be in the shape of a trunk corner joint
for traveling trunks or boxes, thus enabling the beforementioned handle and
plate to be manufactured and sold at a considerable reduction under anything at
present on the market exclusive of the cheap rate at which the beforementioned
trunk corner joint would be placed upon the market, the said handle plates or
corner joints would be attached to trunks or boxes in the usual way namely by
rivets.
Improvements relating to the Corner Pieces and Handles of
Travelling Trunks and Boxes.
HERBERT EDMUND HOLLOWAY, Engineer, 327, Fallowfield, Dudley Road,
Wolverhampton, 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 improvements in handles for trunks and the like, the
object being to reduce the cost of manufacture of the handles and at the same

page_text: time employ what would otherwise be waste material as corner or strengthening
plates.
For purposes of illustration I will now refer to the annexed drawings, in
which:
Figure 1 is a view of my improved handle.
Figure 2 view of piece stamped from plate for use as a corner piece.
Figure 3 view of blank of handle plate.
The plate a may be of any suitable shape, and the part is punched or other-
wise cut out from the plate a. The plate a is bent up at c so as to receive the
ends d of the handle e which may be shaped as shewn, being of greater length
from C to C₁ than C2 to 02.
The part 6 which is cut out may be bent and employed as a corner strengthening
plate and may be perforated at f either before or after cutting or stamping from
the plate a.
The dotted lines b¹ in Figure 3 indicate the part of the plate a which is cut or
stamped out. By this arrangement it will be seen that a saving in the cost of
manufacture is effected as the cut out portion enables the handle plate to be
readily bent to the same position and at the same time furnishes material for use
as corner or strengthening plates.
The configuration of the piece b which is stamped or cut out may be varied as
required.
The plate is secured to the trunk or the like by means of screws, or other
suitable fastening.
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:-
1. In handles for trunks and the like: the employment of a plate in which a
centre piece is stamped out, said plate being bent or shaped so as to form a support
for the handle or grip, the ends of which engage in the bent portions of the plate,
said plate being secured to the trunk or the like by means of screws or other suit-
able fastening, the cut out portion being utilized after being bent as a corner or
strengthening plate and being perforated either before or after it is stamped or
cut from the handle plate proper.
Dated this 21st dox of March 1900