Improvements in Cycle-tool Bags, Wallets, and like Receptacles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Cycle-tool Bags, Wallets, and like Receptacles.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, of the Firm of Martin & 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, in the one part, to a new construction of bag, secondly,
to the method of suspending and closing the flaps of such bags, thirdly, to a new
method of making cycle tool bags and like wallets, fourthly, to a method of con-
necting straps to bags, and fifthly, to a method of connecting buckles and like
fastenings to straps for bags.
In carrying out my invention in connection with a cycle tool bag, adapted to
be suspended from the top rail of a bicycle frame and fitted within the angle
comprehended between the meeting parts of the said top rail and the seat tube,
the body of the bag is made of the figure of an inverted isosceles triangle, with
the apex depending downwards, whilst the sides overlap at the edges and may be
united by a continuous or other lacing, with the part of the apex or bottom end
preferably formed into a loop or the like, through which a supplementary strap
passes for connecting the same to the seat tube or frame member. Or the lacing
strap may be in two lengths, with the one end at the bottom of the bag having
a buckle and the other being pierced with holes for the tongue. These ends
may be passed round the tube of a cycle frame, in which case no extra attachment
strap would be required.
The open mouth or upper end of the bag is closed by a double flap, hinged or
pivoted to the two opposite ends of the opening by ears or otherwise, in such a
manner as to be capable of turning upon its pivots so that ingress to the bag
can be obtained from either one side or the other. Thus, assuming that the.
flaps, which respectively come one on either side of the bag, are secured by suitable
buckles or fasteners, then by opening one or other of the sides, one of the halves
of the double flap cover is turned or thrown back on its pivots clear of the mouth.
The other flap admits of being turned clear of the mouth in the same manner.
The means of suspension may consist of two pairs of straps, each pair being
secured at their inner ends to the crown of the flap or the top of the bag, at
sufficient distances apart, and with the outer ends of each pair connected to a
common buckle frame, so that the two sets of straps, when laid out flat, compre-
hend together an approximately diamond or lozenge shaped figure. On bringing
the top of the bag up to the underside of the framing member from which it
is suspended, and passing the one pair of straps through the other pair, the bag-
suspender loops are formed, completely encircling the tubular member, and then
in connecting the common buckles or fasteners of the opposite pairs of straps

page_text: to billet straps attached to the sides of the bag below the flaps, the said bag is
drawn snugly up and silently secured in position and at the same time, the flaps
are closed. Thus the inner parts of the straps form the suspension loops whilst
the outer parts constitute the flap-closing means.
Both the suspension straps and the billet straps may be connected to the bag
by T-shaped or cross heads of greater width than the breadth of the strap,
which heads form stops for preventing the straps being withdrawn from cut-out
or attached loops or pierced holes cut in the leather of the bag or flap and through
which the straps are passed, thereby securing the same without sewing or
rivetting.
The stop cross ends, instead of being of a greater breadth than the strap, may
be of a like breadth, with the strap adjacent to the ends, necked or reduced to
form the necessary stop shoulders for preventing the drawing through.
Instead of making the combined suspension and flap-closing straps from two
pairs of strap lengths as described I may make the same of two continuous lengths
only.
The before described parts of my invention, viz., the double flap, the combined
suspension and flap closing straps and the method of attaching such straps are
also applicable to oval and other bags as well as to triangular shaped bags as
described.
In carrying out the other part of my invention in connection with the making
up of tool and other bags or like wallets, the flap or cover for the open mouth
end is made separate from the body part, and is secured to the back of the body
by a series of stop-ended tabs or tongues, which pass through incisions or
piercings in the said back and thus secure the said flap to the bag. The sus-
pension and flap-closing straps are preferably connected to the back of the bag
by being passed through slits or loops and then withdrawal is prevented by
cross-headed or T-shaped ends.
When the billet and suspension straps are made in two lengths, the attached
ends may be turned slightly within the loops, to admit of the said straps taking
any angle required when being attached to the loops of a saddle.
The fifth part of my invention relates to the connection of buckles and like
fasteners to straps for use in tool bags, and has for its object, to effect such con-
nection without sewing or rivetting, and consists in forming or making a loop
of the strap around the bar or equivalent part of a buckle or the like, and
connecting the terminal end of the said strap to an inward part by a necking
or by gaps slit inwards from the two opposite edges, being engaged with a middle
slit or piercing made transversely across the said end part.
Thus, in carrying out this part of my invention, in connection with a buckle,
I take a strap end and form a transverse slit across the same, near to the extreme
end and also a necked or contracted part at a distance inwardly removed from
the said cross piercing, and between the said neck and the piercing, I form a
longitudinal slit wherethrough the tongue of the buckle passes, whilst the loop
made after the infibulation of the neck part with the stop cross slit encircles
or surrounds the bar of the buckle, which is thereby secured without sewing or
rivetting.
In making the loop, a part of the strap, after being passed around the buckle
bar, is folded or gathered together so as to reduce its normal width, and is then
threaded through the cross hole in the end, until the neck or contraction comes
into the said hole, and forms a stop or lock for securing the two parts of the
strap together.

page_text: Improvements in Cycle-tool Bags, 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 par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
--
This invention relates, in the one part, to a new construction of cycle tool
or similar bag, applicable for attachment to the framing of a bicycle or the like;
secondly, to a method of suspending and closing the flaps of such bags; thirdly,
to new methods making up cycle tool bags and like wallets, fourthly, to a method
of connecting straps to bags, and fifthly, to a method of connecting buckles and
like fastenings to straps for bags.
· Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a cycle tool bag, embodying
several parts of my invention and which said bag is of triangular figure and is
adapted to be suspended from the top rail of a bicycle frame and fitted within
the angle comprehended between the meeting parts of the said top rail and the
seat tube,
Figure 2 is a topside plan of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an edge view of the said bag, showing the top frame tube, from
which the bag is suspended, in section.
Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section of Figure 1 upon the dotted line x.
Figure 5 shows a plan of the leather blank from which one side of this said
tool bag is made and*
Figure 6 is a plan of the blank from which the other side is made.
Figure 7 is a plan of the blank of material from which the double flap or
lid of the bag or receptacle is made.
Figure 8 is an end view of the said double flap separately.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several
figures of the drawings.
The body part a, of the improved construction of tool bag or frame wallet shown
in the drawings, is made somewhat of the figure of an isosceles triangle, with the
apex end a¹, depending downwards, the top a², running (when the bag is in
use as shown) underneath and parallel or nearly so with the top rail 81, of a
bicycle frame, whilst the one side a³, lies against the seat tube member 62, the
said bag thus lying within the angle of the framing comprehended between the
said members 61, 62. Although this body of the bag may be made in any manner,
yet preferably, I construct the same from two triangular shaped blanks such
as c and c¹, represented respectively in Figures 5 and 6, the edge parts of which
are pierced with slits such as c², and then folded over or bent upon the dotted
lines. The folded-over parts of the two sections or body blanks, when brought
together, overlap and form the sides or edges of the bag, and are united together
by means of lacing lengths or a continuous length such as c, of leather or
suitable material (best seen in Figures 2 and 3) being threaded or laced through
the coinciding piercings ², of each section, with the loose ends of the lacing
lengths (or lacing length) being fastened by rivets, or in any other suitable
manner.
When a continuous lacing length is employed, the part of the same
coming at the apex or bottom end of the bag may serve to connect thereto, a
supplementary strap d, which passes around the seat tube or frame member and
forms the lower attachment or securing means of the said bag, although the
said bottom strap d, may be otherwise attached, and further, the lacing strap

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may be in two lengths, with the end of the one length coming at the bottom
of the bag and being provided with a buckle and whilst an end of the other
length coming likewise at the bottom, is pierced with holes with which the
tongue of the buckle engages. These ends may be passed round the tube of a
cycle frame, in which case no extra attachment strap would be required.
The open mouth or upper end at, of the bag is closed by a double flapped
closure e, hinged or pivoted to the two opposite ends of the opening by ears e¹,
or otherwise in such a manner that the whole of the cover is capable of turning
bodily upon the pivots and in either direction so that access to the interior
of the bag can be obtained from either one side or the other. Thus assuming
that the flaps e², e3 which respectively come one on either side of the bag, are
secured by suitable buckles or fasteners, then when the buckle on either one side
or the other is unfastened one of the halves of the double flap cover may be
turned or thrown back on its pivots clear of the mouth. The other flap admits
of being turned clear of the mouth in the same manner.
The means of suspension, as shown in the drawings and which is applicable to
other forms of tool bag than the triangular frame-wallet represented, consists of
two pairs of straps f, f¹, each pair being secured at their inner ends f, to the
crown of the closure (or the top of a bag) at some distance apart, whilst the outer
ends f3, of each pair are connected to a common buckle frame such as g, so that
the two sets of straps, when laid out flat, comprehend together an approximately
diamond or lozenge-shaped figure. On bringing the top of the bag up to the
underside of the framing member 6, from which it is suspended, and passing
the said straps around the said member, with the one pair of straps being passed
through the other pair, the bag-suspension loops marked f*, in Figures 1 to 4 are
formed, which said loops completely encircle the tubular member and from them
the pairs of straps respectively proceed downwards over the flaps to their common
buckles or fasteners g, and may be tightened or made fast by means of billet
straps h, attached to the sides of the bag, below the flaps, being engaged with
the middle frames g', and whereby the said bag is drawn snugly up and silently
secured in position and at the same time, the flaps are closed. Thus the inner
parts of the straps form the suspension loops whilst the outer parts constitute the
Hap-closing means.
Both the suspension straps and the billet straps may be connected to the bag
by T-shaped or cross-heads f³, h³, of greater width than the breadth of the strap.
which heads form stops for preventing the straps being withdrawn from pierced
holes such as a, cut in the leather of the bag or flap (or from cut-out or attached
loops) and through which the straps are passed, thereby securing the same without
sewing or rivetting.
The stop cross ends, instead of being of a greater breadth than the strap, may
be of a like breadth, with the strap adjacent to the ends, necked or reduced to
form the necessary stop shoulders for preventing the drawing through.
Instead of making the combined suspension and flap closing straps from two
pairs of strap lengths as described I may make the same of two continuous lengths
only, which are threaded through slit-formed or attached loops on the crown of
the cover or upper part of the bag.
The before described parts of my invention viz., the double flap, the combined
suspension and flap closing straps and the method of attaching such straps and
the method of making in the body part, are also applicable to oval and other
bags as well as to triangular shaped bags as described.
Figure 9 represents a back elevation of a tool bag or wallet embodying another
part of my invention, in which the flap is made separate from the body, and the
two parts are attached together by means of stop-ended tabs on the one being
made to engage with slits or piercings in the other.
Figure 10 is a longitudinal vertical section of the said bag, showing the inside
of the back in elevation.
Figure 11 is a like longitudinal section as Figure 10, but with the flap shown

page_text: detached from the body part, in order to better exhibit the arrangement of the
stop ended or necked attachment tabs and the piercings or slits made for their
reception in the back of the bag.
In the said Figures 9 to 11, a is the flap or cover for closing the open mouth b¹,
of the body part 6, of the bag and which said flap is made separate from the
said body part and is secured to the back 62, thereof by a series of stop-ended
tabs or tongues a², arranged either as shown, or in other convenient manner, and
which pass through correspondingly disposed incisions or piercings b³, in the
said back and thus secure the said flap to the bag. The suspension and flap-
closing straps c¹, c², are preferably connected to the back of the bag by being
passed through the slits or loops 6, and their withdrawal is prevented by cross-
headed or T-shaped stop ends ³, which are greater in width than the length of
the slits.
When the billet and suspension straps are made in two lengths, the attached
ends may be turned slightly within the loops, to admit of the said straps taking
any angle required when being attached to the loops of a saddle.
Figure 12 represents an underside plan of a buckled strap for use in connection
with tool bags and for other purposes, in which the buckle is attached to the
strap in accordance with the fifth part of my invention.
Figure 13 is an edge view, and Figure 14 a longitudinal section of Figure 12.
Figure 15 is a plan of the said strap part separately and laid out flat.
The improved method of attaching a buckle to a strap without sewing, as
represented in the drawings, consists in forming or making a loop of the strap
around the bar or equivalent part of a buckle or the like, and connecting the
terminal end of the said strap to an inward part by a necking or by gaps slit
inwards from the two, opposite edges, being engaged with a middle slit or piercing
made transversely across the said end part.
Thus, in carrying out this part of my invention, in connection with a buckle,
I take a strap such as i, and form a longitudinal or other slit 2, across the same,
near to the extreme end and also a necked or contracted part 2, at a distance
inwardly removed from the said piercing, and between the said neck and the
piercing, I form a hole or piercing 3, wherethrough the tongue 1, of the buckle j,
passes, whilst the loop 4, (see Figures 13 and 14) made after the infibulation of
the neck part 23, with the slit 2¹, encircles or surrounds the bar, of the buckle,
which is thereby secured without sewing or rivetting.
In making the loop a part of the strap, after being passed round the buckle
bar, is folded or gathered together so as to reduce its normal width, and is then
threaded through the piercing ¹, in the end, until the neck or contraction comes
into the said hole, and forms a stop or lock for securing the two parts of the
strap together.
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:
First: A cycle tool or other bag or wallet, having the mouth closed by a
double rocking flapped closure or double-sided cover, end jointed, to admit of
access to the interior of the bag being gained from either side, substantially as
herein described and set forth.
Secondly: In cycle tool and other like bags or wallets, suspending the same
from a bicycle frame member or the like, by a system of straps, with their inner
ends connected to the upper part of the bag and arranged, when opened out to
comprehend the figure of a lozenge, but when threaded or crossed and their
outer ends brought down upon the two opposite sides of the flaps or bag and
suitably connected or fastened, they form suspension loops by the tightening of
which, the said bag is silently drawn up and suspended, substantially as described
and set forth.
Thirdly-In cycle tool and analogous bags, silently suspending the same from

page_text: a bicycle frame or the like, and closing the flaps thereof by a system of straps
preferably arranged to comprehend the figure of a lozenge, and with their inner
ends being attached to the upper part of the bag and formed (by threading or
crossing the straps of one side through those of the other) into bag suspension
loops and from which the said straps proceed downwards to suitable fasteners
or connections at the sides of the bag, substantially as described and set forth.
Fourthly-Making up the body parts of tool and analogous bags from two
blanks the overlapping edges of which are coincidently pierced and wherethrough
a lacing length or lengths is or are threaded, substantially as described and set
forth.
Fifthly In cycle and analogous bags, attaching the combined suspension and
flap-closing straps and also the billet or tightening-up straps to the said bags by
passing the same through slits, or slit-formed or attached loops, and preventing
their withdrawal by stop-formed ends, substantially as described and set forth.
Sixthly Attaching buckles to straps without sewing by forming or making
a loop of the strap around the bar or equivalent part of the buckle (the tongue
of which passes through a slit in the strap) and connecting the terminal end of
the said strap to an inward part by a stop end being engaged with a piercing
in the said strap, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 12 to 15.
Dated this 24th day of Tune 1900
PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.