Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Carriers for Golf and Jike Balls, and other small articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Carriers for Golf and
Jike Balls, and other small articles.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, Managing Director of Martins-Birmingham
Limited, of Granville Street, in the City of Birmingham, Leather Goods
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to carriers or receptacles for golf, tenuis and like balls
and other small articles for various purposes, and has for its object, to produce an
efficient bag or carrier, without rivetting or sewing together the meeting edges of
the leather or material from which the same is made.
A golf-ball carrier constructed according to my invention consists of a tubular
body part or receptacle of sufficient size to hold three, four or other number of
balls placed on top of one another therein, with the bottom closed by an attached
piece of preferably stout material, and the top is closed by a jointed or swinging
lid, whilst the said carrier is provided with encircling or other attachment straps
by which it is connected to a club bag.
In carrying out the manufacture of such a carrier or holder, I form the body part
of a single length of leather canvas or material of a width corresponding to the
depth of the carrier to be made, and which is turned into a tabular form so as to
cause its opposite ends to overlap one another, when they are then connected by a
leather lacing length, secured at one end by stitching or otherwise to a part of the
material and then laced or threaded in and out through pairs of coinciding cross
slits or holes made through the overlapping or overlying edges, whilst the other
end is made fast by stitching or by forming a T shaped termination and engaging
it with a hole to form a lock or it may be continued through a closing lid and
terminate in the fastening buckle. By thus connecting the edges by lacings, there
are three thicknesses of material throughout the whole length of the bag, whereby
considerable longitudinal stiffness is given to the same.
The lid, which may be stiffened by an attached piece of stout material of the
same shape as the month of the bag, may be suitably hinged and provided with a
buckle or other fastener, whilst the bottom is blocked or stiffened and is either
stitched in position, or may be secured by a lacing length in the same manner as
described with regard to the union of the edges. When made of canvas, or like
material the edges may be stiffened by extra thicknesses of material or additional
strips of leather.
By making these carriers as described, I am enabled to dispense with rivetting
or stitching, which is difficult to accomplish in articles of this nature of small
internal diameter.
The application of my invention to carriers or receptacles for other small articles
differs in no essential respect from its application to a golf ball carrier as herein
described.

page_text: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Carriers for Golf and
like Balls, and other small articles.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, Managing Director of Martins-Birmingham
Limited, of Granville Street, in the City of Birmingham, Leather Goods
Manufacturers, 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 carriers or receptacles for golf, tennis and like balls aud
other small articles for various purposes, and has for its object, to produce an
efficient bag or carrier, without rivetting or sewing together the meeting edges of
the leather or material from which the same is made.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a front elevation of a
receptacle or carrier for golf balls constructed and provided with means of
attachment in accordance with my invention.
Figure 2 is a back elevation of the said receptacle.
Figure 3 represents the said receptacle in side elevation and applied to a golf-
club bag.
Figure 4 is a vertical section of the said ball bag, showing also the method of
attaching the same, mouth downwards, to a club bag.
Figure 5 is a plan of the lower end of the bag, showing the closing mouth.
Figure 6 is a cross section of Figure 2 upon the dotted line a.
Figure 7 represents a plan and an edge view of the blank of leather from which
the said ball bag is made.
Figure 8 represents like views of a portion of the lacing length employed for
uniting together the overlapping edges of the blank, and
Figure represents the application of the said ball receptacle to a club bag.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the said
Figures 1 to 9 of the drawings.
A golf-ball carrier constructed according to this form of invention consists of a
tubular body part or receptacle a, of sufficient size to hold three, four or other
number of balls b, placed on top of one another therein, with the one end a¹, closed
by an attached piece of preferably stout material secured by stitching or otherwise
and the other and open end a², closed, by a jointed or swinging lid c, fastened by
the strap c¹, engaging with the buckle 2, or in other convenient manner, whilst the
said carrier is provided with encircling attachment straps d, by which it is connected
to a club bag as hereinafter described.
The receptacle is preferably attached to the club bag mouth downwards for
convenience in removing the balls.
In carrying out the manufacture of such a carrier or holder, I form the body
part of single length of leather canvas or material, such as e, Fig. 7, of a width
corresponding to the depth of the carrier to be made, and this is turned into a
tubular form so as to cause its opposite ends or edges e', to overlap one another,
when they are then connected by a leather or other lacing length f, secured at one
end f', by stitching or otherwise to a part of the material and then laced or threaded
in and out through pairs of coinciding cross slits or holes e², made through the said
overlapping or overlaying edges e', whilst the other end f2, is made fast by stitching
as at f, or by rivetting, or by forming a T shaped termination and engaging it
with a hole to form a lock. By thus connecting the edges by lacings, there are
three thicknesses of material throughout the whole length of the bag, whereby
considerable longitudinal stiffness is given to the same.
The lid c, which may be stiffened by an attached piece of stout material c³, of the
same shape as the mouth of the bag, is suitably hinged at c', whilst the bottom may

page_text: be blocked or stiffened and instead of stitching it in position, it may be secured to
the body of the bag by a lacing length in the same manner as described with
regard to the union of the edges. When made of canvas or like material, the
edges may be stiffened by extra thicknesses of material or additional strips of
leather.
By making these carriers as described, I am enabled to dispense with
rivetting or stitching, which is difficult to accomplish in articles of this nature of
small internal diameter.
The attachment straps d, encircle the bag and are threaded through or under
loops h, either formed by parts of the lacing length h², employed to unite together
the edges of the material of a club bag h, as represented or by cutting slits in the
material of the said club bag, or the said loops may be of leather or metal and
attached to the club bag by sewing, rivetting or otherwise.
Figure 10 represents a modification of the attachment means.
In this arrangement the separate straps f, are dispensed with, and the lacing
length h, of the club bag is threaded under or made to pass through loops e,
formed by the leather or inaterial coming between contiguous pairs of cross slits e²,
in the overlapping edges of the material forming the body part a, of the ball
receptacle, or, as a converse arrangement, the lacing length f, of the ball receptacle
may be passed under loops formed by the slitting of the material of the club bag.
Or the said slits may be formed in other parts than the overlapping edges, or the
loops in the one bag through which the lacing length of the other bag is passed,
may be separately formed and attached.
Figure 11 represents a modified method of securing the lid to the body of the
bag. According to this arrangement, the lacing strap f, is continued in length,
and upon this extension, the lid c, is threaded, whilst the termination f¹, of the said
strap engages with the fastening buckle.
The application of my invention to carriers for tennis balls, applicable for
attachment to racquet cases or otherwise and also to analogous receptacles for other
small articles differs in no essential respect from its application to a carrier for golf
balls as hereinafter described.
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 carrier or receptacle for golf or other balls and small articles
consisting of a tubular body part made from a piece of material whose overlapping
edges are united together by a lacing length passed through coinciding piercings
therein, with the one end closed by an attached piece of preferably stout material,
and the mouth provided with a jointed or swinging lid, substantially as described
and set forth.
:
Secondly The combination with a carrier or receptacle for golf balls and
analogous small articles of the construction referred to in the preceding claim, of
attachment straps encircling the receptacle and engaged by the lacing or equivalent
strap of a golf-club or such like bag, substantially as described and set forth.
Thirdly The attachment of a receptacle or carrier for golf balls and small
articles to a club bag or the like, by the lacing strap of one bag being passed
through slits in the material of, or through the lacing slits of, the other bag,
substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 16th day of August 1898.
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.