Improvements in and connected with Travelling Bags.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 19th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Travelling Bags.
I, ADOLPH TIMPE of Phoenix Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Travelling Bag Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of.this invention to be
as follows:
This invention relates to "hunting kit" and other travelling bags which are
made with "Allen frames " or with other "square opening frames." In these bags
the weight is borne entirely by the leather of the sides near the frame, and the bag
consequently falls out of shape when carried. These improvements are intended to
obviate this defect and for that purpose I connect each end of the frame by means
of a strap with the end gusset (which is usually stiffened) at that end of the bag, so
that the weight is additionally if not principally borne by the stiff end gussets which
are stronger than the sides of the bag.
Each of the straps is provided with a buckle or other equivalent fastener to
enable the strap to be disconnected from the frame or from the end gusset when
the bag is desired to be opened.
I may combine the end straps with fasteners or clips by attaching each strap to
a pivoted loop or connection to which either the strap or the strap buckle may be
secured. On this pivoted connection which is attached to the frame cap, I form or
secure a wing or wings which, when the pivoted connection is turned down for the
purpose of fastening the strap, come in front of the inner part of the frame of the
closed bag and thus additionally secures the bag from being opened. When
the straps are unfastened for the purpose of opening the bag the wings or clips are
turned up out of the way.
Dated this 16th day of January A.D. 1891.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Travelling Bags.
I, ADOLPH TIMPE of Phoenix Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Travelling Bag 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 :—
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This invention relates to "hunting kit bags" and to other travelling and hand
bags having "Allen or other similar "square opening" frames. In these bags as
at present constructed the weight of the bag and its contents is borne entirely by
the leather of the bag sides near the frame, and the bag consequently falls out of
shape when carried. These improvements are intended to obviate this defect and
for this purpose I connect each end of the frame by means of a strap with the end
gusset (which is usually stiffened) at that end of the bag, so that the weight is
additionally if not principally borne by the stiff end gussets which are stronger than
the sides of the bag.
Each of the straps is provided with a buckle or other equivalent fastener to
enable the strap to be disconnected from the frame or from the gusset when the bag
is desired to be opened.
I will more particularly describe my said invention with reference to the .accom-
nanying drawings.

page_text: In these drawings,
Figure 1 represents in perspective one end of a bag having these improvements
applied thereto, the bag being closed and fastened.
Figure 2 is a similar view but with the bag unfastened ready for opening.
A is the bag; B the bag frame; C the clips which serve to hold the two parts
of the frame together when the bag is closed; Da loop formed in one piece with
the clips and turning around a pivot in the metal strap E which may conveniently
form a strengthening piece to the angle of the frame; F the leather strap by means
of which the frame is held down to the gusset G; and H a buckle to which the
strap F may be secured.
The bag being fastened as shewn in Figure 1, the strap F is unfastened from the
buckle H and slipped through the loop Ď; the clips are then turned downwards
and outwards around the pivot until they occupy about the position indicated in
Figure 2 when the bag may be unlocked and opened.
The arrangement shewn in perspective in Figure 3 differs from that shewn in
Figures 1 and 2 in having the strap F secured to the loop D, a button or stud
hole I being formed near the end of the strap in such a position as to pass over the
head of the stud J fixed in the gusset. The buckle is dispensed with, the con-
nection between the frame and the bag being made through the strap and stud.
Figure 4 shews an arrangement which differs from that shewn by Figures 1
and 2 only in the clips being dispensed with.
Figure 5 also shews an arrangement similar to that illustrated by Figures 1 and 2
save that the clips C have short arc slots formed in them to engage with the heads
of studs K, one of which may be fixed on each side of the frame.
Figures 6, 7, and 8 are also perspective views shewing respectively modifications
of the arrangement represented by Figure 3. In Figure 6 the end of the strap is
provided with one or more eyeleted holes I which pass over and engage with the heads
of the studs or hooks J fixed in the gusset of the bag. More than one hole is
formed for the purpose of taking up any stretch in the leather, and to allow for the
bag being sometimes more fully packed than at others. As shewn in Figure 7, a
staple J is substituted for the stud or hook to enable the fastening to be secured by
a small padlock L. In Figure 8, a lock similar to a purse lock is fixed upon the
gusset in substitution for the stud or hook J and a staple or catch is fixed upon the
end of the strap F in such a position as to enter the lock and be secured therein by
turning the key. The clips and loops shewn in Figures 7 and 8 are substantially
the same as those shewn by Figures 1 and 5 differing only in the greater solidity of
their construction as may be required for the larger and better classes of bags.
A further modification in the construction and arrangement of the clips is shewn
by Figures 9 and 10 of which Figure 9 is a perspective view similar to the
preceding figures; Figure 10 representing a portion of the bag frame and of the
loop broken away in order to shew a single clip within the frame.
Instead of two clips, one on each side of the frame as represented by Figure 5,
only one clip is employed, and this is provided with an arc shaped slot as in the
former figure, and is also fixed upon the pivot of the loop. This clip passes through
a slot formed in the end of the overlapping part of the mouth of the frame, and is
constructed to engage by its slot with the stud M fixed on the inner side of the
other part of the bag frame, the head of the stud overlapping the slot and thus
preventing the opening of the bag whilst the clip is in the position shewn. To open
the bag, the strap is unbuckled and the loop is raised, by which motion the clip is
released from the stud.
I am aware that pivoted clips arranged to fold over and secure the mouths of
such bags near each end of the frame have already been used, but such clips are
easily displaced whilst the bag is in use and I therefore desire it to be clearly under-
stood that I make no claim to the construction of such clips alone.
It will be seen
that when I employ a clip or clips at each end of the mouth of the bag frame, I
connect thereto a strap which in use is also connected to the gusset at that end of
the bag, and consequently the clips are firmly held down and absolutely secure the

page_text: mouth of the bag at each end, whilst the weight of the bag is principally supported
by the stiffened gussets.
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;-
1. In hunting kit and other similar bags having square opening frames, connecting
each end of the mouth of the frame to the contiguous gusset; substantially as and
by the means and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
2. In hunting kit and other similar bags having square opening frames, pivoted
clips adapted to secure together the ends of the mouths of the frames, in combination
with straps connecting the clips with the end gussets; substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of October A.D. 1891.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.