An Improved Device for Securing Season Tickets in Waistcoat Pockets.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Securing Season Tickets in Waistcoat
Pockets.
I, FREDERICK WHIT-GOULD, L.D.S. London, Dental Surgeon, of Craven
House, Northumberland Avenue, W.C. do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 an improved device for securing season tickets in
waistcoat pockets and has for its object to prevent such tickets being accidentally
withdrawn upon removing other articles from the said pockets.
For this purpose I employ a clip constructed of any suitable sheet metal which
is formed so as to clip one edge of the season ticket the said clip being provided
with spikes or pointed teeth to engage with the lining of the pocket. I prefer to
form the said clip with three pointed teeth and two turned over portions between
the teeth for clipping the edge of the ticket, and also with two pointed projections
for engaging with the side of the ticket and securing an extra clip or hold on
the same.
The pointed teeth extend upwards above the turned over portions and are bent
slightly outwards their points being curved inwards so as to enter the lining of
the pocket and not to interfere with the passing of the fingers into the pocket for
withdrawing any article therefrom. For securing the ticket in the pocket after it is
placed therein the lining at the back is drawn up slightly and the pointed teeth
forced through the same thus preventing the ticket being drawn up or accidentally
displaced.
In order to remove the ticket from the pocket the lining can be easily forced off
or disengaged from the teeth when the ticket is free to be withdrawn.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrating my invention Fig. 1 is a
side view of the improved clip or holding device drawn to about double the
actual size, Fig. 2 is an end view thereof and Fig. 3 shows the same applied to
the ticket when in position within a waistcoat pocket.
In constructing the improved clip or holder I stamp the same out of sheet metal
so as to form the pointed teeth or spikes a the intermediate portions 6 being bent
over as shown in Fig. 2 in order to form the clip. The parts below the portions b
are also cut out and bent inwards so as to form pointed projections c.
The top
edge of the season ticket, which is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and 2, is placed
within the bent over portions 6 and clipped between them and the inwardly
projecting points c which bear against its side. The teeth a are bent slightly
outwards and their points inwards, as shown in Fig. 2, thus leaving a smooth
surface so as not to interfere with the insertion of the fingers in the pocket.
Fig. 3 shows a ticket in position in a pocket, d representing the ticket, e the body
part of the waistcoat, f the front of the pocket and g the back lining. When the
ticket is placed in the pocket the points of the teeth a are inserted in the lining g
which is pulled slightly up for this purpose, by which means the ticket is prevented
from rising up or from being pulled out of the pocket unless the said teeth are
disengaged from the lining 9.
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 a device for securing season tickets in waistcoat pockets the use of a

page_text: clip formed out of stamped sheet metal and provided with pointed teeth or spikes
substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(2.) In a device as above claimed a clip or holder formed with pointed teeth a,
bent over portions b and pointed projections e substantially as described and for
the purposes specified.
(3.) The improved device or clip for securing season tickets in waistcoats
pockets substantially as described with reference to the accompanying sheet of
-drawings.
Dated this 20th day of October 1896.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.