Improvements in or connected with Travelling Trunks and Cases.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1899 -Accepted, 24th Feb., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Travelling Trunks and Cases.
We, OLIVER FRANK BURNETT, of 13, Bullen Street, Battersea, in the County
of Surrey, Foreman of Tin-Plate Workers and Coppersmiths, and THE ARMY
AND NAVY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED, of 105, Victoria Street, in the City of
Westminster, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to travelling trunks and cases such as tin or steel
uniform cases, and has for its object to provide improved means for securing
the lid or cover of such an article when closed.
According to our invention we arrange upon the front of the lid, on each side
of the hasp, a bolt, one end of which projects outwardly and the other end of
which is adapted to engage with an eye or loop upon the body of the trunk or
case, which eye may be placed near the corner or end of the front portion of the
trunk. The arrangement is such that the hasp cannot be closed unless the
bolts are shot or in their engaging position; and said bolts cannot be withdrawn
until the hasp is lifted.
We prefer to support the bolts in guides at the back of the depending flange
of the lid, the inner ends of said bolts projecting forward through slots in said
flange, which serve to limit the movement of the bolts. The bolts are thus
hidden from view with the exception of the ends projecting one on each side
of the hasp.
It is obvious however that the bolts may be arranged outside the lid; or may
be carried by the body of the trunk or case, while the eyes or loops are secured
to the lid.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Travelling Trunks and Cases.
We, OLIVER FRANK BURNETT, of 13, Bullen Street, Battersea, in the County
of Surrey, Foreman of Tin-Plate Workers and Coppersmiths, and THE ARMY
AND NAVY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED, of 105, Victoria Street, in the City of
Westminster, 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 travelling trunks and cases, such as tin or steel
uniform cases and has for its object to provide improved means for securing
the lid or cover when closed.
According to our invention the lid is provided with bolts adapted to engage

page_text: with eyes or loops on the body of the trunk or case, the construction of the said
bolts and their arrangement with respect to the hasp or similar fastening with
which these trunks or cases are generally provided, being such that the hasp
cannot be properly closed unless the said bolts are in effectual engagement with
the aforesaid eyes or loops nor can the said bolts be withdrawn from their eyes
or loops unless the hasp be opened.
In order that our said invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect we will proceed to describe the same more fully with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a trunk or case with our improvements applied
thereto, the hasp in this figure being closed.
Figure 2 is a similar view with the hasp open and the bolts in their retracted
position.
Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 1 shewing
the manner in which the aforesaid bolts and eyes are arranged.
Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 2, 2 of Figure 1.
A is the lid of the trunk or case and B the body portion. C is the hasp
and D is the lock with which said hasp is adapted to engage. EE are the bolts
which in the present example are made in the form of thin flat bars located in a
channel or guide-way a provided for their reception on the interior surface of
the front flanged portion a' of the lid. The outer ends e of these bolts protrude
through the ends of the aforesaid guide-way and are adapted to engage with
the eyes or loops which are formed on the exterior of the front portion b' of
the body B. The inner ensls of the said bolts are provided with protuberances e¹
which project through a lot in the aforesaid frout Hanged portion of the
cover, so as to permit of the said bolts being readily actuated by the fingers of
When these protuberances are shifted outwardly into the position
represented by Figure 1 of the drawings, sufficient space will exist between
them for the reception of the body of the hasp, so that when the latter is closed
it lies between said protuberances and effectually prevents the bolts from being
withdrawn from the loops b. When the hasp is opened, however, as repre-
sented in Figure 2, the said protuberances are liberated and by gripping them
between the thumb and forefinger, the user can very readily withdraw the bolts
from their eyes by exerting pressure on the protuberances in a direction to cause
them to approach each other. A transverse piece a³ is provided midway in
the slot a and serves as a stop-piece for limiting the extent to which the pro-
tuberances can move in approaching each other.
the user.
Although we prefer to support the bolts in a guide-way a located on the
inside of the flanged portion al of the lid as described and shown in the accom-
panying drawings, so that said bolts will be effectually hidden from view when
the lid is closed, we may if desired arrange the said bolts on the outside of the
lid. Obviously the said bolts may be arranged on the body of the trunk or
case and the eyes or loops on the lid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :—
1. A travelling trunk or case provided with bolts adapted to co-operate with
the hasp or other fastening device substantially as and for the purposes specified.
2. A travelling trunk or case provided with a hasp and with bolts constructed
and arranged substantially as described with reference to the accompanying
drawings for the purposes specified.