AN IMPROVEMENT IN TRAVELLING. BAGS, AND IN FRAMES FOR THE SAME
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Schäfer, of the Firm of P. and F. Schäfer,
of Golden Square, in the County of Middlesex, Travelling Bag Manu-
facturers, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN TRAVELLING. BAGS,
AND IN FRAMES FOR THE SAME."
Sealed the 15th August 1861, and dated the 18th February 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Schäfer at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
February 1861.
I, FREDERICK SCHÄFER, of the Firm of P. and F. Schäfer, of Golden Square,,
in the County of Middlesex, Travelling Bag Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN TRAVELLING BAGS,
AND IN FRAMES FOR THE SAME," to be as follows:-
In travelling bags as now made, and when furnished with the usual fittings,
there is comparatively little space for the reception of any other. articles inside.
the bag; end and side pockets have been added, but these being outside of
the frames, have been inconvenient..
Now my present Invention consists in constructing the frames and the bags.
themselves with a bow at each end and with a flap or cover, which folds over
and is secured under the ordinary hinged frame. Space is afforded in the two.

page_text: bow chambers formed as aforesaid for containing many of the fittings when a
fitted bag is used, consequently more room for other articles is provided in the
centre of the bag. The outside end pockets may be dispensed with.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Frederick Schäfer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
17th August 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
SCHÄFER, of the Firm of P. and F. Schäfer, of Golden Square, in the County
of Middlesex, Travelling Bag Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant untō
me, the said Frederick Schäfer, Her special licence that I, the said Frederick
Schäfer; my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Frederick Schäfer, my executors, àdministrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
IMPROVEMENT IN TRAVELLING BAGS, AND IN FRAMES FOR THE SAME," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Frederick Schäfer, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Frederick Schäfer, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
that is to say :-
.
In travelling bags as now made, and when furnished with the usual fittings,
there is comparatively little space for the reception of any other articles inside:

page_text: the bag; end and side pockets have been added, but these being outside of
the frames have been inconvenient.
Now my present Invention consists in constructing the frames and the bags
themselves with a bow at each end and with a flap or cover, which folds over
and is secured under the ordinary hinged frame.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is an external side elevation of a
bag closed, and Figure 2 is a plan of a bag open, constructed according to my
Invention; Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the same, through the line
x, y, of Figure 2.
a, a', are the bows, one at each end of the frame; b, b, are flaps connected
to or formed in a piece with the hinged frame when the bag is closed; the
flaps b, b, fit over one another, and cover the openings formed by the bows.
Space is afforded in the two bow chambers, formed as aforesaid, for containing
many of the fittings when a fitted bag is used, consequently more room for
other articles is provided in the centre of the bag. Or, instead of placing the
fittings in the bow chambers, I place them at the sides in the ordinary
manner, and thus afford space in the bag for articles of comparatively consi-
derable length. The outside end pockets may be dispensed with, but the
outside side pockets may be fitted, as shown.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that I claim as my improve-
ment in travelling bags, and in frames for the same, constructing the frames
and the bags themselves with a bow at each end and with flaps or covers,
substantially in manner herein-before described and illustrated in the accom-.
panying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Schäfer, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of August, One thousand eight