Improvements in Dressing Bags.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1898
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Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1899-Accepted, 23rd. Sept., 1899.
Improvements in Dressing Bags.
I, OTTO SEEFELS, of 15, Barbican, in the City of London, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:---
My invention relates to improvements in dressing bags it being principally
adapted to the class known as top fitted "bags, and it relates to an improved
arrangement of parts for carrying the trays containing the toilet fittings whereby
such trays may be moved to the side or sides to disclose the inside receptacle or
well of the bag.
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According to one form of my invention I support such trays or it may be a
frame loosely holding the tray or trays by pivoting them on 'levers' or toggles the
other ends of which are pivoted in turn to the ends of the bag (or the sides of same
if desired) or to a removable frame carried inside the bag opening. In this way the
tray may be raised on the levers and moved over to one side (or end) or if
the tray is in halves or parts, one part may be moved over in one direction and
the other part in the opposite direction so that in the case where the parts move
toward the sides the simple closing of the bag tops will raise and return the
trays to their closed position. By my construction of parts the trays are
effectively guided and can be moved without fear of binding or without having
to be guided by the hand."
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Deted this 18th day of November 1808
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Chartered Patent Agent, for the Applicant.
Improvements in Dressing Bags.
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I; OTTO SEEFELS, of 15, Barbican, in the City of London, 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'änd by the 'follow-
ing statement:-
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My invention relates to improvements in dressing bags it being principally
adapted to the class known as top fitted bags, and it relates to an improved
arrangement of parts for carrying the trays containing the toilet fittings whereby
such trays may be moved to the side or sides, end or ends, to disclose the inside
receptacle or well of the bag.
According to one form of my invention I support such trays or it may be a
frame loosely holding the tray or trays by pivoting them on levers or toggles the

page_text: other ends of which are pivoted in turn to the ends of the bag (or the sides of same
if desired) or to a removable frame carried inside the bag opening. In this way
the tray may be raised on the levers and moved over to one side (or end) or if
the tray is in halves or parts, one part may be moved over in one direction and
the other part in the opposite direction so that in the case where the parts move
toward the sides the simple closing of the bag tops will raise and return the
trays to their closed position. By my construction of parts the trays are
effectively guided and can be moved without fear of binding or without having
to be guided by the hand.
One form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in
which-
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Fig. 1 is an end sectional elevation of a bag in which the tray is divided into
two parts which open to either side of the bag.
Fig. 2 is a similar view shewing the trays closed.
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line - Fig. 1, and
Fig. 4 is a similar view shewing the removeable frame carrying the trays
lifted out of the bag.
In the arrangement illustrated each tray or half tray a is pivoted by means of
toggles bb to end frames cc which are hook or like shaped as shewn in Fig. 4
to engage with and rest on the end bars which form part of the bag frame or
otherwise on the mouth of same.
The toggles bb for each tray are shewn as placed close together and it is found
that these guide the trays well but they may be placed in other positions depend-
ing upon the weight of the tray or articles therein or the shape of the tray.
The trays in the arrangement shewn are lifted to the sides into the tops d
and may rest on the edges of the sides of the bag as at d¹ and when in this
position expose practically the whole of the interior of the bag to the eye. The
trays can be closed by the operation of closing the tops d of the bag. When it
is not desired to use the fittings the trays with the end frames cc are lifted out
as shewn in Fig. 4 leaving the bag without any parts whatever for indicating
that fittings are intended to be carried thereby.
It will be understood that the trays may open over the ends of the bag if
desired in case the tops carry any fittings inside same and that a single tray may
be used instead of two as shewn.
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
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1. A top fitted" dressing bag provided with a tray or trays carried by levers
or toggles and adapted to be moved over to the side or sides, end or ends to
expose the interior of the bag, substantially as described.
2. A "top fitted" dressing bag provided with a tray or trays carried by levers
or toggles pivoted to a frame adapted to rest in the mouth of the bag and to be
removed entirely therefrom, substantially as described.
3. The improved "top fitted" dressing bag substantially as described and
illustrated.
Dated this 31st day of July 1899.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Chartered Patent Agent, for the Applicant.