An Improvement connected with Travelling Trunks, Hat Boxes, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 27th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 27th Apr., 1900-Accepted, 2nd June, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement connected with Travelling Trunks, Hat Boxes,
and the like.
I, WALTER FLETCHER, of 39, Lyndhurst Grove, Peckham, County of London,
Gunsmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a certain improvement whereby travelling trunks,
hat boxes, and other like articles can be strengthened and be less liable to
damage by rough usage during changes at railway stations, on steamboats, on
wharves, and on vehicles, as at present.
It is usual with articles of the above kind to overlap the edges of the structural
boards and the cloth or leather exterior, and in some cases the liner fabric also
with a narrow strip of leather or other material with the sewing close up to the
edge which I find in practice makes the article of little value and unable to
withstand the knocking about and rough treatment of transit.
My invention consists of the employment of a wide strip of leather or other
material which, in addition to the usual stitching or sewing near the edge, has
an extra row of stitching or sewing near its overlapped edges which firmly fixes
the sewing or stitching at a distance from the edge of the structural portion
and gives extra strength and prevents the article bursting open or becoming
broken when thrown down or has an accidental fall.
By using this broad strip of leather, it enables a wad of rubber or other material
to be used at the edges or corners, especially to act as buffers. In addition to
gewing of corners, rivets could be used.
The second row of stitching or sewing may be of a coarser character than
that of the edge sewing, so as not to be in line or to coincide with the narrow
or ordinary sewing or stitching.
The travelling trunks, hat boxes, and the like referred to are those usually
made from a foundation of millboard or strawboard covered with leather or
leather cloth, or canvas on the outside and on the inside by holland and like
fabric as a liner.
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f 1 1 1000
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London.
Agent for the said Walter Fletcher.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement connected with Travelling Trunks, Hat Boxes,
and the like.
I, WALTER FLETCHER, of 39, Lyndhurst Grove, Peckham, County of London,
Gunsmith, 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 a certain improvement whereby travelling trunks,
hat boxes, and other like articles can be strengthened and be less liable to

page_text: damage by rough usage during changes at railway stations, on steamboats, on
wharves, and on vehicles, as at present.
It is usual with articles of the above kind to overlap the edges of the structural
boards and the cloth or leather exterior, and in some cases the liner fabric also
with a narrow strip of leather or other material with the sewing close up to the
edge which I find in practice makes the article of little value and unable to
withstand the knocking about and rough ireaiment of transit.
My invention will be understood from the following description aided by the
accompanying drawings in which Figures 1 and 2 are perspective elevations of
a travelling trunk with my invention applied in various ways.
.
Figure is a perspective elevation of the rubber, or other pad, or cushion to be
employed at the corners of the trunks or boxes.
Figures 4 and 5 are sections of corners of a trunk or box.
My invention consists of the employment of a wide strip of leather A or other
material which in addition to the usual stitching or sewing B near the edge,
has an extra row of stitching or sewing C near its overlapped edges which
firmly fixes the sewing or stitching at a distance from the edge of the structural
portion and gives extra strength and prevents the article bursting open or
becoming broken when thrown down or has an accidental fall.
By using this broad strip of leather A it enables a wad of rubber D or other
material to be used at the edges or corners, especially to act as buffers.
In addition to sewing of corners rivets could be used.
The second row of stitching or sewing C may be of a coarser character than
that of the edge sewing, so as not to be in line or to coincide. with the narrow
or ordinary sewing or stitching B.
The travelling trunks, hat boxes, and the like referred to are those usually
made from a foundation of millboard or strawboard covered with leather or
leather cloth, or canvas on the outside and on the inside by holland and like
fabric as a liner.
It will be understood that the rubber or other pad 1) is constructed somewhat
of the shape shown at Figure 3, that is to say, the part which is situate at the
corner of the trunk or box is of an enlarged character so as to project and form a
buffer at whatever angle the box or trunk is dropped, and also forms a pad to the
box or trunk whether the box or trunk be standing on its bottom, side, or end.
The pad can be applied in various ways, as shown on the drawings, either
to be fixed to the box or trunk after the leather strip A has been applied, as
at E, Figures 1, and 4, or the same may be applied to the box or trunk before
the leather strip A is applied and be wholly covered by the leather strip, as at F,
Figures 2 and 5 or the leather strip A may be provided with a hole through
which the enlarged portion of the pad D can project, as at G, Figure 1.
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:-
The improvement connected with travelling trunks, hat boxes, and the like,
consisting in strengthening the edges with a wide strip of leather having extra
rows of stitching and providing the corners with pads or buffers of a resilient
material, substantially as set forth.
The 27th day of Auril 1900.