IMPROVEMENTS IN FRAMES FOR PORTEMONNAIES, BAGS AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN of 169 Fleet Street in the City of London Fellow
of the Institute of Patent Agents do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN FRAMES FOR PORTEMONNAIES, BAGS AND OTHER LIKE
ARTICLES to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct frames for portemonnaies, purses,
bags and other like articles without any apparent fastening and so that the outside
of the frame may be quite smooth.
For this purpose I form each half or side of the frame with a flange, preferably
concave in section, at its inner edge, the two flanges being so placed that the one
will fit tightly under the other, the elasticity of the metal permitting them to be
pushed together to close the frame, or pulled apart to open it, as required.
The halves or sides of the frame are hinged to each other at the ends in the
ordinary way, and when brought together the edge of the flange, of the one half
enters below the edge of the flange of the other half. By then pressing the halves
together the metal of the flanges yields and the flanges spring into place so as to
close the frame.
In order to open the frame it is only necessary to pull the halves apart, the
metal of the flanges again yielding, and for this purpose each half may be fitted
with a tab of leather or other suitable material, or with rings or like devices to
be taken hold of by the finger and thumb, or in the case of some shaped bags
or articles the halves can be pulled apart by taking hold of the sides of the
article itself.
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Although I have said that the flanges are preferably concave in section they
may be convex or other shape provided the one flange will enter below the other
and the two spring into place when forced together.
Dated this 6th day of February 1884.

page_text: I JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN of 169 Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow
of the Institute of Patent Agents do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FRAMES FOR PORTEMONNAIES, BAGS AND OTHER LIKE
ARTICLES" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to construct frames for portemonnaies, purses,
bags and other like articles without any apparent fastening and so that the outside
of the frame may be quite smooth.
For this purpose I form each half or side of the frame with a flange, preferably
concave in section, at its inner edge, the two flanges being so placed that the one
will fit tightly under the other, the elasticity of the metal permitting them to be
pushed together to close the frame or pulled apart to open it, as required.
The halves or sides of the frame are hinged to each other at the ends in the
ordinary way, and when brought together the edge of the flange of the one half
enters below the edge of the flange of the other half. By then pressing the halves
together the metal of the flanges yields and the flanges spring into place so as to
close the frame.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the annexed drawings represent a portemonnaie frame
constructed according to this invention. A, A¹ are the two sides or halves of the
frame hinged to each other at a, a. c, c are the flanges on the inner edges of
the halves A, A¹. When brought together the edge of the flange c¹ enters below
the edge of the flange c as seen in Figure 1; then by pressing the halves together
the flanges spring into place so as to close the frame as seen in Figure 3.
In order to open the frame it is only necessary to pull the halves apart, the
metal of the flanges again yielding, and for this purpose each half may be fitted
with a tab of leather, or other suitable material, or with rings or like devices to
be taken hold of by the finger and thumb. Figure 5 represents the improved
frame applied to a portemonnaie and having tabs p, p such as just described. In
the case of some shaped bags or articles such for example as that represented
in Figure 6 the halves can be pulled apart by taking hold of the sides of the
article itself.
Although I have said that the flanges are preferably concave in section they
may be convex as represented in Figure 4 or of other shape provided the one
flange will enter below the other and the two spring into place. when forced
together.
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
Constructing the frames of portemonnaies, bags and other like articles with
their two halves or sides formed with flanges which fit tightly the one under the
other the elasticity of the metal permitting them to be pushed together to close
the frame or pulled apart to open it, substantially as hereinbefore described and
represented in the annexed drawings.