Improvements in or applicable to Purses, Visiting Card Cases, and Note Books.
Year: 1890

page_text: ate of Application, 26th Jun, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1890-Accepted, 7th Mar.,
1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Purses, Visiting Card Cases, and
Note Books.
ROBERT FENTON MACKAY, Fine Art Dealer, 3, Magdalen Yard Road,
Dundee, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvements consist of the attachment of a band or strap to one of the
outsides of the purse, visiting card case or note book, which band or strap is so
attached to the body of the purse, card case or note book that the hand in which
the purse, card case or note book is to be held may be passed through between the
said band or strap and the body of the purse, card case or note book. When the
hand is so passed through and the body of the purse, card case or note book lies in
the palm of the hand, the position of the said band or strap in its attachment to
the purse, card case or note book is such that the band or strap passes over the back
of the hand and holds the purse, card case or note book to the hand even when the
fingers may not be grasping it.
Also the band or strap is so made and so fixed to the body of the purse, card
case or note book that it adjusts itself to the size of the hand, to the ready passing
of the hand between it and the body of the purse, card case or note book, and to
the convenient opening of the purse, card case or note book while such is held in
or on the hand by said band or strap.
Briefly stated herein the advantages claimed for the invention are: that purses,
visiting card cases and note books so fitted and used as described cannot readily be
snatched from the hand of the person who may be carrying either of such. And,
as the fingers of the hand may be used without drawing off or laying down the
purse, card case or note book which is held on the hand for the time being, to a
person visiting or shopping the risk or occasion of the mislaying or the laying down
and forgetting of a purse, card case or note book is entirely avoidable.
5381 T
1000
ROBERT FENTON MACKAY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Purses, Visiting Card Cases, and
Note Books.
I, ROBERT FENTON MACKAY, of 3, Roseangle, Dundee, in the County of
Forfar, North Britain, Fine Art Publisher, 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 which relates to improvements in or applicable to purses, visiting
card cases and note books is also applicable to pocket books, portemonnaies and
the like and consists in the attachment and combination therewith of a band or
strap which is secured to one of the sides in such a manner that the hand in which
the purse, visiting card case or note book is to be held may be passed through the
said band or strap and so enable the purse or other article to be retained in the
palm of the hand without the necessity of grasping it with the fingers thus pro-
viding a purse, visiting card case or note book which is not readily snatched from
the hand, nor mislaid or lost during use.
But in order that the foregoing may be more readily understood and easily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying drawings; Figure 1 of which is a side elevation and Figure 2 a plan of
the back of an ordinary purse having my improvements attached thereto.

page_text: Referring to the said drawings I attach to an ordinary purse a band or strap A,
that is to say the purse is provided on its inside with a small metal washer a,
through which a pin B, with riveted head b, is passed and is similarly attached at
its outer end to the metal socket piece a', to which the leather or other material
band or strap A is attached. The band or strap A, may be made of different sizes,
so as to suit different sizes of hands, or it may be made as shewn so as to fit various
sizes of hands, that is to say by attaching one or more pieces of elastic material C,
to it. The band or strap may be made of leather, elastic or combination of both,
or of metal chain-work or other suitable material or materials; or the band may be
made after the style of an ordinary strap having a slip buckle attached at its one
end and into which the other end may be secured. The band is so mounted as
shewn, that the purse can be revolved or partially revolved when the strap is in use
so that the purse readily assumes any position in the hand, for convenience of
handling. A washer D of leather or other material is preferably employed as
shewn between the surface of purse and the metal socket piece a¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The arrangement and construction with a purse, visiting card case or note book,
of the band or strap A, all substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd dex of December 1800
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.