A Combination Lock and Hasp for Fastening Hampers, Trunks, Boxes, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combination Lock and Hasp for Fastening Hampers, Trunks,
Boxes, and the like.
We STEPHEN ROWLAND FOREMAN and GEORGE ALFRED ASKEW of
Thorney near Peterboro, Farmers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention consists in so constructing the ordinary hasp and staple that the
hasp, which is prolonged for the purpose, shall have a lock firmly attached to its
lower end beneath the staple, or to some portion of its upper end, the combination
being so arranged that the bolt of the lock can be used to secure the hasp whether
the lock be fastened or otherwise. Thus if the key be mislaid the bolt of the lock
will enable the basket or box to be used and the lid to be closed firmly without
having recourse to stick or other expedients for the purpose.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97 Newgate Street, E.C., Agent for Applicants.
A Combination Lock and Hasp for Fastening Hampers, Trunks,
Boxes, and the like.
We STEPHEN ROWLAND FOREMAN and GEORGE ALFRED ASKEW of
Thorney, near Peterboro' Farmers, 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 consists in so constructing the ordinary hasp and staple that the
hasp, which is prolonged for the purpose, shall have a lock firmly attached thereto.
beneath or above the staple, or to some portion of its surface, the combination
being so arranged that the bolt of the lock can be used to secure the hasp, whether
the lock be fastened or otherwise. Thus if the key be mislaid the bolt of the lock
will enable the basket or box to be used and the lid to be closed firmly without
having recourse to stick or other expedients for the purpose.
We will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 shows a perspective elevation of our hasp.
Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of Fig. 1.
a is the basp attached to the plate b by a hinge or similar joint. Plate b is
attached to the lid of the hamper, basket or box in the usual way; c is another
plate also attached to the hamper, and having a staple d projecting therefrom and
passing through a slot e in the hasp a; fis a lock which is combined into one piece
with or fixed onto the hasp a.
In the drawings an ordinary padlock is shown, the curved locking bar g of which,
passes up through the staple d and down again on the other side of the lock, where

page_text: it can be locked in the usual way. A thumb piece g¹ may be added to the bar g,
to assist in opening it when unlocked. It will be readily understood that the bar g
can be used to secure the hasp even if it is not locked with the key.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
A combination hasp and staple with lock, the lock being attached to said hasp
in such a manner that the bar thereof can be locked into the staple by key in the
usual way and if the key be absent said bar can be inserted through the staple so
as to hold the hasp and thereby secure the cover to which it belongs, as herein
described and set forth.
Dated this 15th day of October 1896.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.