An Improvement in the Fastening of Portmanteaus, Trunks, Boxės and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th June, 1898-Accepted, 27th Aug., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Fastening of Portmanteaus, Trunks, Boxės
and the like.
I, CECIL BECKWITH CAVE-BROWNE-CAVE, of 32, Draycott Place, Chelsea, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:-
The improvement in the fastening of portmanteaus, trunks, boxes, and the like
consists, in constructing the hasps of locks, commonly used with the articles just
mentioned, with buckles at the ends, and attaching straps in vertical positions
below the locks and of such lengths that their upper ends can be passed through
the buckles on the hasps, enabling those who use the portmanteaus, trunks, boxes,
and the like, to which the improved means of fastening is applied, to readily
insert the hasps into the locks, and thus to overcome or lessen the difficulty that
there now is in performing this operation when portmanteaus, trunks, boxes, and
the like, are well filled.
In lieu of a buckle at the free end of the hasp, the latter can be formed with
an opening of suitable size to enable the free end of the strap, previously alluded
to, to be passed through, and then forced down until the lock has been fastened,
to permit of which being done the free end of the hasp, that extends beyond the
hole in the lock, must be bent or curved outwards to an extent agreeing with the
thickness of the strap.
The free end of the so-called vertical strap is, after the portmanteau is locked,
held in place by a band, which may be formed on and across the hasp, or on the
portmanteau to which the strap is attached.
When the hasp of the lock has an opening formed in it, the bar across the end
may be provided with a loose sleeve in the same manner that the cross-bar of
strap-buckles often are.
Dated this Eighth day of October 1897
E. H. G. BREWSTER,
Agent for Applicant.
An Improvement in the Fastening of Portmanteaus, Trunks, Boxes
and the like.
I, CECIL BECKWITH CAVE-BROWNE-CAVE, of 32, Draycott Place, Chelsea, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, 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; —
-
The improvement in the fastening of portmanteaus, trunks, boxes, and the like
consists, in constructing the hasps of locks commonly used with the articles just
mentioned with buckles, openings or slots, at the ends, and attaching straps in a
line with and below the hasps-of-the locks to the locks, or to the bodies of the

page_text: portmanteaus, trunks, boxes, and the like, the straps being of such lengths that
their upper ends can be passed through the buckles openings or slots, on the
hasps; and when the free ends of the straps are pulled down, those who use the
portmanteaus, trunks, boxes, and the like, to which the improved aids to fasten-
ing are applied, are enabled to readily insert the bows of the hasps into the locks
and thus to overcome or lessen the difficulty, that there now is, in performing this
operation when portmanteaus, trunks, boxes and the like, are filled to excess.
Figure 1 is a plan view of a portmanteau lock with the improved devices for
facilitating the fastening of portmanteaus, trunks, boxes and the like, the hasp
of the lock having a buckle end.
Figure is a part section through the side of a portmanteau showing a side
view of Figure 1.
Figure 3, on Sheet 2, is a plan of the devices similar in character to Figure 1,
but having at the end of the hasp an opening or slot in lieu of a buckle.
Figure 4, on Sheet 2, is a part section of Figure 3 giving a side view of the
same.
The same letters are used to indicate similar parts in both Sheets 1, and 2, of
the drawings.
(a) is a part of the side of a portmanteau; (b) is a lock; (c) is a hasp; (d) is
the buckle at the end of the hasp; (e) is the opening or slot in the end of the
hasp shown by Figures 3, and 4; (f) is the bent or upward curved end of the
free end of the hasp; (g) is the strap used in fastening the lock of the port-
manteau, trunk, box and the like; (h) is the band that holds the free end of the
strap () () is the bow of the hasp that enters the lock; (j) is the bar at the
extreme end of the hasp (c) that is used when an opening or slot (e) in the free
end of the hasp (c) is substituted for the buckle (d).
When a buckle (d) at the free end of the hasp (c) is not used, but instead an
opening or slot (e) is formed therein of suitable size to enable the free end of
the strap (9) previously alluded to being passed through, and then forced down,
until the lock (b) has been fastened, the free end (f) of the hasp (c) that extends
beyond the hole in the lock is bent or curved or turned outwards to an extent
agreeing with the thickness of the strap.
The free end of the strap (g) used with the lock (b) is, after the portmanteau
is locked, held in place by a band (h) which may be formed on and across the
hasp (e), or on the portmanteau (a) and the like, to which the strap is attached.
When the hasp (c) of the lock (6) has an opening formed in it, the bar () that
the opening or slot (e) is the means of forming across the end may be provided
with a loose sleeve, in the same manner that the cross-bar of strap buckles often
are.
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:-
1. The devices herein described for facilitating the fastening of portmanteaus,
trunks, boxes and the like.
2. Hasps of locks with buckles or openings in their ends made for the purpose
of passing straps through to enable the hasps to be easily inserted in their places.
3. The turning outwards of the ends of hasps having openings or slots made in
them to receive straps or the like used for the purpose of assisting in the hasps
being placed in position for locking, such outward turning being specially made
to facilitate the insertion of the hasps within their locks.
Dated this 28th day of June 1898.
E. H. G. BREWSTER,
Agent for Applicant.