A Badge or Label for Children Lost in the Streets.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1894-Accepted, 6th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Badge or Label for Children Lost in the Streets.
We LEWIS ELSTEIN of 31 Osborne Street, Whitechapel, London, Wood
Engraver, and SAMUEL GOLDSTEIN of 29, Buxton Street, Mile End New Town
Baker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention is intended to prevent the frequent detention of children found in
the streets by the police, who are constantly finding children unable to give their
parents' address.
We form a label or badge of some suitable shape or material, on which can be
written or impressed the number of house, and name of street, and if preferred the
parents' name also.
This badge can be sewn or pinned onto the child's clothes, or if preferred can be
attached to some article or toy which he can carry in his pocket.
In this way he can be at once conducted home and much trouble to the police
and anxiety to the parents be avoided.
Dated this 6th day of November 1893.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Badge or Label for Children Lost in the Streets.
We, LEWIS ELSTEIN of 31 Osborne Street Whitechapel London, Wood
Engraver and Samuel GoldsteIN of 29 Buxton Street Mile End New Town,
London, Baker, 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 is designed to ensure the speedy return of children to their homes
when lost in the streets of large towns, and to prevent their detention by the police
when they are unable to give their parents' address.
It consists of a label or badge of some suitable shape or material, on which can
be written or otherwise shewn the name of the street and number of house where
the child resides, or if preferred the name of the parents and such other words as
may assist in returning the child to its friends or school.
The badge can be sewn or pinned onto the child's clothes, or may be placed in
his pocket, or attached to some toy or other article which he can carry about him,
or which can be secured to him in some other convenient way.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which
Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of a common form of our badge half open
consisting of an outer casing or flap a, at the back of which is a ticket b, on which
the address is written and fastened at c, by means of an eyelet, or in some other
suitable way.
Fig. 2 shows a front elevation; half open, of another pattern of badge, the
ticket b, of which slides up and down in the pocket or casing a.
attached by an elastic cord or as shewn in Fig. 3.
This ticket can be
Fig. 3 shows a back elevation of Fig. 2 and exhibits a slot d, and button d', for
regulating the travel of ticket b.

page_text: Fig. 4 shows a pattern of our badge made up of a piece of folded ribbon, on the
back of which the usual address ticket or label b, is fastened..
Fig. 5 shows a back view of Fig. 4 with label or ticket b, in position.
Fig. 6 shows another form of our badge made as a locket e, when closed.
Fig. 7 shows a view of locket e, open, and thus exhibits the address label b
inside.
Many other forms of label may be employed and any suitable material can be
used for their manufacture and ornamentation.
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 special badge, ticket or label, for children frequenting the streets of large
cities, upon which can be readily impressed or written, the home address of such or
any words which show how to find out its home school, or friends; as herein
described and set forth.
Datadhi 2.1 1...
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S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.