Improvements in Travelling Bags.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th May, 1896-Accepted, 4th July, 1896
Improvements in Travelling Bags.
We, ALFRED HESS, trading as M. & A. Hess, Manufacturer, and JOHN DAVIS,
Commercial Traveller, both of 64 to 70, Golden Lane, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in travelling bags.
Gladstone and like bags as hitherto made possess the disadvantage that they
require to be unstrapped and unfastened whenever a traveller desires to remove
anything from the same. This causes great inconvenience when any small article
such as a travelling cap, book or the like is required when travelling.
Now it is the object of this invention to remedy this inconvenience and to this
end we provide in the inside of one side of the travelling bag a pocket or receptacle
preferably collapsable, the said pocket communicating with the exterior and the
opening being covered by a flap or the like, which can be fastened by suitable
means, such as a button, to the bag.
With this construction it will be obvious that any small article likely to be
required on a journey can be packed in the said pocket without interfering with
the contents of the travelling bag and can be removed by simply lifting the flap
from the opening without the necessity of unstrapping and unfastening the bag.
Dated the 20th dow of Sentember 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applica ts.
Improvements in Travelling Bags.
We, ALFRED HESS, trading as M. & A. Hess, Manufacturer, and JOHN DAVIS,
Commercial Traveller, both of 64 to 70, Golden Lane, in the City of London, 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 relates to improvements in travelling bags.
Gladstone and like bags as hitherto made possess the disadvantage that they
require to be unstrapped and unfastened whenever a traveller desires to remove
anything from the same. This causes great inconvenience when any small article
such as a travelling cap, book or the like is required when travelling
Now it is the object of this invention to remedy this inconvenience, and to this
end we provide in the inside of the travelling bag a pocket or receptacle preferably
collapsable, the said pocket communicating with the exterior and the opening being
covered by a flap or the, like, which can be fastened by suitable means, such as a
snap-lock or button, to the bag.
To enable our said inventiou to be fully understood we will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a travelling bag having our improvements
applied thereto at one side of the bag at the top :

page_text: Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but shewing the flap of the pocket
lifted up:
Figure 3 is an end view of the bag partly in section to shew the construction of
the pocket.
a is the bag, and is the pocket or receptacle provided in the inside of one side
of the bag, the said pocket being made collapsable and communicating with the
exterior as shewn in Figure 3. c is the flap covering the opening d of the pocket b,
the said flap being fastened to the bag by a snap-lock e as shewn.
With this construction it will be obvious that any small article likely to be
required on a journey can be packed in the pocket without interfering with the
contents of the travelling bag and can be removed by simply lifting the flap c from
the bag into the position shewn in Figures 2 and 3, without the necessity of
unstrapping and unfastening the bag, the bulk and weight of the bag being
practically the same as a bag without our pocket.
We have in the drawing shewn our pocket placed in the position which we have
found to answer well in practice but it will be obvious that the pocket can be
placed in any other suitable position.
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 :-
:-
1. A travelling bag having a pocket or receptacle in the inside of one side of the
same, which pocket communicates with the exterior and is covered with a flap or
the like, substantially as, and for the purpose, herein before described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved travelling bag hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.