Improvements in or connected with Cyclists' Tool-bags, Wallets and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Cyclists' Tool-bags, Wallets and
the like.
I, NATHANIEL BUXTON, of Dunedin House, Basinghall Avenue, in the City of
London, Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to cyclists' tool-bags, wallets and the like, and comprises
the improvements hereinafter described for facilitating the opening of such bags
to afford ready access to their contents and for tightly closing the same so as to pre-
vent the contents from rattling.
According to my invention the bag is suspended from the saddle by two straps
each of which is at one end attached to the back of the bag and at the other end
connected to the flap whereby when the bag is unfastened the bag can drop
relatively with the saddle so that it practically remains suspended by the flap the
two straps sliding through the usual eyes or slots in the saddle. To secure the
bag tightly I provide a cord or strap of leather or other suitable material the two
ends of which are passed through eyes or loops at the back of the bag and then
brought round the ends of the bag to the front of the same and attached to the
flap. If desired instead of two straps a single strap connected to the back of the
bag at its two end and long enough to be pulled over the front may be employed.
The cent portion of the said cord is adapted to be brought round beneath the
bag and be pulled up towards a loop or eye on the flap by means of a strap or
other Luitable device the said strap being provided at one end with a stud adapted
to be engaged with one or other of a series of holes in the other end, or with any
other suitable fastening.
Instead of attaching the ends of the said leather cord or the like to the flaps
the said ends may be passed through the eyes or loops in the saddle and then con-
nected together so that the said cord, which, for the purposes of this invention
may be regarded as endless, serves for suspending the bag and also for fastening
the same when the two sides of the said cord are drawn together over the flap by
a suitable strap.
With this arrangement I find it advantageous to pass the cord through eyes or
loops upon the flaps so that when the bag is unfastened the said flap will be held
open.
Another arrangement which I advantageously employ for holding the bag open
when unfastened consists in the use of a metal bar or stirrup which is attached
to the saddle by suitable straps and through which the flap or one or more loops on
the flaps may freely slide, guide straps or the like in the former case being placed on
the flap for preventing the latter from sliding out of the stirrup.
In another arrangement the suspending strap is provided at its end with loops
sliding upon guides on the flap so that when the suspending strap is pulled round

page_text: the bag to secure it the said loops will slide down on the guides on the flap and
hold the latter tightly closed.
Dated the 7th day of April 1898.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Cyclists' Tool-bags, Wallets and
the like.
I, NATHANIEL BUXTON, of Dunedin House, Basinghall Avenue, in the City of
London, Commission Agent, 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:-
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My invention relates to cyclists' tool-bags, wallets and the like, and comprises
the improvements hereinafter described for facilitating the opening of such bags
to afford ready access to their contents and for tightly closing the same so as to pre-
vent the contents from rattling.
In the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tool-bag or wallet having my invention applied
thereto :
Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the said bag; and,
Figure 3 is a side elevation:
Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but shewing the position of the bag when
open:
Figure 5 is a view illustrating a slight modification:
Figure 6 is a front elevation of a tool-bag or wallet in which a single suspen-
sion strap is employed, the said strap also serving for tightly closing the bag:
Figure 7 is a front elevation of a tool-bag or wallet in which an endless strap
or cord is employed for suspending the bag and also for fastening the same,
Figure 8 is a side elevation of the same:
Figure 9 is a detail of the same:
Figure 10 is a front elevation of a tool-bag or wallet in which a bar or stirrup
attached to the saddle is employed for supporting the bag:
Figure 11 is a side view of the same:
Figure 12 is a front elevation of the said bag shewing the flap open; and,
Figure 13 is a side elevation of the same:
Figure 14 is a front elevation of a tool-bag or wallet in which the suspending
straps are provided with loops having guides on the back of the flap:
Figure 15 is a side elevation of the same:
Figure 16 is a front elevation shewing the bag opened: and,
Figure 17 is a side elevation of the same:
Figure 18 is a front elevation of part of a tool-bag or wallet a portion of the
front being broken away to shew a pocket which I sometimes employ in connection
therewith.
Similar reference letters indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
Referring to Figures 1 to 4 a is the bag or wallet provided with the usual flap b
aud preferably made slightly narrower at the top than at the bottom so as to form
a shoulder e in Figures 1 and 2 for the purpose hereinafter described. This bag
is suspended from the saddle (which in Figures 3 and 4 is indicated by the dotted
lines) by two straps d, & each of which is at one end connected to the flap near the

page_text: bottom edge of the latter by suitable means, such, for instance, as a rivet e and at
the other end adapted to be connected to a buckle f applied to a loop g, the two
ends h, i of which are riveted or otherwise fixed to the back of the bag, as clearly
shewn in Figure 3, the said loop g being provided for a purpose hereinafter
described With this arrangement it will be understood that when the bag is
unfastened, it will drop or can be pulled down relatively with the saddle as shewn
in Figure 4 so that it practically remains suspended by the flap, the two straps d, d
sliding through the usual eyes or slots in the saddle. It will also be obvious that
much readier access is afforded to the bag than when the latter is rigidly connected
to the saddle.
To secure the bag tightly I provide a cord or strap j of leather or other suitable
material the two ends of which after being passed through the loops g, g herein-
before described at the back of the bag, are brought round the ends of the bag to
the front of the same and attached to the flap, preferably by the rivets e, e which
secure the straps d, d.
The said leather cord jis of such length that when the flap 6 is closed down,
the central portion k of the said cord can be pulled up over the bottom portion
of the flap 6 as indicated in Figures 1 and 3. To this central portion of the
cord is attached a strap 7 having near its fixed end a stud m, Figures 1, 3 and 4
and on the flap is fixed an eye n through which the said strap can be passed.
With this arrangement when the free end of the strap is pulled through the
eye n, the leather cord k will be tightened so that the ends of the said cord which
pass around the ends of the bag compress the said ends whilst the central portion
of the said leather cord which lies upon the bottom of the flap as shewn in Figure 1,
is pulled around and compresses the bottom portion of the said flap. The strap {
can be secured by engaging one of the several holes o, o formed therein upon
the stud m.
To open the bag, the strap 7 is disengaged from the stud m so that the weight
of the bag, or the pull upon it as hereinbefore described, will cause it to drop to
the position shewn in Figure 4, the leather cord j as the flap rises from the bag
sliding up the ends of the same and moving up in the loops g as indicated by the
dotted lines in Figure 2. The shoulders c, c hereinbefore described prevent the
cord from sliding off the ends of the bag, as if it were to do so it would tend to
get over the top of the bag when the flap was again closed instead of over the
end of the bag as in Figure 1. When the bag is again to be closed the flap is
pulled down so that the bag proper is lifted and then when the leather cord j
has been adjusted over the ends of the flap to the position shewn in Figure 1,
the said strap is again passed through the eye n and pulled tight.
In some cases I sometimes modify the construction herein before described
by substituting for the eye n a loop such as shewn in Figure 5 also made of a
leather cord. This loop is preferably fixed to the back of the bag at its ends by
the same rivets which secure the ends h, i of the loops g, g. This modification has
the advantage that it causes a compression of the upper portion of the bag to
prevent the contents from rattling.
Although I have shewn my bag as provided with two suspension straps it
will be obvious that one only can be employed if desired, for instance, as indicated
by the dotted lines at the centre of the bag in Figure 1.
In the arrangement shewn in Figure 6 a single strap d is employed instead
of two straps as in Figures 1 to 5, the ends of the strap being connected to the
back of the bag at d, d' by means of studs or other suitable fastenings whereby
the strap can be disengaged in order that it may be passed through the eyes on
the back of the saddle or the like. The said strap d passes over the top of the
bag through the eyes on the saddle and down in front of the flap bit being
moveably connected to the said flap by passing beneath straps 6', 6' connected to
the flap as shewn. In addition to suspending the bag the strap d serves in con-
junction with the cord j for closing the same, and for this purpose the strap!
connected to the cord j is designed to engage with the central portion of the said

page_text: strap d as clearly shewn, in a similar manner to that in which it engages with
the loop n in Figures 1 to 4.
In the arrangement shewn in Figures 7 and 8, the cord j serves for suspending
the bag and also for fastening the same. To effect this the ends of the said cord
are passed beneath straps b¹ on the flap of the bag in a similar manner to that
shewn in Figure 6 with reference to the strap d. The ends are then passed
through the eyes on the, saddle or the like down at the back of the bag beneath
the same and up at the front where they are connected together in any suitable
manner, for instance, by means of the bar shewn detached in plan in Figure 9,
the said bar being provided with hooks q to engage holes in the ends of the said
and engages
cord. In this arrangement the strap is connected to the said bar
with the central portion of the cord in a similar manner to the arrangement
shewn in Figure 6 with reference to the strap d.
In the arrangement shewn in Figures 10 to 13 I employ a metal bar or stirrup r
for suspending the bag to the saddle or the like. This bar is arranged within
the flap as shewn in Figures 10 and 11 and is connected to the same by guide
straps s, s which allow the said bar to slide relatively with the flap without
becoming disengaged therefrom; for connecting the bar to the eyes in the saddle
it is advantageously provided with hooks t, t which are free to slide on the turned
in ends of the said bar whereby the bar is adapted to engage with saddles having
eyes of different distances apart. With this arrangement it will be seen, that,
assuming the bar to be in the position shewn in Figures 10 and 11 in which the
bag is closed, when the flap of the bag is opened the bag will drop until arrested
by the bar r reaching the upper ends of the guides s, s as clearly shewn in Figures 12
and 13.
In the arrangement shewn in Figures 14 to 17 the suspending straps d, d are
connected together at one end by any suitable means, for instance, by the bar y
shewn in Figure 9 and passed beneath straps 1, on the flap b, through the eyes
of the saddle or the like, down at the back of the bag and up underneath the
flap where they are provided with eyes or loops u, u engaging with guide
straps, attached to the inside of the flap. By this arrangement when the bag
is closed the loops u, u will be at one end of the guide straps, and hold the flap
tightly closed against the bag, as shewn clearly in Figures 14 and 15; when,
however, the straps d, d are released from the fastening strap (which is attached
to the back of the bag) and the flap opened the loops u, u will slide along to the
other ends of the straps v, v as shewn clearly in Figures 16 and 17.
In cyclists' bags or wallets as hitherto employed it has been usual to arrange
a strip of leather attached at each end to the back of the bag for the reception of
the oil can which after use has generally a certain amount of oil which oil on
the outer surface of the spout comes into contact with the other contents of the
bag or wallet. To obviate this I form a pocket such as that shewn at w in Figure 18
designed to receive the spout of the oil can which is effectively prevented from
coming into contact with the remaining contents of the bag.
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 combination with a cyclists' tool-bag, wallet or the like, of a suspension
strap or straps designed to pass through a supporting eye or eyes or the like and
so connected to the flap of the bag or the like that when the latter is unfastened
from the bag, the said strap or straps can move relatively with the eye or eyes
to maintain the flap in the open position, substantially as described.
2. The combination with a cyclists' tool-bag, wallet or the like, of a suspension
strap or straps designed to pass through a supporting eye or eyes or the like
and connected at one end to the back of the bag and at the other end to the flap,
substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
3. The combination with a cyclists' tool-bag, wallet or the like, of a cord or strap

page_text: the ends of which are passed through eyes or loops at the back of the bag round
the ends thereof to the front and attached to the flap, and means for connecting
the central part of the cord to the flap, substantially as, and for the purpose,
described.
4. In a cyclists tool-bag, wallet or the like of the kind described in the pre-
ceding claiming clause, forming the bag or the like with shoulders at the upper
part thereof, substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
5. In a cyclists tool-bag, wallet or the like of the kind described in the third.
claiming clause, connecting the central part of the cord or strap to the flap by
means of a strap attached to the said cord and passing through an eye on the
flap of the bag, the said strap being provided with a stud and a series of holes
for relative engagement, substantially as described.
6. In a cyclists' tool-bag, wallet or the like of the kind described in the third
claiming clause, the employment of a loop p for the attachment of the strap 1,
substantially as described with reference to Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings.
7. In a cyclists' tool-bag, wallet or the like the employment of a single strap
designed to pass through supporting eyes or the like, connected at its ends to the
back of the bag or the like and passing over and moveably connected to the flap
of the said bag and acting in combination with means such as that described in
the third claiming clause for closing the bag, substantially as described with
reference to Figure 6 of the accompanying drawings.
8. The combination with a cyclists' tool-bag, wallet or the like of a cord or
the like moveably connected to the flap and designed to pass through supporting
eyes or the like down the back of the bag to the front where the ends are con-
nected together by suitable means, such as a bar, the said bar and the central
portion of the cord being designed to be connected together to close the bag by
suitable means, substantially as described with reference to Figures 7 and 8 of
the accompanying drawings.
9. The combination with a cyclists' tool-bag, wallet, or the like, of a bar or
stirrup designed to be attached to supporting eyes or the like by suitable means
and engaging beneath guide straps on the Hap of the bag, substantially as, and
for the purpose, herein before described with reference to Figures 10 to 13 of the
accompanying drawings.
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10. In a cyclists' tool-bag, wallet or the like, suspension straps designed at one
end to engage with guide straps underneath the flap of the bag and passing up
the back of the bag through supporting eyes or the like, down over the flap of
the bag to which they are moveably connected and attached together at their
ends in combination with means for drawing the said straps tight around the
bag, substantially as described with reference to Figures 14 to 17 of the accom-
panying drawings.
11. The improved cyclists' tool-bags or wallets herein before described and illus-
trated in the accompanying drawings.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.