IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO ENABLE PARCELS TO BE CARRIED BY HAND
Year: 1885

page_text: I EDWARD NUNAN of 166 Fleet Street, in the City of London, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO
ENABLE PARCELS TO BE CARRIED BY HAND" to be as follows:―
The object of my invention is to facilitate carrying parcels by hand and my mode
is as follows.
I bend suitable size wire into a loop or bow to engage the twine tying any
parcel. For small or light parcels after forming the loop, bow or clasp, I turn the
ends down so that when the part engaging the twine is held between the fingers
the turned down ends form a bar resting easily on the fingers. For heavy parcels
I form a bow to engage the hand and when necessary cover the same to prevent
discomfort and at the same time make "The Parcel Grip" ornate.

page_text: Improved Appliance to Enable Parcels to be Carried by Hand.
I EDWARD NUNAN of 166 Fleet Street, London Gentleman, do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for "IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO ENABLE PARCELS TO
BE CARRIED BY HAND" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to facilitate carrying parcels by hand, and my
mode is as follows. I bend suitable size wire into a loop or bow to engage the
twine tying any parcel. For small or light parcels after forming the loop, bow,
or clasp I turn the ends down so that when the part engaging the twine is
held between the fingers the turned down ends form a bar resting easily on the
fingers. For heavy parcels I form a bow to engage the hand and when neces-
sary cover the same to prevent discomfort and at the same time make the Parcel.
Grip ornate.
My invention will be understood by the annexed sheet of drawings in which at
Figure 1 I show the simplest form of parcel carrier composed of wire bent into a
loop A slightly sprung in at the neck B and with the ends C C bent downwards
and curved to rest upon the fingers, the string of the parcel being within the
loop A.
Figure 2 shows a parcel carrier of a similar construction but with the loop A
turned at right angles to the ends C, C.
Figure 3 represents a parcel carrier with straight ends C, C, the loop A being
bent at right angles to the neck B which is at right angles to the ends C, C.
Figure 4 shows a parcel carrier with flat ends C, C, the loop A being formed
similarly to that shown at Figure 2 except that the top portion of the loop is
sprung from the bend of the ends C, C, as at Figure 5.
Figure 6 represents a parcel carrier with straight ends C, C, bent back to form a
broad bearing to rest upon the fingers when the carrier or grip is made of thin or
comparatively thin wire and Figure 7 a similar carrier having the ends C C bent
with an extra turn of wire for the same purpose.
These parcel carriers are represented as being of round wire and for very light
parcels will be sufficiently strong for the purpose, but for heavier parcels they
may be made from flat wire as at Figure 8 or from half round wire as at Figure 9,
or wire flattened to a half round or other suitable shape, the ends C C being either
curved or straight.
For bulky yet light parcels which can be carried by hand I form two hook
like loops A, A, from the ends of the wire as at Figure 10 the portion D between
the ends serving as a bow for the hand which bow may be plain or be
covered as at Figure 11 to prevent discomfort to the hand when the parcel is being
carried.

page_text: 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
The several forms of parcel grips or carriers shown in the annexed drawings,
especially those shown at Figures 1 to 9 inclusive, when made from wire bent to
shape as set forth.