Improvements in or relating to Purses.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 11th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Purses.
I, HARRIETTE DE VERE PERY, of Kinvarra, in the County of Galway,
Ireland, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object an attachment for purses, especially those used
by ladies, whereby they may be securely attached to the hand and the probabilities
of their being lost either through theft or otherwise greatly reduced if not entirely
obviated.
For this purpose I secure a strap, cord or chain adjustable in length to the back
or any other convenient part of the purse either permanently or by means of a
ring or loop through which it may slide, and provide one end thereof with a ring
or loop which may be passed over one of the fingers of the hand and its opposite
end with a strap, bracelet or the like whereby it may be secured to the wrist.
When the ends of the strap, cord or chain are so secured to the finger and wrist
respectively, the fingers and thumb are left perfectly free and it will be obvious
that the purse cannot easily be mislaid or snatched from the hand by a thief;
whilst the hand may at any time be freed for the purpose of putting on or taking
off a glove, or for any other purpose by slipping the ring or loop off the finger.
Dated this 11th day of December 1894.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention " Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Purses.
I, HARRIETTE DE VERE PERY, of Kinvarra, in the County of Galway,
Ireland, Gentlewoman 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 :-
My invention has for its object an attachment for purses especially those used
by ladies whereby they may be securely attached to the hand, and the probabilities
of their being lost, either through theft or otherwise, greatly reduced, if not entirely
obviated.
For this purpose I secure a strap, cord or chain adjustable in length to the back
or any other convenient part of the purse either permanently or by means of a
ring loop or staple through which it may slide, and provide one end thereof with a
ring or loop which may be passed over one of the fingers of the hand and its
opposite end with a strap bracelet or the like whereby it may be secured to the
wrist.
Fig. 1 on the accompanying drawing is a perspective view shewing a purse
attached to the hand in the manner described and
Fig. 2 is a back view of the purse with the strap attachment.
Fig. 3 is a detail modification.

page_text: In the form or example here shewn the purse A is provided with a loop A¹ on
the back, and a strap B is passed through the loop; this strap is adjustable in
length by the buckle B₁ (or it may be by being formed or provided with a suitably
strong elastic part) and is at one end provided with a ring C which may for instance
be of metal covered with leather; this ring is adapted to be passed over one of the
fingers say the middle finger. The other end of the strap is formed with a strap D
for securing it by buckle D¹ to the wrist.
Fig. 3 shews a modified form of strap B, having a loop instead of the ring C.
This loop may be armoured with U shaped metal scales C which if properly made
do not tend to cut the finger when some pulling strain is applied thereto.
Or the strap B may by means of a spring hook be secured to a bracelet, bangle
or wristband ordinarily used by the wearer.
When the ends of the strap B are so secured to the finger and wrist respectively,
the fingers and thumb are left perfectly free and it will be obvious that the purse
cannot easily be mislaid or snatched from the hand by a thief, whilst the purse can
be opened and shut as required for use; the hand may however at any time at the
wearer's will be freed for the purpose of putting on or taking off a glove or for
any other purpose by slipping the ring or loop C off the finger.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A. means for attaching a purse to the hand consisting of a strap, cord or chain
connected to the purse and provided at one end with a ring or loop for passing
over one of the fingers, and adapted to be secured at the other end to the wrist
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. A means for attaching a purse to the hand consisting of a strap cord or chain
adjustable as to length connected to the purse by a loop or ring on the latter and
provided at one end with a ring or loop for passing over one of the fingers and at
the other end with a wristlet substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. The combination of the purse provided with loop A¹ and the strap B passing
through said loop and having a buckle B¹ for length adjustment, a loop or ring C
at one end for passing over a finger and a wristlet D at the other end with buckle D¹
for securing to the wrist substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 11th day of September 1895.
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.