An Improved Strap for Carrying Accoutrements and other Things..
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July 1894-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Strap for Carrying Accoutrements and other Things..
I, HARRY MILLER BOEHMER of 7 Addison Terrace, Holland Park, London,
in the County of Middlesex, Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Straps with hooks fastened to them are well known for the purpose of attachment
to tent poles for carrying accoutrements and other things, but they have the fault
of frequently causing much annoyance by slipping down the poles owing to the
weight of the things that are hung on the hooks; the improved strap has been
invented to overcome this slipping.
The improved strap is made of leather or any other suitable substance, is lined-
with india rubber, is provided with a buckle at one end, and has hooks or spring
clips or catches or a combination of these fastened to it.
The improved strap may be attached to umbrella sticks or handles, sunshade
sticks or handles, and to walking-sticks the only difference between these straps.
and those used for tent poles being, that the former are made smaller to suit the
character of the work required of them, and this would be the carriage of small
parcels &c.
When the improved strap is used for umbrellas, sunshades, and walking-sticks, I
prefer spring catches or clips only should be secured to them, as then parcels
that are carried by their means will not be liable to fall off as they would be if
suspended from hooks only, and the sticks may be held in any convenient position.
Although india rubber is the lining I prefer for the straps, nevertheless
be made of any substance having the same character as india rubber, so long as it
will not injure the pole, stick, or handle to which the strap is fastened.
may
The drawing shows at Figure 1 the improved strap with both hooks and catches
secured to it; and at Figure 2 the improved strap is shown attached to a
walking-stick. a, is the strap; b, the buckle; c, the lining; and d, d, d, d, are the
hooks and catches or clips.
Dated this 27th day of November 1893.
E. H. G. BREWSTER,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Strap for Carrying Accoutrements and other Things.
I, HARRY MILLER BOEHMER of 7 Addison Terrace, Holland Park, London
in the County of Middlesex, Clerk 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 :-
The improved strap has been invented to overcome, and does overcome, the
tendency to slip that ordinary leather straps have when buckled around tent or
other poles or sticks, and on which articles of weight are, or may be, hung. The
improved strap for carrying accoutrements and other things is formed of leather,
is lined with india rubber, has a buckle or other fastening at one end, and has
attached on the outside of the strap hooks, clips, or catches. The india rubber
lining gives a greatly increased holding power to the strap.

page_text: Figure 1, and Figure 2, of the drawing of the Provisional Specification, show
the strap in two forms; in Fig. 1, as made for a tent pole, and in Fig. 2, as made
for a walking stick. (c) is the india rubber lining. My improved strap when
made of a small size may be attached to umbrellas, parasols, walking sticks and
similar articles for the purpose of carrying small parcels. Any form of hook, clip,
or catch may be secured to the straps; and the latter may be made of other
substances than leather, canvas for instance, and the strap need not of necessity be
fastened by a buckle but may be provided with eyelet holes and secured by laces.
The lining to the strap may be india-rubber as stated but I do not strictly limit
myself to this, for compositions of india rubber and other substances may be used,
and the lining may be in the form of strips or studs.
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 :-
A strap to which hooks, clips, or catches, are attached, which is lined with
india rubber, or mixtures of india rubber and other substances, for increasing
the hold of straps upon poles or sticks around which they can be fastened without
causing injury.
1004
E. H. G. BREWSTER,
Agent for Applicant.