A POCKET CASE FOR CONTAINING ADDRESS CARDS, STAMPS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Morgan, of Acton, Middlesex, Gentleman,
for the Invention of "A POCKET CASE FOR CONTAINING ADDRESS CARDS,
STAMPS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
Sealed the 14th January. 1857, and dated the 16th July 1856.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Morgan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition; on the
16th July 1856.
I, RICHARD MORGAN, of Acton, Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "A POCKET CASE FOR CONTAINING ADDRESS.
CARDS, STAMPS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
Instead of making cases for containing address cards in the manner in
which they are ordinarily constructed, I. am enabled, by forming them in the
manner herein-after described, to effect a combination of useful purposes for
which such a case can be used, and by which other articles of personal use
such as are usually worn about the person may be dispensed with.
I form a box or case in leather or any other suitable material, with a hinged
lid, cover, or top piece; somewhat like a jewel case, and of a length and width
suitable for holding the required size of card, and of a depth to hold a sufficient
number of cards in the bottom of such case. At one end of the bottom of the.
case is a cross piece, under which one end of the ends of the cards are slipped,

page_text: and at the opposite end of the case I form a notch for to enable the finger nail
to be inserted below, for the purpose of removing a single card or any number
of cards at a time. I so construct the inside of the lid, top, or cover, that
postage or other stamps may be held by elastic bands attached to a hinged
lining; that a tablet and pencil may be attached thereto or combined there-
with, and, if desired, can be used as the fastening; that behind such hinged or
moveable lining a looking glass or mirror may be inserted. Other similar
conveniences may be added, so as to make the case as generally useful as may
be desired.
I have described one of the combinations & arrangements of the parts
suited for several purposes of convenience, but the tablet or the looking glass
may be fixed in. the bottom beneath where the cards are placed, that it may
be seen only upon the removal of the cards from the case; or other parts
may be so varied or changed as to suit the purpose for which the case may
be required, so long as the selected combinations be with a card case of the
construction described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Morgan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th January 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
MORGAN, of Acton, Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the
year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto him, the said
Richard Morgan, Her special licence that he, the said Richard Morgan, his
_executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as he, the said Richard
Morgan, his executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A POCKET CASE FOR CONTAINING ADDRESS
CARDS, STAMPS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that he, the said Richard Morgan, by an instrument in writing under
his, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was

page_text: to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Morgan, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be.
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawing:-
Instead of making cases for containing address cards in the manner.
which they are ordinarily constructed, I am enabled, by forming them in the
manner herein-after described, to effect a combination of useful purposes for
which such a case can be used, and by which other articles of personal use,,
such as are usually worn about the person, may be dispensed with,
I form a box or case in leather or any other suitable material, with a hinged.
lid, cover, or top piece, somewhat like a jewel case, and of a length and width.
suitable for holding the required size of card, and of a depth to hold a sufficient
number of cards in the bottom of such case. At one end of the bottom of the
case is a cross piece, under which one of the ends of each card is shipped, and
at the opposite end of the case is formed a notch for to enable the finger" nail
to be inserted below, for the purpose of removing a single card or any number
of cards at a time. I so construct the inside of the lil, top, or cover, that
postage or other stamps may be held by elastic bands attached to a hinged
lining; that a tablet and pencil may be attached thereto or contained there-
with, and, if desired, can be used as the fastening; and behind such binged or
moveable lining a looking glass or mirror may be inserted. Other similar
conveniences may be added, so as to inake the case as generally useful as may
be desired.
I have described one of the combinations and arrangements of the parts
suited for the several purposes of convenience, but the tablet or the looking
glass may be fixed in the bottom beneath where the cards are placed, that
it may be seen only upon the removal of the cards from the case; or the dis-
position of the other parts may be so varied or changed as to suit the purpose
for which the case may be required, so long as the selected combinations be
with a card case of the construction described.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan view of a card case with
the cover thrown open; it is suitable for a large sized card; the hinged lining
is removed for the purpose of better showing the looking glass in the top of

page_text: or mirror which is placed behind the hinged lining; d is a cross piece fixed at
one end of the bottom of the case; and under which the ends of the cards are
slipped; e is also a cross piece placed at the opposite end of the bottom of the
case, and in which a notch f is formed for to enable the finger nail to be
.inserted below, for the purpose of removing a card or cards. Fig. 2 is a top
view of Fig. 1, with the lid or cover closed; Fig. 3 is an end view of same,
with the lid partly open,, and shewing the hinged lining g; Fig. 4 is an end
view in section; Fig. 5 is a plan view of a smaller sized card case, with the
hinged lining g closed, and to which are, attached elastic bands h, h, for holding
postage stamps; Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7, a plan
of same.
Having described my Invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed, I claim the making of cases for holding cards and other articles of
personal use in the manner herein described.
"In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Morgan, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Witness,
J. E. HALL,
10, Salisbury St., Adelphi.
RICHARD MORGAN. (L.S.)