IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCH-GUARDS OR PRO- TECTORS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Thomas Nicholls, of Southampton Buildings,
Holborn, for the Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCH-GUARDS OR PRO-
TECTORS."
Sealed the 10th July 1877, and dated the 24th January 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Thomas Nicholls at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, on the 24th January 1877.
JOHN THOMAS NICHOLLS, of Southampton Buildings, Holborn.
IN WATCH-GUARDS OR PROTECTORS."
"IMPROVEMENTS
This Invention has for its object to give additional protection to a watch when
placed in the pocket or at the side, and to preclude all possibility of its being
removed therefrom without the knowledge of the wearer, and consists of a clip
made of steel or any other suitable metal, soldered or otherwise firmly secured to a
metal base plate of suitable size and form, having a suitable number of holes
formed therein to allow of its being stitched or otherwise fastened to the inside of
the vest or dress, in which a small slit is first made to permit of. the metal clip
projecting therethrough.
To still more firmly secure such clip to the base plate a small metal collar is passed
round the shank or neck of the clip, the ends of which collar take into and are
clamped or otherwise securely fastened to such base plate.
When my improved protector has been fastened to the vest or dress in the
manner already described, it is only necessary to compress the spring of the clip
with the fingers, to at once attach thereto or detach therefrom the ring of the
watch, which when so secured to the pocket or side it is impossible to steal or
otherwise surreptitiously remove therefrom without attracting the attention of the
wearer.
Additional security may be given by inserting a leather tab or holdfast between
the lining and the material of the vest or dress itself previous to attaching my
improved protector thereto.

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said John Thomas Nicholls in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd July
1877.
JOHN THOMAS NICHOLLS, of Southampton Buildings, Holborn.
IN WATCH-GUARDS OR PROTECTORS."
"IMPROVEMENTS
This Invention has for its object to give additional protection to a watch when
placed in the pocket or at the side, and to preclude all possibility of its being
removed therefrom without the knowledge of the wearer, and consists of a spring
clip made of steel or any other suitable metal, soldered or rivetted or otherwise
firinly secured to or formed on a metal base plate of suitable size and form having
any convenient number of holes formed therein to allow of its being stitched or
otherwise fastened in any suitable and convenient position to the inside of the
wearer's vest or dress, through which a small slit is first made to permit of the metal
clip itself projecting therethrough.
To still more firmly secure such clip to the base plate when formed separate
therefrom a small metal collar is passed round the shank or neck of the clip, the
ends of which collar take into and are clamped or otherwise securely fastened to
such base plate, or such collar may be cast thereon at the same time as the clip and
plate are cast.
When my improved protector has been fastened to the vest or dress in the
manner already described, it is only necessary to compress the spring of the clip
with the fingers to at once attach thereto or detach therefrom the ring of the
watch, which when so secured to the pocket or side it is impossible to steal or
otherwise surreptitiously remove therefrom, without attracting the attention of the
wearer.
Additional security may be given by inserting a leather tab or holdfast between
the lining and the material of the vest or dress itself previous to attaching my
improved protector thereto.
The accompanying Drawings shew two views of my improved watch protector,
Figure 1 being a plan view thereof, and Figure 2 a side elevation of the same.
a is the metal clip; b; the base plate; and c, the metal collar before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I would have it under-
stood that what I claim and desire to secure by the berein-before in part recited
Letters Patent is, the manufacture and use of an improved watch protector or
guard, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-before described and
illustrated..
In witness whereof, I, the said John Thomas Nicholls, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of July in the year of our Lord'
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.