Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1897
1, ROSA EDEN ABINGER MACLEAN, Wife of Major Maclean of the Connaught
Rangers, The Barracks, Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved bag, hold-all or portmanteau and has for
its object to provide a bag which when not in use can be collapsed so as to occupy
a relatively very small space.
According to my invention I provide a cylindrical bag of canvas or other suitable
material closed at the ends and provided with a longitudinal slit covered by a flap.
The ends of my bag or hold-all are advantageously stiffened and I also provide
jointed strips or stiffeners for stiffening the bag longitudinally the said stiffeners
being so made that they can be folded up when not required for use.
The flap of my bag is fastened to the body of the same by buttons and straps or
by other suitable means and the inside of the bag is lined with pockets.
For carrying the bag I provide the outside of the same with straps for receiving
the handle straps.
It will be obvious that when not required for use my bag can be collapsed so as
to occupy a relatively very small space by removing the stiffeners from the body
of the bag, folding them up and pressing the ends of the bag towards one another.
Dated the 25th day of March 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
I, ROSA EDEN ABINGER MACLEAN, Wife of Major Maclean of the Connaught
Rangers, The Barracks, Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved bag, hold-all or portmanteau and has for
its object to provide a bag which when not in use can be collapsed so as to occupy
a relatively very small space.
According to my invention I provide a cylindrical bag of canvas or other suitable
material closed at the ends and provided with a longitudinal slit covered by a flap.
The ends of my bag or hold-all are advantageously stiffened and I also provide
jointed strips or stiffeners for stiffening the bag longitudinally the said stiffeners
being so made that they can be folded up when not required for use.
The flap of my bag is fastened to the body of the same by buttons and straps or
by other suitable means and the inside of the bag is lined with pockets.

page_text: For carrying the bag I provide the outside of the same with straps for receiving
the handle straps.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hold-all or portmanteau made according to
my invention:
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same drawn to a larger scale :
Figure 3 is a transverse section:
Figure 4 is a view shewing the development of the portmanteau :
Figure 5 is an elevation of one of the stiffeners:
Figure 6 is a sectional plan of the same.
Figure 7 is a view of part of the bag in perspective.
a is the cylindrical bag of canvas or other suitable material. bis the longitudinal
slit or opening in the bag a and c is the flap covering the same. The ends d, d of
the cylindrical bag a are stiffened by discs e, e of sheet iron, cardboard or other
suitable material as shewn clearly in Figure 2.
f,fare the stiffeners, the said stiffeners being each made of two strips of wood,
metal or other suitable material jointed together as shewn clearly at g, Figures 5
and 6. is a socket adapted to be pushed over the joint to keep the stiffener rigid
when in position in the hold-all or portmanteau.
In the drawing I have shewn four stiffeners f, which are kept in place in the
bag a by means of pockets i, i into which the ends of the stiffeners are inserted.
j. jare pockets arranged on the ends d, d of the bag a. As shewn in Figure 4
I provide pockets at the opening of the slit b and also on the inside of the flap for
the reception of the various articles required in travelling.
k, kare straps for attaching the free end of the flap c to the bag a and 7 is the
handle attached to the hold-all by means of straps m, m as seen in Figure 1.
In the arrangement of my invention in Figures 1 to 6 the hinge line of the flap
at one side of the slit b is on or adjacent to the other side of the slit. In order to
afford more space than this arrangement permits of for introducing and removing
articles into and from the bag I arrange the hinge line at some distance from the
opposite side of the slit as shewn in Figure 7, in which case I provide flaps or
gussets at the angles.
It will be obvious that when not required for use my hold-all can be collapsed so
as to occupy a relatively very small space by removing the stiffeners f,f from the
pockets i, i by bending them, folding them up and then pressing the ends d, d of
the bag towards one another.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
A collapsable bag, hold-all or portmanteau comprising a cylindrical bag a having
a longitudinal slit covered by a flap c, stiffened ends d and internal pockets such
as j the said bag being stiffened longitudinally when in use by jointed stiffeners f
held in pockets i, substantially as described.
Dated the 24th day of Tacoma
2000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.