Improvements in and relating to Address Cards and Cases for Passengers' Luggage and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 29th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 4th Oct., 1840
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Address Cards and Cases for
Passengers' Luggage and the like.
I, ALEXANDER WHITE TOD, of 51 Miller Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to and comprises a new or improved mode and means
of constructing covered or cased address cards or labels for portmanteaus, bags, and
other kinds of passengers luggage and like purposes, and which will be more con-
venient, useful, and permanent than address cards and labels as heretofore employed.
The nature and novelty of the improvements consists in making these address
cards and cases narrow and neat of pasteboard covered with cloth, preferably water-
proof cloth or leather, or of thin sheet metal japanned or otherwise ornamented, or
of vulcanite, bone, or ivory; and especially in folding these improved cards or labels
the one part over the other to enclose the address preferably near the centre of their
length or it might be of their width, on a hinge made of their own material or of
cloth, parchment, leather or other material, with an elastic band or clasp for keeping
the folded parts close, and leaving one of the parts longer at the end, with a hole
formed in it, or a metal eyelet secured in it, for attaching it by a ring to a small
chain and spring catch or shackle to secure the whole to an eye, or other equivalent,
on the inside or outside of the package or luggage, the catch allowing the label to be
easily removed or replaced while the chain enables it to be hung and seen outside
the package or it might be fixed permanently by a screw or rivet on the inner end
of the chain. Or otherwise these improved folding address cards or labels may have
the part to be secured to the package with two ears for nailing or otherwise securing
it to the package. These address cards or labels would have the paper for the address
gummed or otherwise secured on the enclosed surface of the folded parts, which
might be made of waterproof paper or parchment inside for writing, stamping or
printing the address upon, or when made of metal they could have the paper
cemented on or have the metal japanned white on the inside for writing the addresses
on. In some cases these labels especially the metal ones might be made with ears
at both ends beyond the folding part, with holes in these ears for screwing or riveting
them to the article; and these and others made of rigid material such as vulcanite,
bone or ivory, would preferably have metal hinges either at the ends or sides with
spring or turned catches to hold the folded part close; and elastic or metal springs
might also be attached near the hinge to any of these forms of cards and cases to
automatically close them.
Dated the 20th Nawaban 1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Address Cards and Cases for
Passengers' Luggage and the like.
I ALEXANDER WHITE TOD, of 51 Miller Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Manu-
facturer, 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 said invention relates to address cards and cases and in order that the inven-
tion may be fully understood I have annexed an explanatory drawing whereon

page_text: Figure 1 is a front view of a case open, and
Fig. 2 a view of same at right angles thereto but shut
Fig. 3 is a view of another style of case closed.
Fig. 4 is a front view of still another style open, and
Fig. 5 a view of similar closed.
;
The case as shown at Figs. 1 and 2 is made of plated sheet metal and consists of
two parts a. b. hinged together at c and having part of the edges e. i. up sides folded
over inwards so that each part may retain a card of paper, celluloid or other suitable
material on which addresses or instructions can be written, printed or otherwise put,
said card being slipped in between said edges. The said cards are inserted from
top and prevented from slipping down from half a by hinge c. and from half 6 by the
bottom edge m of case being turned up. The two parts when shut are kept together
by lugs or projections n formed of raised parts of sides of case notched so as to
constitute a spring fastener which holds parts shut.
The case is attached by a ring in hole to a hook o by which it can readily be
attached to any hand bag, luggage or the like.
Instead of the case being of metal and hinged as aforesaid it may be of leather or
like material folded together as shewn at Fig. 3 and kept close by a swivelling metal
catch p. which is centred in the hole p¹. The address card being pasted or gummed
on inner face of case.
Another style of metal case as shewn at Fig. 4. consists of two parts a. b. hinged
together at c. and having the edges e. i folded over inwards between which the address
cards are inserted and retained horizontally. The upper part a has formed thereon
lugs n constituting springs to keep shut the bottom part when both parts are folded
together. The upper part a has holes on both sides through which may be passed
rivets or other studs or clasps by which the case may be attached to a travelling bag
or other article, or in lieu of said two holes part of the sides of upper case as
shewn in dotted lines may be formed as shewn and have a hole therein by which it
may be attached to bag or other articles. In attaching the case to a bag I prefer that
the part a be attached with the hinged part uppermost as shewn at Fig. 5 which
represents case shut, so that the part 6 shall fall down and keep the address from
view.
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 1
claim is :
A folding address case, label, or card whereby the address is normally kept from
view and protected, the parts being constructed, arranged, and combined as described
and shown.
Dated this 98th day of Au 1800