Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 30th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 1st Oct., 1887.
DECE
FRANCES HUGHES Wife of Edwin David Fitz Herbert Hughes of Church Street
Rhosymedre in the parish of Ruabon in the County of Denbigh Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A Lady's Safety Pocket to be made of velvet or sateen or other material, to be
crossed with steel ribbon to prevent cutting with nickel binding and flap and secured
with nickel spring clasp.

page_text: FRANCES HUGHES wife of Edwin David Fitz Herbert Hughes of Church Street
Rhosymedre in the parish of Ruabon in the County of Denbigh, Engineer 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 :—
A Lady's Safety Pocket, to be made of any kind of material and of different shapes
and sizes crossed and surrounded by Steel, and with a triangular double bar and
double spring clasp.
To be worn with or without Waist belt.
In order to make my invention fully understood I will describe by reference to the
accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1 represents front view of a “Lady's Safety Pocket" complete without waist
belt.
Fig. 2 represents section of Fig. 1.
The pocket has steel wires or pieces crossing, the steel is run through holes pierced
in light muslin as shewn by dotted lines of Figs. 1, 3, 4 & 9 all marked "a" thereon-
there is no limit to the number of steels that may be so placed.
Fig. 3 shews the back or foundation of pocket divested of all other parts.
Fig. 4 is the safety pocket, which is attached to Fig. 3 by being sown firmly
around as shewn by letter "b."
Fig. 9 is the flap attached to fig. 3 the back or foundation by being sewn above
Fig. 4 as shewn by letter "c."
Fig. 5 is a seperate division attached to Fig. 3 over Fig. 4 as shewn by letter "d,"
it is a little lower on one side than the other, and is used for pocket-handkerchief.
Fig. 6 is the triangular bar made of white nickel or other metal or material and
has two spring clasps shewn at Fig. No. 8-the one marked g. on section No. 8
has a small hole into which the pin marked "i" enters and the clasp or cover marked "h"
drops over same. The clasp is secured to Fig. 3 by the 2 bars jj being fastened
to the 2 steels a a as shewn on Fig. 1.
There are 2 button holes kk to secure the pocket to the dress waistband and
2 slotes 1. 1. to pass the waist belt through.
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The flap "c is bound neatly with narrow binding, the pocket is finished off with
the same binding but a steel is run round from m thro m¹ & m² to m³ (see Fig. 3).
The waist belt to which the pocket may be attached is an ordinary belt in which
there may be run under the facing 2 steels as before described in the pocket
itself.

page_text: The front of the pocket to be covered with any material and the back parts with
a material of a lighter description or both front and back alike.
A piece of thin leather or any other material is placed in Fig. 3 to surpport the wear
of the 2 buttonholes k. k. and slotes 1. l. as shown on Fig. 3 by "n."
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Haveing 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
1 Greater Safety and Security.
2. Steel crossed and surrounding triangular double bar and clasps.