AN IMPROVED HAND PARCEL CARRIER OR HOLDER
Year: 1885

page_text: I, EDWIN PHILLIPS, of Alexandra Place, Stirchley, Kings Norton, in the County
of Worcester, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for AN IMPROVED HAND PARCEL CARRIER OR HOLDER to be as
follows:-
In parcels bound with string it is customary to pass the fingers under the string
for the purpose of carrying the said parcels.
My invention has for its object to avoid the inconveniences attending the
carrying of parcels in the ordinary way and consists of an improved parcel carrier
or holder constructed and used in the following manner.
From each end of a suitable length and size of round wire I form two or more
coils or rings the said coils or rings being situated either at right angles or parallel
to the wire from which they are made and at such a distance apart that a piece of
string will readily pass between them. By means of these coils or rings the carrier
or holder is attached to the string of the parcel to be carried.
The straight bar or wire between the coils constitutes a finger bar under which
the fingers are passed in carrying the parcel. The said finger bar may be left
straight, or formed into a bow, or arched; each arch receiving a finger in carrying
the parcel. It can also be covered with suitable material to prevent discomfort to
the hand.
In order to carry a parcel by the use of my invention it is only necessary to
engage the fingers with the finger bar, and then twist the coils at each end of the
finger bar round the string when it is ready for use.
I do not limit myself to the sectional figure of the wire from which the holder
or carrier is made; for example, half round wire in cross section may be used.
DILL
1002

page_text: I, EDWIN PHILLIPS, of Alexandra Place, Stirchley, Kings Norton in the County
of Worcester Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for AN IMPROVED HAND PARCEL CARRIER OR HOLDER and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
In parcels bound with string it is customary to pass the fingers under the string
for the purpose of carrying the said parcels.
My invention has for its object to avoid the inconveniences attending the
carrying of parcels in the ordinary way and consists of an improved parcel carrier
or holder constructed and used in the following manner.
At each end of a suitable length and size of round wire I form two or more
coils or rings. The said coils or rings being situated either at right angles or
parallel to the wire from which they are made and at such a distance apart that
a piece of string will readily pass between them. By means of these coils or rings
the carrier or holder is attached to the string of the parcel to be carried.
The straight bar or wire between the coils constitutes a finger bar under which
the fingers are passed in carrying the parcel. The said finger bar may be left
straight, or formed into a bow, or arched, each arch receiving a finger in carrying
the parcel; it can also be covered with suitable material to prevent discomfort
to the hand.
In order to carry a parcel by the use of my invention it is only necessary to
engage the fingers with the finger bar and then twist the coils at each end of the
finger bar round the string when it is ready for use.
I do not limit myself to any precise form of wire from which the carrier or
holder is made; for example, half round wire in cross section may be used.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents in front and end elevations one
form of my improved hand parcel carrier and holder having at its ends coils or
rings at right angles to the wire from which they are made; Fig. 2 shews in front
and end elevations a modified form of the parcel carrier illustrated by Fig. I the
finger bar being formed into a bow; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a further
modification of the same with the finger bar arched; Fig. 4 represents in front
elevation and plan another modified form of the parcel carrier illustrated by Fig. 2
having the coils or rings parallel to the wire from which they are made; Fig. 5
represents in front elevation and cross section a parcel carrier similar to that
illustrated by Fig. 2 but made of half round wire; Fig. 6 and 7 shew how the
finger bar of the parcel carrier illustrated by Fig. 2 may be covered by an india
rubber tube, and Fig. 8 shews the same parcel carrier attached to the string of a
parcel.
The said parcel carrier or holder consists of a suitable length and size of wire
with two or more coils or rings at each end. The said coils or rings are marked a
and the central part of the wire which constitutes the finger bar is marked b. The
coils or rings a may either be situated at right angles (see Figs. 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8)
to the handle bar b or parallel thereto (see Fig. 4). Between each coil or ring a is

page_text: a space c wide enough for a piece of string to readily pass between them. The
finger bar may be left straight (see Fig. 1) or formed into a bow (see Figs. 2. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8) or arched (see Fig. 3) each arch receiving a finger in carrying the parcel.
The finger bar b can, if desired, be covered with any suitable material, for instance
as shown by Figs. 6 and 7 where an india rubber tube e is employed and slipped
on the bar b (see Fig. 6) before both its ends have been bent.
Although I prefer to use round wire for making the carrier or holder, I do not
limit myself to this; for instance, half round wire as illustrated by Fig. 5 may
be used; or the finger bar b may be flattened to form a broader surface for the
fingers.
In using my invention the coils a at each end of the finger bar bare twisted
round the string f of the parcel g to be carried (see Fig. 8) when it is ready for
use by placing the fingers under the finger bar; the coils making it impossible for
the holder to become accidentally detached from the parcel.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures.
Having 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
The improved hand parcel carrier or holder hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing, that is to say, a parcel carrier or holder consisting
essentially of a piece of wire having coils or rings formed at each end for the
purpose and substantially as described and illustrated.