Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Tool and like Bags for Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Tool and like Bags
for Cycles.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, of the Firm of Martin and Martins, of
Granville Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to cycle bags or wallets for carrying tools and other
articles, and of the kind principally attached to the back of a saddle, and has for
one of its objects a noiseless or silent bag provided with simple and efficient means
of fixing down the flaps, and for another object the making up of such bags from
a single piece of leather without sewing.
In carrying out one form of my invention, an ordinary bag is taken and loops
are formed at the ends of the back by two pairs of cross slittings, through each
of which the middle part of a strap, whose ends come forward and are connected
together by the loop or eye of a clasp, buckle or fastener, passes. The clasp or
fastener may consist of an eve at the end of a bar of the one part wherewith an
hook at the end of a bar of the other part engages. The straps which encircle or
embrace the ends of the bag are also passed through the saddle loops and constitute
both flap-closing and suspension straps.
To release the flap in order to gain access to the interior of the bag, unfasten
the clasp, when the angular positions of the straps change to straight ones; then
turn the encircling straps, which are in the form of rings or large loops, over or
from off the ends of the bag, which remains suspended but with the flap free.
To re-secure the bag, turn the encircling straps back to their former positions
and connect together the parts of the clasp or fastener which makes the encircling
straps incline towards each other and so tightens the said straps and draws the
bag up snugly against the back of the saddle.
Instead of relying upon the taking of the straps into oblique positions for the
tightening up of the bag, the said encircling bands or straps, which may be
adjustable by buckles or otherwise, may be connected together by a cross strap or
straps adiustable by buckles or otherwise.
Or the bag may be suspended and closed by a pair of adjustable straps, arranged
to diagonally cross the back and front of the bag and passed through cut out
loops preferably formed at the back of the said bag. Or a single adjustable strap
may be similarly arranged for the same purpose.
As a further modification of the first form of my invention, instead of making
the end fastening loops from a continuous length of leather threaded through
slits in the back of the bag, I may form each of the same from two strap lengths,
arranged so that their back ends overlap and are secured together and to the back
of the bag by a single rivet, whilst their front ends are attached in common to one
of the halves of the clasp or fastening, which may be of the kind referred to in the
first described form of this invention, or of any other construction. By thus
attaching the fastening loops to the bag by a rivet, the strap lengths admit of

page_text: turning pivot-wise upon the said rivet on the fastening loops being thrown off the
ends of the bag to release the flap and such act of removal is greatly facilitated
thereby, and further, the said straps are self-adjusted to the required angle when
drawn up.
As a further arrangement, instead of securing the flap by end loops connected
at the front of the bag by a buckle, clasp or fastener the bag may be suspended and
the flap secured in the following manner: Attached by rivets to the back ends
of the bag are a pair of pivoted suspension straps, which, when the bag is in use,
pass from the back through the eyelets or equivalent devices of the saddle and
thence proceed preferably in a diagonal direction, to the front of the bag where
the loose ends are connected in common to one part of the fastener. The back
ends of the drawing or tightening-up straps are attached pivot-wise to the back
ef the bag by the same rivets which secure the suspension straps and pass under
the bottom, and to, and diagonally across, the front of the bag and their free ends
are attached to the other part of the fastening. By pivotally connecting the
respective back and overlapping ends of the suspension and tightening up straps,
the same readily follow or are self-adjusted to, any angle on being drawn up when
the bag is fastened.
In carrying out the second part of my invention relating to the making up of
tool bags from a single blank of leather without sewing, I take a piece of material
of sufficient area to make the back, front, bottom, ends and flap. The opposite
ends of that part of the blank which is to form the back has extensions which, when
made up, lie inside the ends of the bag, and these extensions carry near their
upper corners, necked tongues, which are threaded or laced through a loop formed
by cutting a pair of parallel piercings in the front of the bag, whilst below the
said tongues are further wings or pieces arranged to stiffen the bottom. front
corners.
The ends of the part to form the bottom are also provided with-integral neeked
tongues and these are laced through loops cut out of the lower parts of the
extensions of the back piece, thus securely uniting the inside end pieces to the
back and front, which latter part has also end extensions of sufficient size to form
outside end pieces and also to pass round to the back of the bag, to which they are
secured by rivets, preferably by the rivets on which the flap-closing straps are
pivoted. These rivets may also secure to the inside back of the bag, a loose piece
of leather or other material for separating or wrapping round the tools or other
articles contained therein.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Tool and like Bags
for Cycles.
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I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, of the Firm, of, Martin and Martins, of
Granville Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 cycle tool bags and like wallets, of the kind generally
attached to the back of a saddle, and consists in the one part, in an improved
arrangement of the straps for suspending such bags and fixing down the flaps of

page_text: the same, the same being an improvement upon or a development or amplification
of the invention described in the specification of former Letters l'atent granted
to me and bearing date the 20th day of August 1896 No. 18446, and in another
part in the making up the bodies of tool bags from a single piece of leather,
without sewing...
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, a cycle tool bag embodying my improve-
ments and provided with means for suspending the same and closing the flap
thereof arranged in accordance with the first part of my invention. The said
view shows the bag closed and suspended from the back of the saddle..
Figure 2 is a back elevation of the saddle separately.
Figure 3 is a like view as Figure 1, but with the combined suspension and
flap closing strap unfastened and. turned from off the ends of the bag in order to
admit of the flap being raised to gain access to the interior of the same.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 3 of
'he drawings.
a is the tool bag, which is suspended from the saddle b, by means of two sets
of combined suspension and flap closing straps e, cl, forming end encircling loops,
cach consisting of two strap lengths, arranged with their back ends over-
lapping and secured together and pivotally connected to the back of the bag by
rivets, from which each of the straps e², proceed upwards, through the eyelets 61,
of the saddle and then downwardly and obliquely towards the middle of the front
of the bags, whilst the straps ³, pass under the bag and diagonally upwards. and
across to the middle of the front where the loose ends e, f, of the straps forming
each end loop are connected respectively to the buckles and, of the half
parts of the clasp, fastening, or connection d, which may either be of the
construction shown or of any other suitable form.
By thus attaching the straps of the fastening loops to the bag by rivets, the said
rivets act as pivots whereon the fastening loops turn being thrown off the ends of
the bag to release the flap, whereby such removal is greatly facilitated, and further,
on the said straps being drawn up tight in running the bag up against the back
of the saddle, the said straps readily adjust themselves to any required angle.
As a further arrangement, instead of securing the flap by end loops connected at
the front of the bag by a buckle, clasp or fastener the bag may be suspended and
the flap closed by the arrangement of straps shown in Figure 4. Attached by
pivot-rivets to the back ends of the bag a, are a pair of pivoted suspension
straps c², which when the bag is in use, pass from the back through the eyelets 61.
or equivalent devices of the saddle b, and thence proceed preferably in a diagonal
direction, to the front of the bag where the loose ends are connected in common
to one part of the fastener d. The back ends of the drawing or tightening-up
straps are attached pivotwise to the back of the bag by the same rivets which
secure the suspension straps 2, and pass under the bottom, and to, and diagonally
across, the front of the bag and their free ends, are attached to the other part da
of the fastening d. By pivotally connecting the respective back and overlapping
ends of the suspension and tightening up straps, the same readily follow, or are
self-adjusted to any angle on being drawn up when the bag is fastened, and by
simply disconnecting the parts d, 2, of the fastener, which may be of any suitable
kind, the suspension straps are disengaged from the tightening up straps and the
flap of the bag can be opened.
Instead of the straps being arranged in four lengths pivot rivetted in pairs to
the back of the bag, the same may be in the form of two continuous lengths passed
through cut-out or attached loops at the said back.
Figure 5 represents one half of a blank of leather or material suitable for forming
a tool bag, all in one piece and without sewing, according to the second part of my
invention.
Figure 6 is a front elevation of one end of a tool bag so made and Figure 7 a
back elevation of the same.
Figure 8 is a transverse vertical section of Figure 7 upon the dotted line & and

page_text: Figure 9 is a longitudinal vertical section of the bag upon the dotted line ',
Figure 8.
Thus in carrying out this said part of my invention I take a piece of material d,
a half of which is shown in Figure 5, of sufficient area to make the back d,
front, bottom d³, ends d, and flap do. The opposite ends of that part of the
blank which is to form the back has extensions do, which, when made
up, lie inside
the ends of the bag, and these extensions carry near their upper corners, necked
tongues d', which are threaded or laced through a loop 8 formed by cutting a pair
of parallel piercings in the front of the bag, whilst below the said tongues are
further wings or pieces do, arranged to stiffen the bottom front corners.
The ends of the part to form the bottom are also provided with integral necked
tongues and these are laced through loops or piercings 12, cut out of the lower
parts of the extensions 76 of the back piece, thus securely uniting the inside end
pieces to the back and front, which latter part carries the outside end pieces </
which have extensions d¹³, of sufficient size to pass round to the back of the bag, to
which they are secured by the rivets ct, preferably by the rivets on which the
flap-closing strans are pivoted. These rivets may also secure to the inside back of
the bag, a loose piece of leather or other material for separating or wrapping around
the tools or other articles contained therein.
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:
First. In tool and like bags for cycles and other purposes in which the same are
suspended and the flaps thereof closed by end loops, making each of the said loops
from two straps or lengths, the back ends of which are pivotted to the back of the
bag, substantially as and for the purpose described and set forth.
Secondly. The arrangement and combination of the suspension and drawing up
straps as represented in Figure 4, whether the said straps are made in separate
parts pivoted to the bag, or of two continuous lengths, substantially as described
and set forth.
Thirdly. The method of forming and uniting together the ends of tool bags,
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 5 to 9.
Dated this 29th day of May. 1897
PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.