Improvements in and relating to Fishing Creels.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Apr., 1892-Accepted, 11th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Fishing Creels.
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I, HENRY ANGUS MURTON, of 87, Grey Street and 20, 22 and 24, Market
Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the County of Northumberland, Dealer in India-
rubber and Gutta-percha Goods, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved construction of fishing creel which can be
used as a knapsack or carried over one shoulder like an ordinary creel.
In carrying out the invention the creel properly so-called is provided with an
arrangement of straps for carrying waders, brogues, waterproof coat or the like
thus leaving the inside of the basket free. The creel is made with a loose rubber
lining to prevent any slime or water from the fish dripping through the basket.
The creel is also provided with a detachable bag adapted to be fastened thereto
by suitable means such as straps, such bag serving to carry luncheon or a change
of linen for a person going on a short fishing excursion.
The creel is also furnished with shoulder straps so arranged that the creel may
be slung on the back as a knapsack or hung over one shoulder like an ordinary
satchel or creel.
I propose to call my improved creel the "Tyneside Creel."
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
.4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Fishing Creels.
I, HENRY ANGUS MURTON, of 87, Grey Street and 20, 22 and 24, Market
Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the County of Northumberland, Dealer in India-
rubber and Gutta-percha Goods, 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 construction of fishing creel which can be
used as a knapsack or carried over one shoulder like an ordinary creel.
In carrying out the invention the creel properly so-called is provided with an
arrangement of straps for carrying waders, brogues, a waterproof coat or the like,
thus leaving the inside of the basket free. The creel is made with a loose rubber
lining to prevent any slime or water from the fish dripping through the basket.
The creel is also provided with a detachable bag adapted to be fastened thereto
by suitable means such as straps, such bag serving to carry luncheon or a change
of linen for a person going on a short fishing excursion.
The creel is also furnished with shoulder straps so arranged that the creel may
be slung on the back as a knapsack or hung over one shoulder like an ordinary
satchel or creel.
I propose to call my improved creel the "Tyneside Creel."
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of a fishing creel provided with my improvements; and,
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
a indicates the creel proper, and b, bare the straps for carrying waders, a water-
proof coat or other article. c is the detachable bag which, as shewn in the drawing,

page_text: is connected to the creel by means of straps d, d secured to buckles e, e upon the
creel. indicates the ordinary adjustable shoulder-strap with which the creel is
provided, and g is an auxiliary strap which is connected to the creel at one end by
a buckle as at and at the other end by a hook as at i, this auxiliary strap 9 in
conjunction with the strapf enabling the creel to be carried upon the back in the
same manner as a knapsack.
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 :-
:-
The manufacture and use of the improved fishing creel having the detachable
bag, the shoulder strap and the auxiliary straps, all substantially as, and for the
purposes, described by reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 23rd day of April 1892.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.