Improvements in and relating to Dressing Bags, Portmanteaus, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1891--Accepted, 24th Dec., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Dressing Bags, Portmanteaus, and
the like.
WILLIAM NORMAN MARSHALL 25 Hatton Garden, E.C., Manufacturer of
Dressing Bags Silversmith &c. 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 invention relates to improvements in the frames of travelling and dressing
bags, portmanteaus and the like and particularly to those parts or portions of such
bags portmanteaus and the like known as "standard ends" and it has for its
object
the
(1) The affording of greater facility of access to those fittings of such bags
portmanteaus and the like which are carried upon such "standard ends
present method of carrying such fittings being extremely inconvenient in as much
as the lower of such fittings are to a great extent more or less covered and shut in
by the upper ones and are only reached with difficulty even when the "standard
end is withdrawn wholly or in part from the bag.
(2) The affording likewise of greater facility of access to the said- fittings when
the standard end is withdrawn from the bag and in use merely as a stand for
the fittings upon the dressing table.
(3) The better and more complete display of the contents of the bag.
I now proceed with reference to the accompanying drawings to describe my
invention, to be known as the " wing standard," as applied to dressing and other
bags portmanteaus and the like.
Fig. 1. represents a section of the "wing standard as fitted with a spring joint
and fall back hinge dividing it into two parts, A. B. being the two portions of
standard end connected by the spring joint and fall back hinge C while D. is the
ordinary rest or backfoot for supporting the end when same is withdrawn from
the bag and in use upon the dressing table as a stand for the fittings.
Fig. 2 represents the appearance of the bag itself when fitted with my patent
spring joint and fall back hinged wing standards which are here shewn half raised
from the bag and which raising is accomplished in the manner hereinafter to be
described B being that part or portion of the wing standard remaining in the bag
and A. that part or portion which by the action of the spring joint and fall back
hinge, when raised falls back outwards from the bag and allows of easy access to
the fittings upon that part or portion of the wing standard still remaining in
the bag.
As to the means before referred to which I adopt for the raising of my wing
standard, Figs. 3 and 4 represent an arrangement whereby the raising is rendered
automatic, the simple act of opening the bag in the usual manner at the same time
raising the wing standards.
Fig. 3 represents a section of the end of the bag-E. E. E. E. being a thin flat
plate of wood or light metal fitted just inside the outer millboard of the end of the
bag. In this thin plate E. E. E. E. is cut a curved slot F.-G. G. is a light
jointed lever, at one end H attached to the frame of the head of the bag and
having at the other or lower end J. a small projection K upon which the wing
standard rests, which wing standard runs in grooves in the framework of the bag
but on the inside of the plate E. E. E. E.
Fig. 4 shews the movement of the jointed lever G. G. -on the heads of the bag
being raised by the ordinary action of opening in the usual way, the action of the
jointed lever G. G. being such as to raise the wing standard A. B. at the same
time as the heads of the bag open. And now, as the wing standard A. B. rises

page_text: from the body of the bag comes into play the spring joint and fall back hinge C
which, when the wing standard has been by the action of the levers raised from
the bag as far as the said spring joint and fall back hinge, causes the upper part A
of the said wing standard with the fittings affixed thereto to fall back outwards
from the bag thus bringing the whole bag by the one simple action of opening in
the usual manner into the position as shewn in Fig. 2. with every single article
carried on each of its parts capable of easy access and displayed completely to
view, the falling outwards of such upper portion of the said wing standard being
checked and the required position gained by the stop-action of the spring joint and
fall back hinge itself.
As an alternative arrangement and where it is not desired that the wing standards
shall be raised automatically at the same time as the bag is opened I adopt the
method as follows:-See Figs. 5 and 6.
Beneath the wing standard A. B. (which is here shewn in position inside the bag)
is fitted a metal spring L which spring when the wing standard is pushed right
down upon it is held in check by the said wing standard A. B. being caught and
held down by a spring clip M. which prevents the said wing standard being forced
upwards by the said spring L until such detaining clip M is released by pressure
being put upon the knob or flush push-down plate N on top of the stem O and
which knob or flush push down plate is fixed to the bar of the framework of the
bag. The spring L when in this manner released by the freeing of the wing
standard A. B. from the clip M. forces up the said wing standard A. B. as shewn
in Fig. 7. and as before described on the spring joint and fall back hinge C. on the
said wing standard arriving clear of the top of the framework of the bag P. the
action of the spring joint and fall back hinge causes the upper portion A. of
the said wing standard to fall back and take the position as shewn in Figs. 2 and 8.
By this latter arrangement one only, if desired of the said wing standards need
be raised at a time.
Again, when the said wing standards are withdrawn from the bag and are in use
by themselves upon the dressing table the falling back of the upper part or portion
caused by the action of the joint or spring hinge completely does away with all
difficulty in reaching the lower fittings, more completely displays the various fittings
and brings every single article carried upon the said wing standards within easy
reach of the hand-see Fig. 9.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is
(1) A wing standard end for dressing bags portmanteaus and the like formed by
the dividing of the end into two portions and the connecting of the same by a
spring joint and fall back hinge as hereinbefore described.
(2) An automatic lever arrangement whereby the said wing standard end may
be automatically raised at the same time as the heads of the bag are opened and
the said spring joint and fall back hinge brought into play as hereinbefore
described.
(3) An arrangement of springs whereby the said wing standard end may be
raised and the said spring joint and fall back hinge brought into play as herein-
before described.
Dated this 20th day of November 1891.
W. NORMAN MARSHALL.