Improvements in Pocket Protectors.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 14th Nov., 1895-Accepted. 14th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pocket Protectors.
I AMY HART of 18 Hildreth Street Balham in the County of Surrey Spinster
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in closing and securing side pockets in
garments I construct a jointed frame of four or more parts with springs catches
and pauls so arranged that the parts spring open when released by the wearers
thumb and finger thereby giving access to the pocket and by closing the frame it
it held secure by catches when the pocket is shut up. The frame when open may
be triangular shaped or of any other form and is provided with holes or loops for
sewing into the garment I may introduce a snap catch or lock for securing the
pocket.
Dated thi 14h 1...
1905
Improvements in Pocket Protectors.
I AMY HART of 18 Hildreth Street Balham in the County of Surrey Spinster
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 :-
The object of my invention is for closing and securing side pockets in garments.
It consists of a frame in four or more parts and jointed together so that when open
it will give easy access to the pocket and pressed together locks it in the closed
position. Springs and catches are arranged so that the frame flies open when the
catches are released by the thumb and finger of the wearer.
The arms may be of any suitable material as steel, malleable iron, brass or white
metal either stamped or cast and may be plated.
Holes are provided for sewing the frame to the garment or the material may be
sewn over the frame.
Description of drawing in which like parts have the same letters of reference.
Fig. 1 shows the "protector" when closed and locked.
Fig. 2 shows the "protector" open.
Fig. 3 shows one form of spring for opening the frame etc.
Fig. 4 shows the lower arms as fitted with a knife spring and catches forming
their own springs.
Fig. 5 shows another form of spring.
In Figures 1 and 2, B, B, are the upper arms and C, C the lower arms A, D,
and E, E, are rivetted joints, those at E, E, having notches or shoulders to act
against the catches F, F, so as to lock the frame when closed. G G are holes for
sewing the frame into or under the material of the garment if required.
The lower arms C C may be fitted with any suitable springs.
In Fig. 3 the springs H may be made with two or more coils and may act also
for the catches F, F, the dotted lines J, indicating the closed position and I, I, the
open, the points I, I, being thiner and bent to suit.

page_text: In Fig. 4. H is a pen knife spring with flats at D, to agree with the open and
closed positions of arms.
The catches FF, are shewn as made to form their own
springs by thining one end and tempering if steel or hammering if brass as the case
may be.
In Eig. 5.isaicoiled spring with the ends bent up and down,, one-end fits into
a hole in one arm, and the other end into a hole in the other arm, so as to be in
tension when the arms are closed and force the arms apart when open.
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 "pocket protector" consisting of a jointed or folding" frame locked: by
catches when closed and opened by springs when the catches are released
substantially as described and set fourth.
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