Improvements in Dressing Bags, Ladies' Bags, and the like.
Year: 1886

page_text: Improvements in Dressing Bags, Ladies' Bags, and the like.
I ERNST PFEIFFER, of 63, Queen Victoria Street, in the city of London,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication from
abroad by Messieurs Huppe and Bender of Offenbach-on-the-Main in the empire
of Germany, Manufacturers) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the fittings by which the double
board of dressing and like bags is attached to the frame, the object of the improve-
ments being to allow of the said double board being placed in and removed from
the bag in a simple and easy manner, the construction of the fittings being at the
same time simplified and the board being kept in its vertical position when the
bag is opened.
For this purpose the double board is provided with the usual springs which tend
to press the boards asunder at their lower ends. To each lower corner of the
double board I attach a socket, such sockets being adapted to take onto or over
balls suitably connected to the sides of the frame for that purpose.
By this arrangement of ball and socket joints, the board can be easily placed in
and removed from the bag frame, and is firmly kept in its vertical position when
the bag is opened.
It will be obvious that the sockets can be fixed to the frame and the balls to the
board.

page_text: Improvements in Dressing Bags, Ladies' Bags, and the like.
I ERNST PFEIFFER, of 63, Queen Victoria Street, in the city of London,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication from
abroad by Messieurs Huppe and Bender of Offenbach-on-the-Main in the empire
of Germany, Manufacturers) 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 improvements in the fittings by which the double
board of dressing and like bags is attached to the frame, the object of the improve-
ments being to allow of the said double board being placed in and removed from
the bag in a simple and easy manner, the construction of the fittings being at the
same time simplified and the board being kept in its vertical position when the bag
is opened.
.
:
For this purpose the double board is provided with the usual springs which tend
to press the boards asunder at their lower ends. To each lower corner of the
double board I attach a socket, such sockets being adapted to take onto or over
balls suitably connected to the sides of the frame for that purpose.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a
transverse vertical section through the double board of a dressing or other bag
provided with fittings according to this invention the frame of the bag being
shewn in an open position. Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, the frame of
the bag being shewn in section. Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 1 but shewing
the frame of the bag closed. Figure 4 is also a similar view to that shewn in
figure 1, but shews the frame of the bag partly open and the double board dis-
engaged from the same and Figure 5 is a perspective view of the same. Similar
letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
a, a, represent the usual double board and b, b, the usual springs which tend to
press the boards asunder at their lower part. c, c, represent the sockets which
I attach to each lower corner of the double board a, a, and f. f. f. f, are the four
balls which I provide on the sides of the bag frame A which bag frame is otherwise
of ordinary construction.
By this arrangement of ball and socket joint the double board a, a, can be easily
placed in and removed from the bag frame A and when the bag is opened the
double board is kept firmly in its vertical position. In order to place the double
board a, a, in the frame A the lower edges of the double board are pressed
towards one another as shewn in figures 4 and 5 and the sockets c, thereof being
brought opposite the balls f; of the frame and the springs b, relieved from pressure
the double boards will open outwards and the sockets c, will take onto the balls f,
the slots g, in the lower parts of the sockets passing over the necks h, by which
the balls are connected to the frame A as clearly shewn in figure 1 and the double
board will be securely attached to the frame, the improved ball and socket joints
allowing the double board to keep in a vertical position when the bag is open
as shewn in figure 1. Figure 3 shews the position of the parts when the bag is
closed.

page_text: I have shown the sockets on the double board and the balls on the frame as
being the arrangement which I have found to answer well but the sockets can be
fixed to the frame and the boards to the double board.
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
.
1. The improved joints or fittings for connecting the double boards of dressing
and like baga to their frames substantially as bereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. A dressing bag, ladies bag or the like having the double board connected to
the frame by means of the improved joints or fittings hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.