Improvements in Ladies' Work Receptacles or the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1897-Accepted, 15th Jan., 1898
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Ladies' Work Receptacles or the like.
I, CHARLES JOHN WISEMAN, of 93, Bartholomew Close, in the City of London,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in ladies' work recoptaoles and in
accordance therewith I provide legs or supports consisting of two pairs of bamboo
or other wooden rods each pair being joined together by cross bars at or near
the top and bottom.
One of these pairs of rods, is pivoted to the other pair at or near the centre
thereof, the pair which is pivoted being smaller in width than the other or outer
pair, so as to enable the former to fold or close up within the latter.
Suitablo washers are interposed between the inner and the outer pair of rods.
aforesaid, such washers surrounding the pivots. By the use of these washera
the inner pair of rods is allowed to fold or close compactly within the outer pair
without scratching or otherwise damaging the surfaces thereof.
The outer pair of rods converges toward the top so as to render the width between
each rod at the upper end thereof the same as between the two rods comprising
the inner pair.
The crétonne, silk or other flexible receptacle is suspended from the top cross
bars in the usual manner.
Improvements in Ladies' Work Receptacles or the like.
I, CHARLES JOHN WISEMAN, of 93, Bartholomew Close, in the City of London,
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 improvements in ladies' work receptacles or the like,
and has for object to so construct articles of this class that they will fold up into
a smaller compass when out of use, than was heretofore possible.
And in order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood
and carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying
sheet of illustrative drawings, wherein :-
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page_text: Fig. 2 being a side view thereof, shewn open, while, Fig. 3 illustrates in
perspective, the work receptacle complete. Referring to the drawings, wherein
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, a a¹ are two pairs of legs
or supports formed of wooden, bamboo, or other rods, each pair being joined
together at, or near, the top and bottom, by crossbars bb.
The pair of legs or supports a is narrower in width than the pair a', such
pair being pivotted to the inner sides of one other pair at c. Washers d of
sufficient thickness are interposed between the inner legs or supports a and the
outer ones a¹, so as to enable the former to fold or close up within the lattor,
without coming in contact, one with the other. The said washers d surround
the pivots c.
The outer pair of legs or supports al converges toward the top as shown, so
as to render the width between each rod a¹ at the upper ends thereof, the same
as between the two rods a comprising the inner pair.
The receptacle proper e, formed of silk, crétonne or other fabric, is suspended
from the top cross-bars 6 61 of the frame in the usual manner.
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 :-
In ladies' work receptacles or the like, the frame comprising two pairs of
legs, pivotted together and having thick washers interposed between each pair,
one of said pairs of legs being wider at the bottom than the other, and converging
toward the top substantially us and for the purposes hereinbefore described, and
as illustrated by the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings.
Dated in18 oru day of December
HUGHES SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.