Improvements in Cyclist's Tool Bags.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1898
A
1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cyclist's Tool Bags.
We, FRANCIS KNIGHT, of 56, Trafalgar Road, Moseley, in the City of Birming-
ham, Commercial Traveller, and FRANK SHELDON, of the Firm of Sheldon & Sons,
of Corporation Street, Walsall, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the herein described improvements in cyclist's tool
bags our invention being directed to provide means for fastening the same which,
whilst being very secure, will allow of the bag being instantly unfastened and
opened when desired and as quickly closed and refastened again.
In one arrangement of carrying out this invention two straps are fixed to the
back of the bag at some distance below the top and these straps are brought over
and crossed at the front and carried down underneath the bag and bent up against
the back of the bag to which the ends of the straps are fastened by fastenings
of peculiar construction, that is to say, each fastening consists of a short stud
made with a reduced neck and fixed as by a flange to the back of the bag, the
other part of the fastening being fixed to the strap and at a short distance from
the end of the same, this part consisting of a hollow cap fixed in a hole in the
strap and arranged to take over the stud and provided with internal spring teeth
or claws which, when the cap is pressed on to the stud engage with the neck of
the stud and thus secure the strap thereto. The strap is now perfectly secure as
the strain of the strap is longitudinal and pulls sideways of the stud and therefore
does not tend to pull the cap off the stud. To open the bag it is only necessary to pull
the ends of the straps outwardly away from the back of the bag lifting the caps off
the studs. The flap can now be turned up and the bag opened. To re-fasten the
bag it is only necessary to bring the straps down over the front of the bag and
to snap their caps on to the studs at the back of the bag.
The straps for fastening the flap of the bag may be arranged in other ways than
that above described so long as the tendency of the flap to open does not tend to raise
the cap parts of the fastenings from the studs but only exerts a longitudinal strain
on the straps. For instance each of the said straps may be made in two parts
and fixed to a ring at the centre of the bag instead of crossing over one another;
or one or more straps may be fixed to the flap and carried down below the bag
and turned up at the back of the same and provided with caps as above described
to snap on to the studs at the back of the bag or the said straps may be fixed to
the ends of the flap and carried round the ends of the bag with caps to snap on to
the studs at the back of the bag or the said straps may be permanently fixed to
the back of the bag and carried down below the bottom of the same and turned up
at the front of the bag and made with their caps to snap on to studs which in
this case will be fixed to and project from the front of the flap; or the straps may
be fixed to the ends of the bag to snap on to studs on the flap at the front:
In another arrangement of this invention the flap of the bag is fastened at
each end by two straps which are fixed to the back of the bag and brought for-
ward to the front in an inclined direction and secured to a ring and these two

page_text: rings are made to snap on to studs fixed to the flap of the bag; or these rings may
be secured together by a lever like fastening which is secured to one ring and has
a jointed arm which passes through the other ring and is turned over at the front of
the bag and snaps down so as to secure the two rings together and the flap closed.
Dated this 4th day of November 1898.
Improvements in Cyclist's Tool Bags.
We, FRANCIS KNIGHT, of 56, Trafalgar Road, Moseley, in the City of Birming-
ham, Commercial Traveller, and FRANK SHELDON, of the Firm of Sheldon & Sons,
of Corporation Street, Walsall, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention consists of the herein described improvements in cyclist's tool
bags our invention being directed to provide means for fastening the same which,
whilst being very secure, will allow of the bag being instantly unfastened and
opened when desired and as quickly closed and refastened again.
We will describe our invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 is a front view of a cyclist's tool bag constructed in accordance with
this invention; Fig. 2 is a back view of the same shewing one of the straps
unfastened; Fig. 3 is a front view of the same with both straps unfastened;
Fig. 4 is a sectional, side elevation on an enlarged scale of one part of one of
the fastenings of the said tool bag and Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on the
same scale as Fig. 4 of another part of one of the said fastenings; Fig. 6 is a
front elevation of a cyclist's tool bag illustrating another arrangement of our
invention and Fig. 7 shews the same tool bag as Fig. 6 with the straps unfastened;
Fig. 8 is a front view of a cyclist's tool bag illustrating a further modification
of our invention and Fig. 9 is a back view of the tool bag represented by Fig. 8;
Fig. 10 is a front elevation of a cyclist's tool bag illustrating another arrange-
ment of our invention; Fig. 11 is a front view and Fig. 12 is
a back view of a cyclist's tool
ment of our invention; Fig. 13 is a front view and Fig. 14 is a back view of
bag illustrating another arrange-
a cyclist's tool bag illustrating another arrangement of our invention: Fig. 15
is a front view and Fig. 16 is a back view of a cyclist's tool bag illustrating
another arrangement of our invention; Fig. 17 is a front view and Fig. 18 is a
back view of a cyclist's tool bag illustrating another arrangement of our inven-
tion; Fig. 19 is a front view of, the cyclist's tool bag represented by Figs. 17
and 18.but with the straps unfastened; and Fig. 20 is a front view of a cyclist's
tool bag illustrating a slightly modified arrangement of the straps and fastenings
in Figs. 17, 18 and 19.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in
all the figures.
In one arrangement of carrying out this invention (see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5)
the two straps A and B are fixed to the back of the bag C and carried down under-
neath the bag and bent up against the back of. the bag to which the ends albi
of the straps are fastened by fastenings of peculiar construction, that is to say.
each fastening consists of a short stud D. shewn on an enlarged scale by Fig. 5

page_text: and made with a reduced neck d' and fixed as by flanges d³ ³ to the back of the
bag, the other part E of the fastening is fixed to the strap at a short distance from
the end of the same this part consisting of a hollow cap E fixed in a hole in the
strap and arranged to take over the stud D and provided with internal spring
teeth or claws e which, when the cap E is pressed on to the stud D) engage with
the neck of the stud and thus secure the strap thereto. In Fig. 2 the end
of the strap A is shewn fastened in this way by its cap E being pressed on to
the stud I which is fixed on the back of the bag C and the strap B is shewn
unfastened and turned back shewing the interior of the cap E. The straps when
fastened as above described are perfectly secure as the strain on the strap is
longitudinal and pulls sideways of the stud and therefore does not tend to pull
the cap off the stud. To open the bag it is only necessary to pull the ends a¹ b₁
of the straps A B outwardly away from the back of the bag C lifting the caps E
off the studs D. The flap c of the bag can now be turned up and the bag opened
(see Fig. 3). To re-fasten the bag it is only necessary to bring the straps A B
down over the front of the bag as in Fig. 1 and to press their caps E on to the
studs at the back of the bag C. We make no exclusive claim to the caps E
and studs D as these were prior to our invention well known for fastening gloves.
The straps for fastening the flap c of the bag C may be arranged in other ways
than that above described so long as the tendency of the flap to open does not
tend to raise the cap parts E of the fastening off the studs D but only exerts a
longitudinal strain on the straps. Various arrangements of the straps are illus-
trated by the remaining figures of our drawings and which we will now proceed
to describe.
In the arrangement illustrated by Figs. 6 and 7 the straps A B are inclined
towards each other and are fixed together and to the cap E at about the centre
of the bag the cap being made to snap on to a stud D which is fixed at about
the centre of the front of the bag and towards the lower part of the same. In the
same way two other straps A¹ B₁ are fixed to the back of the bag and are inclined
towards each other and turned up from the bottom of the bag and at their ends
are fixed a cap E' which snaps on to the stud D¹ which is fixed to the clap c.
In the arrangement illustrated by Figs. 8 and 9 the two straps A B terminate
at the front of the bag and are fixed to a ring F to which is also fixed a third
strap G at about the centre of the bag and to the end of this strap is fixed one of
the caps E which snaps on to the stud fixed on the back of the bag (see Fig. 9) and
thus secures the bag closed.
In the arrangement illustrated by Fig. 10 the two straps A B terminate and are
fixed to a ring F as in Fig. 8 and to this ring two other straps A2 B2 are fixed and
provided at their ends with caps E to snap on to studs D which are fixed on the
back of the bag as in Fig. 2.
In the arrangement illustrated by Figs. 11 and 12 two straps A3 B3 are fixed to
the flap c and at their outer ends each strap is provided with one of the cans E
to snap on to the studs D which are fixed to the back of the bag (see Fig. 12).
In the arrangement of our invention illustrated by Figs. 13 and 14 two
straps A3 B3 are fixed to the ends of the flap c and are carried round the ends of the
bag C and each is provided with one of the caps E as above described to snap on
to the studs D fixed to the back of the bag.
In the arrangement of our invention illustrated by Figs. 15 and 16 the
straps A3 B3 are permanently fixed to the back of the bag (see Fig. 16) and turned
up at the front (see Fig. 15) and made with caps E to snap on to the studs I)
which in this case are fixed to and project from the front of the flap c.
In another arrangement of this invention illustrated by Figs. 17, 18 and 19
the flap c of the bag C is fastened at each end by two straps marked respectively
A B and A B¹. These straps are fixed to the back of the bag (see Fig. 18) and
brought forward to the front in an inclined direction the two straps A B being
fixed together and to a cap E which snaps on to a stud D fixed on the flap c, and
the other two straps A¹ B₁ are fixed together and to a cap E¹ which snaps on to

page_text: another of the studs D fixed on the front of the flap thus securing the flap as
represented in Fig. 17.
The arrangement illustrated by Fig. 20 is similar to that represented by
Figs. 17, 18 and 19 except that the straps are made longer so that they overlap at
the front of the flap the cap E of the straps A B at the left hand side of the bag
being fixed on to a stud nearer to the right hand side, whilst the cap E¹ of the
other two straps A B which are fixed to the right hand side of the bag catch on
to the stud nearer to the left hand side.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim ist:
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1. A cyclist's tool bag provided with straps fixed thereto for fastening the flap
said straps having metal caps at their outer ends provided with internal spring
claws which engage with necked studs fixed on the bag or on the flap, said straps
being so arranged that the tendency of the flap to open exerts a longitudinal strain
on the straps and does not raise the caps off the studs, substantially as set forth.
2. Cyclist's tool bags having their straps and strap fastenings, for securing the
flap closed, arranged and combined together and with the bag in any of the
several ways substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of September 1899.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.