AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR PURSES, RETICULES, BAGS, BELTS, BANDS, POCKET- BOOKS, CIGAB, WRITING, AND INSTRUMENT CASES, AND OTHER SIMILAR PUR- POSES.
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Heinemann, of Cannon Street West, in the
City of London, Representative of Messieurs Stautz and Company,
of Offenbach, in Germany, Manufacturers, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED FASTENING FOR PURSES, RETICULES, BAGS, BELTS, BANDS, POCKET-
BOOKS, CIGAB, WRITING, AND INSTRUMENT CASES, AND OTHER SIMILAR PUR-
POSES. "-A communication from abroad by Messieurs Stautz and Com-
pany, of Offenbach.
Sealed the 23rd November 1861, and dated the 30th May 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Heinemann at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th May 1861.
I, LOUIS HEINEMANN, of Cannon Street West, in the City of London,
Representative of Messieurs Stautz and Company, of Offenbach, in Germany,
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED FASTENING FOR PURSES, RETICULES, BAGS, BELTS, BANDS, POCKET-BOOKS,
CIGAR, WRITING, AND INSTRUMENT CASES, AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," com-
municated to me from abroad by the aforesaid Messieurs Stautz and Company,
of Offenbach aforesaid, to be as follows:-
This improved fastening is constructed thus:-On one side, end, edge, or
part of the article to be fastened is a projecting piece or part forming what I
call a "seat" or "carrier," on which fits a hollow piece free to slide upon it
to and fro, forming what I call a "saddle," and on the other side, end, edge,

page_text: or part of the article is another projecting pieco or part, forming also what I
call a "seat," so placed that when the sides, ends, edges, or parts to be con-
nected are placed together the two "seats" may be in such position that the
"saddle" may be slidden over both seats, so as to hold the said sides, ends,
edges, or parts together, and fasten the article.
from one "seat" in order to unfasten the article. The saddle may also be
The saddle is slidden away
formed with two hollows, one for sliding over one seat, and the other for
sliding over the other.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Louis Heinemann in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
29th November 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS
HEINEMANN, late of Cannon Street West, in the City of London, and now
of Sise Lane, in the said City, Representativo of Messieurs Stautz and Com-
pany, of Offenbach, in Germany, Manufacturers, send greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and. successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Louis Heinemann, Her special licence that I, the said Louis
Heinemann, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Louis Heinemann, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention, for
"AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR PURSES, RETICULES, BAGS, BELTS, BANDS, POCKET-
BOOKS, CIGAR, WRITING, AND INSTRUMENT CASES, AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES,"
communicated to me from abroad by the aforesaid Messieurs Stautz and
Company, of Offenbach, aforesaid, upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Louis Heinemann, my executors or administrators,. by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed; and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent. Office within six calendar..months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Louis Heinemann, do hereby declare-
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This improved fastening is constructed thus:-On one side, end, edge, or
part of the article to be fastened is a projecting piece or part forming what I
call a "seat" or "carrier," on which fits a hollow piece free to slide upon it
to and fro, forming. what I call a "saddle," and on the other side, end, edge,
or part of the article is another projecting piece or part forming also what I
call a "seat," so placed that when the sides, ends, edges, or parts- to be con-
nected are placed together, the two "seats" may be in such position that the
"saddle" may be slidden, over both seats, so as to hold the said sides, ends,
edges, or parts together, and fasten the article. The saddle is slidden away
from ono seat in order to unfasten the article. The saddle may also be
formed with two hollows, one for sliding over one seat, and the other for
sliding over the other.
I now proceed particularly to describe, with reference to the acconipanying
Drawings, the best mode: known to me for carrying the Invention into
> effect.
Figure 1 is a perspective view, shewing the fastening attached to an
ordinary cigar caso A, open; Figure 2, plan-of-the same closed; and Figure 3.
plan of: it open; Figure 3*, plan of same on a smaller scale, the cigar case-
lying flat open; Figure 4, side view of the fastening detached, closed;
5 Figure 5, longitudinal section of the same, but shewn open, and on a larger
scale. A', A2, is the frame of the case A.
I now proceed to describe the fastening. a is a piece of metal formed or
fixed on one side, or (as I call it) "lip" A of the mouth of the frame. This.
piece a, which I call a "seat" or "carrier," projects from the top surface of
O tho lip A', and also projects over the inside edge of this "lip."
In the modi--
fication shewn in these Figures this piece a is shaped like a bar' of 'square-
section. b is a similar piece, or, as I call it, "seat," formed or fixed on the.
opposite side, or (as:I call it)"lip." A of the frame mouth; it projects from.
the top surface of tho! lip A, and likewise over the inside edge of that."lip
5. These seats a and bare of exactly similar-shape and size in transverse section,
though they, may be of different lengths, and though they are fixed on opposite
sides ori lips off the frame, yet they are not actually, alongside each other' at
any part of their length, so that when the lips of the frame-mouth are brouglit
together, or, in other words, when the mouth of the case is closed, the seats a

page_text: and 6 come in a line with each other, each projecting sufficiently for that
purpose over the opposite lip of the frame. The seats are, preferably, so
placed on their respective sides or lips A', A, that their inner or nearest ends
come nearly in contact when the frame mouth is closed. c is what I call a
saddle, consisting of a hollow piece of metal, or a piece with top and two
sides, but no bottom or ends. This piece, which is shewn apart in Figure 6,
elevation, and Figure 7, transverse section, is fitted astride on the seat a, so
as to be free to slido or travel to and fro thereon, its transverse section cor-
responding for that purpose with that of the seat a. d is a knob, handle, or
finger-piece formed on the saddle c, for convenience of moving it to and fro on
its seat or carrier; it may be shaped according to fancy. When the case is to
be fastened, the lips A', A2, are brought together so as to bring the seats a, b,
in a line, and the saddle c is slidden or slipped along by its knob d till it comes
over a portion of the seat b, while still remaining on a portion of the seat a, as
shown in Figures 2 and 4; the saddle c thus holds the seats a and b together,
thereby also keeping the lips A' and A together, and fastening the case.
order to unfasten it the saddle c is pushed back from off the seat & till it quite
clears it, and leaves it free, and so disengages the lip A, and unfastens the
case, as shewn in Figures 1, 3, and 5. The saddle may be kept on the seat a,
and steadied in its travel by means of a small pin e fixed in one side of the
saddle, and projecting inward so as to enter and slide along a groove or
slot cut in the corresponding side of the seat a, of sufficient length to cor-
respond to the required length of travel of the saddle, to which it thus acts as
a stop.
.
In
Figure 8 is an elevation, shewing the improved fastening as attached to an.
ordinary bag B, and Figure 9 a view of the fastening detached. The only
difference between this form and that shown in the previous Figures is in
the fanciful shape of the knob d, and of the ends of the seats a and b.. c is
the saddle.
A modification of the fastening is shewn in elevation, Figure 10, as open,
and in Figure 11, closed; Figure 12, transverse section. The only difference
between this form and that shewn in the previous Figures is that the seats a
and b, and saddle c, are curved in transverse section instead of square, but in
other respects the arrangement and action are exactly alike.
A lock may be let into one of the seats, so that the keyhole comes flush
with the top surface, so as to be hidden by the saddle when slidden over to
fasten the bag, and exposed to view when the saddle is slidden back to
open it.
Though I have shewn only two forms of seat, videlicit, one of square and the

page_text: other of round transverse section, other shapes or sections may, of course, bo
adopted, as, for example, triangular or polygonal, the shape of the saddle or
of its hollow part of course corresponding to that of the seats, so that it may
travel easily to and fro thereon.
I have mentioned the fastening as applied to a bag and a cigar case by
way of example, but it may be applied in like manner to purses, reticules,
belts, bands, pocket-books, writing and instrument cases, and other similar
purposes.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that what I claim is, the
arrangement and combination of parts constituting the improved fastening
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Heinemann, have hereunto set my
band and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
M. HENRY, Patent Agent,
84, Fleet Street,
London.
LOUIS HEINEMANN. (L.B.)