IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HANDLES AND FASTENINGS FOR SECURING STRAPS FOR CARRYING RUGS WRAPS, SMALL BAGS OR OTHER PACKAGES to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I ALLEN ALBERT ROWLAND GIBBS of N° 161, Varna Road Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HANDLES AND FASTENINGS FOR
SECURING STRAPS FOR CARRYING RUGS WRAPS, SMALL BAGS OR OTHER PACKAGES
to be as follows:--
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This Invention relates to novel methods for the construction of buckles and loops
for securing leather or other straps used in carrying Rugs Wraps small bags or
other packages and in devices for attaching the said fastenings to the carrying
handle and its object is to simplify the Manufacture of these articles and to render
their use more easy and convenient.
A set of straps and attachments constructed in the simplest form in accordance
with this Invention consists of a plain straight handle made of hard wood or other
suitable material, of convenient length for carrying a strap suspender at each end-
These suspenders are attached to the handle by any of the methods afterwards
described, and consist of light metallic frames each of which forms in itself at its lower
end a buckle and a loop for securing and adjusting the strap. The suspenders are
made so that the buckle and loop portions of the same hang a sufficient distance
below the handle so as to leave ample room for the user's hand Each suspender in
its main features consists, firstly of a belt or ring for attachment to the handle,
Secondly of a stem of suitable length as above described, thirdly of a buckle for
securing strap and fourthly, and just below the buckle, of a loop for confining the
adjustable end of the strap, and may be made out of one piece of stiff wire of brass
or other suitable metal This wire is doubled, the bend first forming the loop last
described, and the wire is then crossed and twisted and opened again to form the
buckle part, above which the wire is again crossed and twisted to form the stem
and is lastly again opened to a ring shape for attachment to the handle. This ring
may slip into a groove turned in the end of the handle and wire twisted up or
otherwise closed in so as to fit the handle tightly and without projection. Other
methods of constructing these suspenders may be adopted without departing from
the nature of the device as above described, for instance, the wire instead of being
twisted in the parts above mentioned may at these points; run side by side and

page_text: secured by solder or by collars. The upper ends instead of being formed in ring
shape may be run through perforations in the handle and bent over or rivetted or
otherwise secured Also the said suspenders instead of being made of wire, may be
cast into the shape described in brass malleable cast Iron or steel or may be stamped
out of any suitable metal and afterwards shaped and plated or finished in any
desired style, and the mode of attachment to the handle may be varied in accordance
with the material or style adopted. The buckles may have one two or more
tongues with eyes bent so as to swivel on the wire frame of the buckle.
The nature of the mode of securing and adjusting the straps has now to be
described. The loop below the buckle is bent out in a curved shape to form almost
a right angle with the upper part, and crossways to the line of the handle, so that
when the fixed end of the strap is slipped over the tongue of the buckle by which
it is secured in the usual way, the free end is led through the loop in an easy curve
and the free end after encircling the rug or other package is passed through the
buckle overlapping the fixed end of the strap, and is secured by one of the usual
holes provided for its adjustment and then through the loop by which it is kept in
place. In this way each strap is easily and quickly adjusted and securely attached
to the handle as before described.
To provide for giving a more portable character to the handle and attachments
when not in use, the suspenders in accordance with said invention may be hinged
to the handle instead of being rigidly attached. In this case I make a hole through
each end of the handle which may have a metal lining if preferred and in this a pin
or stud is fitted so as to rotate without shake when required and this pin or stud is
formed with a jaw at its lower end and with a nut and washer at its top, or other-
wise rivetted to secure it in its place. The stems of the suspenders are fitted into
these jaws and secured by joint pins so that they may be turned round in a line
with and up against the handle. The handle itself may further be made to part in
the middle by a screwed and socket joint, so that the whole apparatus may be
easily carried in the pocket.
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* Dated this third day of Manah 1004
*Dated this third day of March 1006
1994.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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I, ALLEN ALBERT ROWLAND GIBBS, of 161, Varna Road, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HANDLES AND FASTENINGS FOR 3
SECURING STRAPS FOR CARRYING RUGS, WRAPS, SMALL BAGS, OR OTHER PACKAGES
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying sheet of
drawings:-
The object of my Invention is to provide a handle and fastenings for securing 4
straps for carrying rugs, wraps, small bags, or other packages which will be simple
and cheap to manufacture and so constructed that the handle can readily adapt
itself to the particular article with which it is used.

page_text: I will describe with reference to the accompanying drawing the manner in
which my said Invention is to be performed, the same letters of reference on the
drawing indicate corresponding parts in all the corresponding Figures.
Figure 1 is a front view and Figure 2 is a side view of a handle and fastenings
constructed according to my Invention and used with ordinary straps and secured
round & package. Figures 3 and 4 are a front view and a side view respectively of
a modification of the same, parts of the straps only being shewn.
I will first describe my Invention with reference more particularly to Figures 1
and 2.
A is a handle of wood, bone, metal or other suitable substance being preferably
turned and having a round recessed part al, a², at each end. B¹, B2 are two clips
of sheet metal forming part of the fastening and bent round the said recessed
parts a¹, a so as to tuin freely thereon and having their ends pierced and jointed
by rivets at b and be to the two sheet metal fastening clips C1, C2, which are bent
round the bars of the ordinary buckles D1, D2, of the straps E1, E2, secured round
the package F. As the fastening clips B1, B2 are free to turn on the handle A and
the fastening clips C1, C2, are free to turn on the bars of the buckles D1, D2 and at
their jointed parts 61, 62, the handle will very readily adapt itself to any form of
article.
Instead of jointing the clips B1, B2, to C1, C2 as above described I sometimes
make the fastening clips B1 and B2 to clip both the handle and the bars of the
buckle as shewn in Figures 2 and 3, and secure their ends by rivets b³, 64.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details as
berein described and illustrated as the same may be varied without departing from
the nature of my Invention.
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. A handle for straps for carrying rugs, wraps, small bags, or other packages
having at each end a jointed fastening attached thereto constructed to operate
substantially as and for the purpose herein described and illustrated with reference
to Figures 1 and 2 of my drawing.
2. A handle for straps for carrying rugs, wraps, small bags, or other packages
having at each end a fastening which is not jointed attached thereto constructed to
operate substantially as and for the purpose herein described and illustrated with
reference to Figures 3 and 4 of my drawing.
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