Improvements in and relating to Pockets of Garments for Carrying Season Tickets and other articles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1593-Accepted, 6th May, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Pockets of Garments for Carrying
Season Tickets and other articles.
I, ALBERT WILLIAM PYKE, of 22 Bishopsgate Street Without in the City of
London, Tailor, 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:-
The object of this invention is to provide an improved means of carrying season
tickets, card cases, note cases, purses and other articles, so that they may be easily
accessible, and yet securely retained in the pocket of a garment.
To this end my invention consists in providing a special pocket on the inside or
outside of any ordinary pocket of such a size and shape as may be necessary to
carry the season ticket or other article required.
At the lower part of the pocket I provide a small slot or opening reaching
through the lining of the garment, and underneath on the inside of the lining I fix
a button or other fastening.
For holding the season ticket, card case, or other articles I provide a separate
case made of leather or other suitable material having an elastic loop attached to
it, either from the middle or from the two corners of one end of the case, with an
eye for passing over the button or other fastening on the inside lining of the
garment.
It will be readily understood, that to effect the object of this invention the case
for holding tickets, cards or other articles is placed in the pocket with the elastic
loop passed through the slot or opening, and looped on to the button or other
fastening, and thus is held securely in the pocket.
When required for use, the case may be withdrawn from the pocket, and when
released by the hand is immediately pulled back to its place in the pocket by the
elastic loop. If desirable I dispense with the case and attach the elastic loop and
eye directly to the article it is required to secure in the pocket.
If preferred I can dispense with the inner pocket and fix the button inside the
ordinary pocket at the bottom, securing the pocket from being pulled upwards
when withdrawing the article by stitching the pocket to the lining of the
garment.
I do not confine my invention to any particular garment or class of garments, as
the improvements may be applied to any wearing apparel, as for instance coats,
vests, trousers ladies jackets, bodices or skirts, and the pocket may be placed in
any convenient position.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood, reference is made
to the accompanying drawings in which :-
Fig. 1, represents a front view of the inner pocket with the case for season ticket
or other articles in its place, the outer pocket is shewn as removed and thrown back
to show the inner pocket and case.
Fig. 2, is a transverse section of the pockets.
Fig. 3, illustrates separately the card or ticket case, with the elastic loop
attached.
In the said figures A, is the outer face of the garment, B, the outer pocket
(shewn in Fig. 1, partially removed and thrown back) C, is the inner pocket,
D, the lining at the back of the inner pocket, E, is the slot or opening in the said
lining, F, the button fixed to the lining on the inside of the garment, G, is the case
for season tickets, cards or other articles, H. H, the elastic loop & J, the eye for
buttoning at the end of the elastic loop.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The method of forming a special pocket inside (or outside) any ordinary
pocket of a garment for carrying season tickets, card cases or other articles
required, with a slot or opening and a button or other fastening on the inside of the
lining of the garment.
2. The provision of a case of leather or other material having an elastic loop at
one end, and provided with an eye for securing to the button or other fastening.
3. The adaptation of an elastic loop and eye directly to the article it is desired
to secure in the pocket of a garment thus dispensing with a case for enclosing the
article.
4. The provision of a button in any convenient position inside an ordinary
pocket for attaching the loop and case, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
5. The combination of a special pocket inside (or outside) any ordinary pocket
of a garment with a case for holding the article required having an elastic loop and
a button attached to the garment for securing the case to the pocket, substantially
as and for the purpose described and illustrated.
Dated this 15th day of March 1893.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.