Improvements in, or Additions to, Cartridge, Money and analogous Bags.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1898-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in, or Additions to, Cartridge, Money and analogous
Bags.
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, of the Firm of Martin and Martins, of Granville
Street, in the City of Birmingham, Leather Goods Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in, or additions to, cartridge bags, book-
makers and others money and other similar slung bags for carrying small articles
and has for its object, to provide means for keeping the mouth of a bag fully open
and fixed when in use, or during a time that articles are required to be placed
within or removed from the same.
The invention consists, in the one part, in the employment of an oval or other suit-
able shaped rigid frame, jointedly hung or connected at one side of the interior
of the bag, near the mouth, and capable of being brought into a plane at right
angles to the sides of the bag and crossing the mouth so as to support both the sides
and ends of the bag stretcher wise, particularly when the bag is made up of a limp
or soft material.
Thus in carrying out one form of this part of my invention in connection with
a sporting-cartridge bag, I provide the mouth of the same with an elliptical or
hoop-shaped stretcher, with the major axis of about the length of the inside of
the bag and with the minor axis corresponding to the width of the mouth when
fully stretched to form a sufficiently large hand-hole to admit of the ready removal
of the cartridges. When the bag is closed, this stretcher hoop is turned down flat
against the back of the bag, but when the mouth is required to be kept stretched
open then it is drawn up by a button-holed or other tab or strap attached to the
front of the frame thereby extending or fully expanding the mouth, in which
position it is secured by turning the tab over the front edge of the bag and con-
necting its loose end to a button, buckle or other fastening, although this securing
of the frame in its stretching position may be effected in any other suitable way.
According to another part of my invention, I propose to make the stretcher frame
with compound jointed ends, that is, with the ends stretched by pairs of jointed
links, connected at their ends to side rods of about the length of the bag, to the
insides of which they are preferably connected, so that when the mouth is to be
opened, the end links are straightened out into their stretching positions, whilst
when the bag is to be closed, the said end links are folded or collapsed.
Or I may employ, in lieu of a frame, a single bar, bent to any suitable figure and
jointed at its ends to the corners or back of the bag.
The application of my invention to money bags for book-makers, tram conductors
and others and to analogous bags alung or suspended from shoulder straps differs
in no essential respect from its application to cartridge bags as herein described.
Dated this 26th day of October 1897.

page_text: Improvements in, or Additions to, Cartridge, Money and analogous
Bags.
2
I, PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN, of the Firm of Martin and Martins, of Granville
Street, in the City of Birmingham, Leather Goods 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:-
1.
This invention relates to improvements in, or additions to, cartridge bags, book
makers, and others money and similar slung bags, for carrying small articles and
has for its object, to provide means for keeping the mouths of such bags fully open
and fixed when in use, or during a time that articles are required to be placed
within or removed from the same.
The invention consists, in the one part, in the employment (particularly in con-
nection with a bag made up of limp or soft material) of an oval or other suitably-
shaped rigid frame, jointedly hung or connected at one side of the interior of the
bag, near the mouth, and capable of being brought (when required) into a plane
at right angles to the sides of the bag and across the mouth in such a manner as
to support both the sides and ends of the bag stretcher-wise, and to allow of the
hand being readily introduced into the interior of the bag when in the act of placing
within, or removing therefrom, the cartridges or other articles contained therein.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents an elevation of a sporting-
cartridge bag, fitted with a folding mouth-stretcher attachment in accordance with
one form of my invention. A portion of the front of the bag is broken away to
show the disposition of the stretcher frame, which, in this view, is represented as
folded down flat against the inside of the bag and out of use.
Figure 2 represents the said cartridge bag, partly in elevation and partly in
section, with the stretcher frame drawn up into a horizontal plane for opening out
or distending the mouth of the bag during the time that the same is in use in the
field and for facilitating the rapid removal of cartridges therefrom.
Figure 3 is a topside plan of the bag in the same position as shown in Figure 2,
but with a portion broken away to represent more clearly the mouth-distension
frame.
Figure 4 is a cross section of the bag upon the dotted line, Figure 1.
Figure 5 represents a cross section of the said bag in its distended position and
upon the dotted line a¹, Figure 5.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawings.
Thus in carrying out this form of my invention, I provide the contracted
mouth a¹, of the cartridge bag a, with an elliptical or hoop-shaped stretcher b,
with the major axis of about the same length as the said mouth, and with the
minor axis corresponding to the width of the mouth when fully stretched to form
a sufficiently large hand-hole to admit of the ready and rapid removal of the
cartridges. When the bag is closed, this stretcher hoop is turned down and lies
flat against the back a², of the bag,' (see Figures 1 and 4) but when the mouth is
required to be kept stretched open then it is drawn up into the approximately
horizontal position see in Figures 2, 3 and 5 by means of a button-holed or other
tab or strap, attached to the front of the frame thereby extending or fully expand-
ing the mouth. The stretcher frame is hinged at 2, to the top of the back walls
of the bag, immediately below the mouth, and is secured in its uistending position
by turning the tab b¹, over the front edge a³, of the bag and connecting its loose
end either to a stud or button, such as a*, or to a buckle or other fastening

page_text: although this securing of the frame in its stretching position may be effected in
any other suitable way. The overhanging lip a³, of the contracted mouth forms
a stop or seating against which the stretcher comes when drawn up and is thus
prevented from being raised too far. The bag is suspended by means of a sling or
strap c, adjustably connected by buckles c¹, whilst the mouth is provided with a
cover d, also provided with suitable buckle or other fastenings.
Normally and when the bag is not in actual use, the stretcher frame lies flat
against the back of the bag, without in any way increasing the dimensions of the
latter, but when in use by a sportsman or loader in the field, the mouth is dis-
tended into the open position before described and there retained by fastening the
stretcher in its turned out or raised position during such time that shooting is in
progress, thus rendering it an easy matter for the shooter or loader to rapidly take
out the necessary cartridges as they are required.
The stretcher attachment is preferably made from stout wire covered with leather
and may be hinged in any suitable way to the upper part of either the back, front
or ends of the interior of the bag and instead of employing an oval loop or frame
with the joint connection on the one side as described I may employ a bar bent to
any suitable figure and jointedly attached at its ends to the corners or back of the
bag.
According to another form of my invention, instead of employing a complete
frame or annulus as a stretcher, I may employ a part hook jointed at its middle
to the inside back of the bag and with its ends or arms, which may be bent or
returned, constituting the stretchers for distending the mouth of the bag when
brought up together into a horizontal plane. In this case, the stretcher arms may
each have an independent fastening tab, or a single tab only may be employed.
The application of my invention to money bags for book-makers, tram con-
ductors and others and to analogous bags slung or suspended from shoulder straps
differs in no essential respect from its application to cartridge bags as herein
described.
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:-
First In cartridge, money and analogous bags, the employment at the mouth
or entrance of a hoop, frame, part frame or equivalent stretcher, jointedly con-
nected to the inside of the bag and adapted to be brought into a plane at right
angles to the sides of the said bag, so as to distend and keep open the mouth, sub-
stantially for the purpose herein set forth.
Secondly: In cartridge, money and analogous bags, the employment at the
mouth or entrance, of a hoop, stretcher frame or part frame, jointedly connected
to the inside back of the bag, and adapted to come, when raised into a plane at
right angles to the sides of the bag, against a stop or seating formed by the over-
hanging lip of the contracted mouth, and to be there secured by a buttoning tab
or equivalent fastening, substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 26th dox of July 1898
PATRICK ALPHONSUS MARTIN,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.