An Improved Construction of Buoyant Bag for Preserving Passengers' Clothing and Articles in Case of Shipwreck, said Bag when being Useful for Supporting One or More Persons in the Water.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 16th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 12th Oct., 1888
An Improved Construction of Buoyant Bag for Preserving Passengers'
Clothing and Articles in Case of Shipwreck, said Bag when
Inflated being Useful for Supporting One or More Persons in the
Water.
I SALVADOR MALO Y VALDIVIELSO of 62 Rue de Courcelles, Paris, France,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct a bag in several parts yet so connected
that one part may contain valuables, articles of clothing or other things and another
part be capable when drawn out to be secured by a cord or strap or other appliance to
make the bag proper airtight. Another part of the bag is formed for the admission
of air (by a person blowing through a nozzle and closing valves) as a buoyant vehicle
for floating the bag and its contents.
The capacity of the air chamber or container is such that a great weight can be
borne by it in the water and also to support one or more persons when the bag is
provided with handles or straps which may hang loose or otherwise.
The bag may be composed of the same texture of waterproof and air proof
material or of fabrics of different textures and substance.
When the bag is not in use as a bag the portion round which the closing or tying
is effected can be folded into the other part and instead of there being three compart-
ments there may be only two of them; one to contain the articles and the other to
serve as an air bag or air container.
Dated this 17th day of November 1887.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said S. Malo y Valdivielso.

page_text: An Improved Construction of Buoyant Bag for Preserving Passengers,
Clothing and Articles in Case of Shipwreck, said Bag when
Inflated being Useful for Supporting One or More Persons in the
Water.
I, SALVADOR MALO Y VALDIVIELSO, of 62, Rue de Courcelles, Paris, France,
Merchant, 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 construct a bag in several parts yet so connected
that one part may contain valuables, articles of clothing, or other things and another
part be capable, when drawn out, of being secured by cord, a strap, or other appliance
to make the bag proper air tight. Another part of the bag is formed for the admission
of air (by a person blowing through a nozzle and closing valve) as a buoyant vehicle
for floating the bag and its contents.
The invention is shown in the annexed drawings, in which at Figure 1 a section it
is shown composed of an internal lining of strong canvas A forming the bag proper
and an outer jacket of strong canvas B, between which and the lining canvas A
I arrange a double fabric C, D, of air proof material, which two fabrics C, D, are
cemented together at the bottom and to the inner canvas A and outer canvas B.
The upper parts of the double fabric C, D, are also cemented to the inner fabric A
and outer fabric B and also to a portion of the fabric E which is continued up to near
the top of the outer fabric B and forming an internal mouth. The double fabric C D
has a nozzle and blow pipe F in connection so that the chamber between C and D can
be filled with air by blowing through said nozzle. The upper edge of the inner
canvas A has a series of eyelets, through which, when articles (wearing apparel or
other) are placed in the bag, can be drawn tight and secured by a piece of string to
enclose the articles securely therein, after which the upper end or mouth of E can be
gathered and tied round with string, which would prevent the entrance of water (in
the case of shipwreck or other mishap) within the body of the bag. The outer fabric B
is of somewhat greater length than A or E and has eyelets at the edge through which
a bar G, Figure 2 can be laced and then by turning the loop H, which is hinged to
the bar, into the position indicated at Figure 3, the loop H then serving as a handle
for carrying the bag as an ordinary travelling bag. If the bag be used for ordinary
Tourist's purposes, small articles of clothing, such as handkerchiefs, collars, clean shirt
and the like, can be carried in it, or it can be used as a kind of wrap round umbrellas,
walking sticks as at Figure 4 and readily carried in the hand by straps I and
handle J as indicated, no air within the double fabric C, D, being necessary, but when
articles of value are inserted into the bag A, such as during a sea voyage and closed
up as at Figure 3, it can readily be inflated and be used as a buoy as at Figure 5 for
saving life.

page_text: By placing a net around the inflated bag several persons could cling as at Figure 6
and be sustained by it in the water, said net having rings or appliances for persons to
hold on to until some assistance arrived.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
A bag, composed of an inner and outer canvas, between which, and connected in
the manner described, I arrange an inflatable pocket, so that said bag when gathered
into the form indicated at Figure 3 can be used as an ordinary travelling bag, as a
wrapper, as at Figure 4, and when inflated as described, its employment as means for
saving personal property and life in cases of shipwreck or other, as set forth.
ine 16th day of August 1888.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Salvador Malo y Valdivielso.