Improvements in Frame Fastenings for Purses and Bags.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar., 1894--Accepted, 19th May, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frame Fastenings for Purses and Bags.
We, FREDERICK MICHELL TATE of Bryne Villa, Malldreath Bay, Bodorgan
R.S.O., Anglesea, Vocalist, and LOUIS BLUMFELD of 119 Queen Victoria Street
in the City of London, 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 :-
Reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters represent like
parts, will assist to explain the nature of this invention.
A frame of metal is constructed as shown in Figs. I & II.
The parts
marked B, B & B are cast or made all in one piece. The part A is made in the
shape there shown and is so fashioned that its upper edge when in position shall form
a continuous outer surface with the upper edges of B & B"; it is pivotted at (2)
to a projecting piece of B, & its end beyond (a) is forked so as to work on a guide
piece (6) on B. The part B of the frame acts as a spring which tends to
keep the upper edge of A flush with the upper edges of B and B & the forked
arm near (a) down as shown in Fig. I. The other half (D) of the frame of the
purse or bag is made so as to correspond in outline with the outside outline of B¹,
A & B when in position as shown in Fig. I, & is hinged to the part B as shown
in the drawings. A hooked catch C is affixed to the frame D in such a position
that when the purse or bag is closed by bringing the frame D towards B until it
touches the side edge of B', A, & B", the hook will pass under the forked arm of A
(which gives sufficiently to allow of this) and will be held by that arm as soon as it
has passed beyond it. The purse or bag is now closed & can only be opened by
pressure brought to bear on the upper edge (A¹) of A so as to force the arm A¹
downwards and thereby raise the forked arm at the other end of A, thus releasing
the hooked catch C.
Fig. II shows the arm'A' pressed down (the other end of A. being raised) so as to
release the catch C & open the purse or bag. A slight groove (a) on the forked
arm of A where the catch C first touches that part facilitates the catch passing
under that arm when the purse or bag is closed.
The leather or other material of which the purse or bag is made is stitched or
otherwise affixed to the two frames B and D; but, if it is desired to have two
pockets, a division of leather or other suitable material may be attached to the
frame B (as shown in Figs. I & II) and a frame (E) corresponding with D may
be hinged to B so as to work on the side of B other than that in which D works.
The hooked catch C' on E is so placed as to pass under the forked arm of A
(when E is closed) in a place between the pivot (2) & the place where the catch C
(en frame D) passes under the same arm when D is closed."
The frame B must be of sufficient width in the parts B1, B" (A' being of the
same width) to allow of a finger pressing on the movable part A', & to allow
sufficient depth for the catch C (or the catches C & C where both are used) to
work without cutting into the farther side of the purse when it is closed.
Fig. III is a side view of a purse (with two divisions or pockets) open.
This invention has the advantage that it cannot be so readily opened by
accidental pressure on the outside as most other frames can be, and it does not
require a special spring to keep the catch mechanism in position when the purse or
bag is closed- -as is required in most catch fastenings in use on purses or bags-since
the part B of the frame B acts as a spring for that purpose.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner it is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The construction of a combined frame and fastening for purses and bags
substantially as above described.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1894.
FRED. M. TATE,
LOUIS BLUMFELD.