US146570A - Improvement in safety attachments for pockets - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES WILEY HENRY CAIRNS, OF PETROLIA CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY ATTACHMENTS FOR POCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,570, dated January 20, 1874,- application filed December 6, 1873.

7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILEY H. CAIRNS, of Petrolia City, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pocket-Book Guard, of which the following is a specification:

The figure is a plan view of my improved pocket-book guard, shown as applied to a pocket-book.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved guard for attachment to pocketbooks to prevent the possibility of their being drawn from the pocket without the owners knowledge, and which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, and etfective in operation. The invention consists in the combination of the two pairs of pivoted arms, the sliding bar, the spring, and the spring-catch with each other, to adapt them to be applied to a pocket-book, and in the combination of the rubber tips with the projecting ends of'the pair of pivoted arms of the guard, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents the side of a pocket-book. 'B are two short straps, arms, or bars, which are pivoted to each other at one end, and also to the side A of the pocket-book, or to a small plate, G, which is secured to said side A. The other ends of the arms B are pivoted to two arms, D, at a little distance from their outer ends, which said outer ends project at the side edges of the pocket-book, and have rubber blocks E attached to them to prevent them from cutting or tearin g the pocket. The other or inner ends of the arms D are pivoted to each other and to the end of a short sliding bar, F, which passes through a keeper, G, attached to the side A of the pocketbook, and has a thumb-piece or knob, H, formed upon or attached to its other or free end. By this con-* struction, by drawing the sliding bar F upward the projecting ends of the bars D will be drawn inward, allowing the pocket-book to be readily removed from or inserted in the pocket. I is a spring, which may be made of rubber or metal, and one end of which is attached to the attached to the arms D at the point where they are pivoted to each other and to the sliding bar F. By this construction, when the sliding bar F is released the spring I, by its construction, draws the pivoting-points of the two pairs of arms D 1) toward each other, which causes the rubber-tipped ends of the arms D to project and rest against the pocket,

and thus prevent the pocket-book from being Withdrawn from said pocket without the owners knowledge, To the sliding bar Fis attached a spring, J, which is made with a shoulder, and passes beneath the keeper G, so that when the sliding bar F is drawn outward to .draw the projecting ends of the arms D inward the said shoulder will catch upon the keeper G, and hold the said, arms in place until the said spring-catch J is pressed inward and released from the keeper G, thus allowing the pocket-book to be readily removed from or inserted in the pocket. In case the side A of the pocket-book be flexible, a metallic plate may be placed upon its inner side, as shown in dotted lines in the figure, and secured by the rivets that secure the guardto said side A, to prevent it from being drawn up into wrinkles or folds by the tension of the spring I.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the arms B D, sliding bar F, keeper G, spring I, and the springcatch J, with each other, to adapt them to be applied to a pocket-book, substantially as herein shown and described.

-2. The combination of the rubber tips E with the projecting ends of the arms D of the guard B D F G I J, substantially as herein shown and described:

WILEY HENRY CAIRNS.

Witnesses 'l. S. ZEEVER, M. S.,RAY.

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