US451197A - Pocket-protector - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

L. P. ROBARE.

POCKET PROTECTOR.

No. 451,197. Patented Apr. 28, 1891.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS F. ROBARE, OF AU SABLE FORKS, NEXV YORK.

POCKET-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,197, dated April 28, 1891.

Application filed December 10, 1890. Serial No. 374,186. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS F. ROBARE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Au Sable Forks, in the county of Essex and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to a combined safety attachment and pocket-supporter; and the object I have in view is to provide a device which will permit the easy removal or insertion of articles within the pocket and at the same time prevent articles from being picked out of the pocket without giving notice to the wearer.

A still further object of my invention is to provide means which will always hold the mouth of the pocket in closed adjustment, whereby the garment is made to present a neat and smooth appearance, instead of hanging open or sagging, as in the ordinary way; and a still further object of my invention is to provide an extremely simple and durable device which will add only a slight additional expense to the garment to which it may be attached.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the peculiar features and combinations of parts more fullydescribed hereinafter, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 represents a side view of my complete device; Fig. 2, a top view, in which the sides are shown spread apart as in the act of removing or inserting something into the pocket; Fig. 3, a section of a garment to which it is applied. Fig. at is a section through 02 a: of-the preceding figure.

The entire device is made ofspring-steel with plane surfaces, and is oblong in order to surround the edges of an ordinary pocket f. A longitudinal slot cl extends almost throughout its entire length, and this slot is so out or otherwise made that the upper part a is slightly wider and therefore stiffer than the lower part b, so that when the upper part is pressed inward, as in Fig. 2, it will cause the lower part to spring outward, and thereby allow access to the pocket. The end 0 of the device is about as wide as the parts a I); but this peculiarity is not absolutely necessary to the success of the invention.

From this construction it will be seen that the metallic piece thus formed can be applied to a garment by simply cutting a suitable opening in the cloth, then taking the lower edge of thencloth and folding it over the lower part of the metal I), and then sewing it down,

as seen in Fig. 4:. The upper part or edge of the opening in the garment may be drawn down over the upper part a and through the opening d and the pocket fastened to the front edge of the cloth. WVhile this is the preferred manner of applying my device, yet any other convenient way may be adopted. It will be seen that the metal entirely surrounds the mouth of the pocket, so that it will be impossible to rip it out at the ends or corners, and the mouth is always held in closed adjustment, and the lower edge will lie in a straight smooth line beneath and flush with the outer surface of the cloth, thereby supporting the pocket and presenting a neat and new appearance. When it is desired to insert or remove anything from the pocket, the wearer simply presses his finger against the upper portion a,thereby bending it inward and causing the lowerand more resilientportionb to spring outward in the arc of a circle, as in Fig. 2. Upon releasing the finger or hand both portions a and b will immediately recover their former positions and close the mouth of the pocket. Now when the upper section is pressed in against the body of the wearer by a pickpocket it would immediately warn him of danger, and thereby acts as a safeguard, because it is practically impossible to get into the pocket otherwise.

The advantages of my invention are that, being composed of one integral piece of thin spring-steel, it will bend and readily conform to the shape of the body of the wearer, and it can be made very cheap. It is not heavy or in any way cumbersome. It Will always keep the pocket closed and in neat position. It prevents the corners from tearing out. It makes a safeguard against pickpockets,-and it will the pocket, said attachment having substantially parallel sides for the upper and lower edges of the pocket, one of said sides being stiffer than the other to produce less resilieney, whereby pressure upon the stiffer side Will cause the other side to spring out, in the manner and for the purpose set forth. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LOUIS F. ROBARE.

Witnesses:

R. G. DUBoIs, GEO. L. WHEELocK.

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