US359343A

US359343A - Detachable watch-pocket

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Publication number: US359343A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-03-15
Anticipated expiration: 1904-03-15

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' (ModeL) G. A. BURBANK.

DETAGHABLE WATCH POOKE-T. v v .No. 359, 43. Patented Mar. 15, 1887.

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CLARENCE ASA BURBANK, OF KINSLEY, KANSAS.

DETACHABLE WATCH-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,343, dated March 15, 1887.

Application filed January 12, 1887. Serial No. 224,145. tModel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE ASA BURBANK, of Kinsley, in the county of Edwards and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Watch-Pockets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to watch-pockets of the class which may be detached from a garment and replaced at any other point.

to form the front portion, andis of semi-elliptical form, as shown in Fig. 3. This plate has formed with it or secured to it a narrow back plate, 0, which retains the watch in position, and the bottom of the pocket is curved to conform somewhat to the shape of a watch. A hole, I), is made in the front plate near the top, through which the guard-chain of the watch is intended to pass, rendering it impossible to wholly withdraw the watch without breaking the chain. A curved stay or brace, d, is soldered or otherwise secured to both edges of the plate a near the top, in order to give it sufficient rigidity and stiffness.

The pocket is attached to a garment by means of two vertical pins, 6 e, and a lateral pin, h. The pins e e are either soldered or hinged to the plate a at f f, and after being passed through the garment and then out again are secured by clasps g 9, attached to the edges of plate a near the bottom. The lateral pin his hinged to the plate a at i, and its end is received by a hook or clasp, j. The pocket is thus firmly, though rempvably, attached to a garment, but cannot be removed without sufficient force to tear the fabric, unless the pins are intentionally disengaged, while, as before stated, the watch cannot be wholly extracted from the pocket unless the chain is broken.

The front plate may be made of any suitable metal, and if base metal be used may be plated or otherwise ornamented to give it an attractive appearance. The inside of the pocket is lined with some soft fabric or material, to prevent defacement of the watch, as shown at k.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. As a new article of manufacture, a detaehable watch-pocket having formed in it the safety-hole b, for the purpose described, and having the vertical pins 6 eattaohed to its side edges, and the transverse pin h extending entirely across said pocket, all substantially as described and shown.

2. A watch-pocket composed of the semielliptical plate to, having the narrow back plate, 0, in combination with the stay or brace d and fastening-pins for securing it to a garment, substantially as described.

CLARENCE ASA BURBANK.

Attest:

CHAS. A. VAN, Lnvnancrrr G. BOIES.