US380279A - dormitzer - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

' A. DORMITZER.

SAFETY WATCH POCKET.

Patented Mam. 27', 188s.

SQA/wirk mm artnr @tripa ANNA DORMITZER, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY WATCHEPOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part oi' Letters Application filed December 23,1887. Serial No. 258,803.

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA DORMITZER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Safety Watch-Pockets for Ladies Use; and I do hereby declare that the followings a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of myirnproved ladies detachable watch-pocket; Fig. 2, a rear elevation ofthe saine; Fig. 3, a side elevation showing the clasp partly open; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the pocket, on an enlarged scale, with portions partly broken away and the lower part in section, illustrating a modification in the upper fasteningpins. Fig. 5 is a central transverse section, on an enlarged scale, of the upper portion of the pocket, illus trating a forni of catch for closing the clasp.

The object of my invention is to supply a neat secure safety-pocket for a ladys watch, which will admit of being readily, yet very securely, fastened to the dress or detached therefrom, and in which the watch will be se curely held, so as to prevent its being slipped out by a pickpoeket without detection.

It consists in the combination, with a suitable supporting-plate having any neat and desirable configuration and designed to carry asuitahle pocket for a watch, of a series of parallel pins projecting in a plane parallel with the rear face of the plate from a transverse har secu red to said plate near its upper end, and a spiral pin projecting beyond said rear face of the plate from a rotating s teni extending transversely through the plate near its lower end; also in the combination, with said spiral pin, of a slotted guard-plate at tached to the rear face of the pocketplate to cover and shield the point of the pin, which, however, may be passed through the slot therein for engagement.

It consists, furthermore, in the combination,with the upper end of the pocket-plate and pocket, of a hinged clasp to close the top ofthe pocket, providedwith a catch by which it may he firmly secured when closed, andv formed with a slot therein through which the Patent No. 380,279, dated March 2'7, 1888.

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watchchain may pass outwardly from the pocket.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a metallic plate of ornamental configuration, to the front or outer side of which is pivoted a frame or clasp, B, of metal, adapted to close against the upper edge of the plate, and provided with a suitable springactuated catch, C, made to engage the frame automatically when closed in contact therewith, and which admits of ready release therefrom by pressure or tension thereon.

The frame or clasp Bis of such width as will permit it to close over the thickness of a watch interposed between it and the plate A, and it is slotted, as at D, (see Fig. 3,) on one side, to permit of the passage of a watch-chain through it from a watch inclosed thereby.

E represents a pocket, of leather or other suitable material, neatly secured to the pocketplate A and to the lower margin of the clasp B by stitching, as at i t', or otherwise, as may be found convenient and desirable.

The rear face of the pocket-plate A is armed with a row ot' sharp pins, F F F, fixed parallel to each other in a plane parallel with the rear face of the plate to a cross-bar, G, which may be either rigidly secured to the plate near its upper end, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8, or be hinged to the plate at the saine joint by means of a hinge, K, at each end thereof, as shown in Fie. 4.

rotating stein or spindle, H, is mounted in a bearing at the lower end of the pocketplate,to extend transvcrsel y through said plate from front to rear, and itsinner end terminates in a spiral sharp-pointed pin, L, adapted by its revolution to screw into the material against which it may be held. The outer end of the spindle H is fitted with a milled head, M, by which it may be turned.

To guard the sharp point of the spiral L and prevent it freni catching in the hand or dress of the person using the pocket, a thin extended metallic plate, N, is fitted over it and made fast at one end only to the pocket-plate. This guard-plate N is slotted, as shown at o, Fig. 2, with a curved slot, through which the point of the spiral may he passed when desired for use, the point heilig otherwise turned hach under the imperforated portion of the plate when not IOO in use, as shown in Fig. 3 and by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the elasticity of the plate allowingit to spring outward to permit the point to pass under it.

The catch for securing the clasp or frameB may consist of a simple plate orlever, C, (see Fig. 5,) pivoted in the upper end of the frame B, transversely thereto, so that the front edge of the lever may rest upon the upper edge of the pocket-plate A when the clasp is closed. This front edge of the catch-lever is notched, as at r, Fig. 5, to engage the pocket-platewhen it rests thereon, and its engagement is automatically secured and maintained by means of a spring, S. I

The upper rear edge of the pivoted lever or catch-plate C projects up through the upper portion ofthe clasp, so that it may be pressed upon from Without, and being so pressed upon the catch will turn upon its pivot far enough to be released from the pocket-plate- The use of this improved detachable pocket obviates the necessity of opening the front of the dress to reach an inner pocket, as is commonly done. It `also insures safety for the Watch, and it may be made highly ornamental.

In the use of my improved detachablesafety watch-pocket the pocket is readily secured to the dress of the wearer at any desired point by slipping the series of pins down into the fabric of the dress until arrested by the transverse head-bar, and then screwing the spiral pin into the dress by turning the head of its stem in the proper direction, the point of the pin being guarded by the guard-plate resting upon its point, so as not to catch into the dress when the series of straight pins are being inserted. In turning the spiral pin the point is brought during its revolution into register with the slot in said guard-plate, which permits it to pass through the plate, so as to project therefrom and engage the dress. A reverse rotation of the pin will operate not only to withdraw its point from the dress, but also to draw it back under the imperforate portion of the plate, so that it will become guarded thereby. The engagement ofthe spiral pin efectually prevents a withdrawal of the straight retaining-pins, and consequently prevents the pocket from being suddenly snatched or detached from the dress Without tearing it.

The hinged clasp, secured when closed by means of the catch, fastens the watch within the pocket and prevents it from being suddenly, violently, or accidentally Withdrawn therefrom, the watch-chain being left free to depend from the pocket through the slot in the top of the clasp.

The pocket may be made'of pleasing form and rich materials, so as to constitute an ornamental attachment to the dress.

I claim as my inventionl. In combination with the supporting-plate of a Watch-pocket, a series of parallel retaining-pins projecting from a transverse bar attached to the under side of the plate at one end thereof, and a spiral pin projecting on the same side and at the opposite end of the plate from a rotating stem passing transversely through the plate, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination, with the supportingplate of a Watch-pocket, and with a spiral pin projecting on one side of said plate from a rotating stem passing transversely through the plate, of an extended elastic guard-plate made fast at one end to said supporting-plate, to rest at its opposite end upon the point of the pin, and. slotted to permit of the passage of the pinpoint through it, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The combination, in a detachable Watchpocket, of a supporting-plate, devices, substantially as described, for securing the plate to the dress of the wearer, a pocket secured to the front face ofthe plate, and a hinged clasp closing the upper end or mouth of the pocket, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ANNA DORMITZER.

Witnesses:

A. N. J EsBERA, E. M. WA'rsoN.

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