US404544A

US404544A - Shackle

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Publication number: US404544A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 1906-06-04

Description

(No Model.)

J. JAMES & A. D. GOODENOUGH.

SHAGKLE.

No. 404,544. Patented June 4, 1889.;

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SHACKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,544, dated J 11116 4, 1889.

Application filed December 7, 1888. Serial No. 292,893. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN JAMES and AL- VIN D. GOODENOUGH, citizens of the United States, residing at Henrietta, in the county certain new. and useful Improvements in Shackles; and we do 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.

This invention relates to means for shackling prisoners; and it consists in connecting with handcuffs a pair of mittens,in the manner hereinafter specified and claimed.

The novelty will be fully understood from the following description and claims, taken in. connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the mittens and handcuffs, embracing my improvements, ready to be applied to the hands and wrists of a prisoner. Fig. 2-is a perspective view of one of the handcuffs and wristband for attaching the mitten applied thereto; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the handcuffs provided with turn-buttons for the direct application of the mittens.

It sometimes occurs that handcuffed prisoners are required to be transported in cold weather from one portion of the countryto another at the r sk of great suffering and loss of hands. It also sometimes happens that handcuffed prisoners are frantic wit-h anger or insanity and liable to injure themselves or the persons in charge by the fingers of their hands. To remedy these difficulties, we provide a pair of strong mittens, preferably of leather or heavy cloth, and connect them with handcuffs in the manner shown on the drawings, in which A indicates handcuffs, and B mittens. In the wrist of each mitten we form two button-holes c, and preferably surround tVe usually cover the har dcuffs with leather or strong heavy cloth provided with pendent flaps f, as shown on Fig. 2, and arrange buttons on said flaps, as shown at g, which, when p on duty, enter the button-holes on the wrist of the mittens, and thereby complete their union between said handcuffs and mittens.

In case the handcuffs are not covered and provided with flaps f, we attach buttons to the handcuffs themselves, in the manner shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This mode of attachment is preferable in point of economy, and also in cases where additional warmth is not required for the wearers wrist.

These handcuffs are .providedwith the usual lockand key.

It is obvious that mittens formed of any suitable material may be profitably employed in conjunction with handcuffs. Even cloth, yarn, wire, and sheet metal will often be found to meet the requirements of the case; but we usually prefer the use of leather or heavy and strong fabric.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- 1. A mitten provided with button-holes in its wrist, in combination with a handcuff provided with a fastening-button, substantially as specified.

2. Ahandcuff provided with a flexible wrist band or cuff and carrying devices whereby a mitten may be attached thereto, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN JAMES. ALVIN D. GOODENOUGH.

Witnesses:

JEssE G. B. MCCULLOR,

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