US496543A

US496543A - Edwin william streeter

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Publication number: US496543A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-05-02
Anticipated expiration: 1910-05-02

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B W STREETER COMBINED BRAGELET AND WHISTLE.

No. 496,543. Patented May 2, 1893.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN WVILLIAM STREETER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

COMBINED BRACELET AND WHISTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,543, dated May 2, 1893.

Application filed May 31, 1892. Serial No. 434,907- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN WILLIAM STREETER, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at New Bond Street, in the city of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Oombined Bracelet and histle, of which the following is a specification.

By this invention I produce a new and useful combination of bracelet and whistle which while admitting of ornamentation in high degree, and of being made in an endless variety of elegant designs retains its serviceability. Its sphere of utility is practically unbounded as the combined bracelet and whistle is adapted for wear by men, women, and children of all positions and classes. As a ready means of giving warning of the wearers safety bein g endangered its advantages are unequaled, and by ladies traveling its adoption should be universal.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of the combined bracelet and whistle and Fig. 2 a side view of the whistle and a few of the links only of the bracelet.

Referring to the drawings, a is the whistle, b the chain or band of the bracelet, which may be fastened around the wearers wrist or arm and be secured as shown by a padlock c or by a spring catch or any other suitable fastening. To adapt itself to thecurvature of the wrist of the wearer I preferably form one side of the whistle with a correspondingly curved part as at a Fig. 2.

The whistle a I have here shown as of the London police type of whistle, but of course it will be understood that any description of whistle may be employed all according as the special nature of the requirements of the intending wearer may call for. Again the chain or band I) may be of any desired pattern, shape, or design, from delicate links of gold to a broad band of silver, aluminum, steel, or other metal or material.

The type of combined bracelet and whistle as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and which is of a solid and strong construction, is particularly adapted for use by members of the police force. The chain or band of the bracelet when worn by the constable will signify that he is on duty, as is now done by the striped wristlet placed around the cuff; while the whistle, which forms part of the bracelet, is impossible of forcible or violent detachment, nor can it be dropped or broken away in a scuffle as now so frequently happens with the whistle carried in the pocket and attached to a slight chain only. And even if the constable be overpowered and thrown to the ground he can easily blow the whistle and summon aid upon bringing his Wrist to his mouth.

The combined bracelet and whistle is also of great utility and advantage to messengers, servants, and others, for the purpose of calling cabs, and the like.

The whistle may if desired have two distinct calls, so as to be useful either as a danger call, or as a dog or cab whistle, as required.

The combined bracelet and whistle adapts itself to ornamentation to any extent and it may be made of gold or other precious metal and may be set or studded with diamonds and other jewels as taste or fancy may dietate.

The combined bracelet and whistle constructed with the joint view of forming a unique and handsome piece of jewelry and of a means of maintaining the wearers safety by providing a ready instrument of summoning aid in the event of the wearer meeting with any peril-such as for instance a lady traveling by rail who is offered insult or assault, or if when walking a robbery is attemptedconstitutes a valuable, serviceable, and novel, as well as ornamental, personal effect.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A bracelet having combined therewith a whistle, substantially as set forth.

2. A bracelet composed of lengths of bands or links and an intervening whistle, substantially as set forth.

3. A bracelet composed of lengths of bands or links and an intervening whistle, the latter having on its inner surface a curved depression adapting it to the curvature of the wrist, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN WILLIAM STREETER.

Witnesses:

G. TOLJAMBE STREETER, ROBERT BROOKMAN.

hereunto signed