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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM JAMES WEBB, OF SABINE PASS, TEXAS.
TRUNK-STRAP FASTENER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,225, dated December 15,1891.
Application filed February 13, 1891. Serial No. 381,308. (No model.)To aZll whon it ncy concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM JAMES WTEBB,
a citizen of the United States, residing at Sa-
bine Pass, in the county of Jefferson and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Trunk-Strap Fastener, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.
This invention relates to trunk-strap fast-
eners, the object of the same being to provide
ro an improved device of this character where-
by a trunk-strap after having been tightly
drawn around a trunk or other article of bag-
gage can be.fastened without the use of the
usual buckle.
15 To this end the invention consists of a fast-
ener constructed substantially as hereinafter
more fully described and claimed, and as illus-
trated on the sheet of drawings, wherein-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trunk
20 with a strap around the same, the ends of
which strap are connected by' my improved
fastener. Fig. 2 is an enlarged central lon-
gitudinal section of the strap and the fast-
ener in the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3
25 is a side elevation of these devices, showing
the strap as about to be tightened. Fig. 4 is
an enlarged perspective view of the upper
end of the fastener with the strap removed.
Referring to the said drawings, the letter
30 T designates a trunk or other piece of bag-
gage, and S is a strap around the same, as is
usual. One end of this strap is doubled over
and sewed to its body, so as to form a head
H, and the body of the strap may be, although
35 not necessarily, provided with buckle-holes.
In other words, an ordinary trunk-strap will
answer, although the buckle-holes therein are
not necessary when my improved fastener is
used.
40 The said fastener is constructed as follows:
The letters E, I, and L designate, respect-
ively, the end, intermediate, and lever mem-
bers of the fastener, each of which is prefer-
ably of metal constructed in about the shape
45 and relative size shown in the drawings.
Between the end members E and I a wedge-
shaped hole W is formed, and through this
hole is passed the strap near the head IH, the
latter being drawn into the hole and wedged
50 therein. This member E is hinged to the in-
termediate member I, as shown in Fig. 4.The lever member L has a beveled or under-
cut recess R in its end, and the arms A at
each side of this recess extend along the sides
of the member I, pins P passing through said 55
arms and into said member I, whereby these
two members are hinged together. This edge
of the intermediate member is beveled, as
shown at B, and the beveled face, as well as
the undercut face, of the recess R is provided 6o
with teeth t, as shown. The body of the le-
ver member gradually decreases in thickness
toward its outer end, and here it is provided
with a raised portion Q, over which a tongue
U extends inwardly, and a spring-tongue Z is 65
secured to the upper face of said member, its
free end bearing upwardly against the bottom
of the tongue U.
O is an approximately rectangular metallic
loop of sufficient size to embrace the strap, 70o
the lever member L, and the raisedportion Q.
In operation the strap is passed around the
trunk, the head H being seated in the open-
ing W, the loop O is passed onto the strap,
the latter is passed under the lever member 75
L through the recess R, and the lever member
is raised, as shown in Fig. 3. The strap is
then drawn tight by the operator, the lever L
depressed upon the strap, and the loop O
passed over the raised portion Q and engaged 8o
under the tongues U and Z, as shown in Fig. 2.
The strap is then held clamped between the
teeth t in the recess R and those on the bevel
B, and will remain so clamped as long as the
lever is depressed. When it is desired to re- 85
move the strap from the trunk, the tongue Z
is depressed, the loop O is moved from be-
neath the tongue U over the tongue Z, and is
then returned outwardly over both tongues,
over the raised portion Q, and off the end of 90o
the lever. The latter is then raised, whereby
the strap is released from the clamp in the
recess, and the strap can then be removed
from the trunk in a manner which will be
obvious. 95
Although I have described my device as a
fastener for a trunk-strap, it will be obvious
that it might be used to fasten a strap around
another article other than a trunk without
departing from the spirit of the invention. ioo
What is claimed as new, is-
1. The herein-described trunk-strap fast-
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Webb, William James. Trunk-Strap Fastener., patent, December 15, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172891/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.