Untitled record

Application filed May 27,1892. Serial No. 434,545. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Simon Scheuer, of New York city, New York, have invented an Improved Frame for Pocket-Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a frame for pocketbooks, purses, and similar articles, having a catch of peculiar construction, which is concealed within the frame.

It consists in the various features of improvement more fully pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a purse provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the frame, showing it open; Fig. 3, a top view of part of the frame, showing it broken away at the center.

The letters a a represent the two curved jaws or frames of a purse or pocket-book b, connected at their ends by pivots a', as usual. The frames a are L-shaped in cross-section and abut against one another when closed. Within each frame a there is attached beneath the upper flange and within the corner formed by the two flanges an outwardly-projecting headed pin c. The shanks of the pins c are not twisted or curved, but are straight, and the pins are entirely concealed and protected by the frames, with the exception of jo the heads c', that project outward to a slight extent. When the frames are pushed together, the headed pins c will interlock by yielding laterally, as will be readily understood, while when the frames are drawn apart 35 by means of suitable handles d the pins c will release their hold upon each other.

A peculiarity of the construction is that the pins c face and approach each other head foremost, and not from side to side, as is the 40 case with the well-known upwardly-projecting bent-pin fasteners.