Safety-pocket.

(Application filed June 17, 1801.)

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO . PHOTO-LITHO . WASHINGTON. D. C.

United States Patent Office.

GEORGE L. ESTES, OF SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

SAFETYiPOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,029, dated September 24,1901.

Application filed June 17) 1901. Serial No. 64,893. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, George L. Estes, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shawnee, in the county of Pottawatomie and Ter5 ritory of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Safety-Pocket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a safety-pocket or purse; and the object of the same is to proio vide a simple and effective device of this class for secreting money or other valuables about the clothing of the user as a protection against pickpockets or highwaymen, and is adapted to be attached to the underclothing 15 next to the body, in a sleeve, on the back between the shoulders, or at any place about the clothing the user may desire, and also capable at times to be used as an ordinary pocket-book or purse.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective 25 view of a pocket or purse embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the upper portion of the same.

3b Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a pocket or purse bf any suitable or desired material and dimen35 sions; but preferably constructed of leather, and provided with a top closing-flap 2. A suitable catch 3 is employed for holding the flap closed, and the upper bend of the latter, as at 4, is formed with elongated loops 5 on oppo4.0 site sides of the center, the latter being cut away to give freedom to the inner opposing terminals of the loops. The loops are formed by lines of stitches, as at G, and inseparably held therein are safety-pins 7 of a particular 45 construction. The said pins have straight back bars 8 located in the loops, and there is sufficient distance between the back bars and the pin-bars 9 to free the latter for operation in unfastening or attaching the im50 proved device and to compensate for the interposition of the bulk of the loops. By cutting away the central upper portion of the bend of the flap the inner keeper-terminal of one pin and the inner spring-coil terminal of the other pin are left free for unobstructed 53 operation. It will be seen that these pins will provide an effective means for suspending and securing the pocket or purse to any portion of concealed clothing and for readily . detaching the same for adjustment to or ap- 60 plication on another portion of clothing. In other words, the improved device is freely movable from one place to another, and at times it may be used as a purse in the ordinary manner and be carried in the hand. 65 The pocket or purse is flat and will lie close to the person of the wearer, so as to avoid indicating its location from the exterior, and to assist in holding it in flat condition an auxiliary safety-pin 10 is secured to the lower 70 central portion of the back thereof, as shown in dotted' lilies in Fig. 1 and in section in Fig. 2. The back bars of the upper pins are not clamped tightly in the loops, so that the pocket or purse may swing thereon to more 75 readily conform to the movements of the body of the wearer.

The improved device will be found very convenient and useful as a means of secreting valuables—such as money, jewels, or the 80 like—so that the presence thereof on the person of the wearer of the improved device will not be known.