Combined purse and hose-supporter.

Application filed April 19,1904. Serial Ho. 203,912. (Ho model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Fred A. Taylor and Nathan E. Flint, citizens of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the 5 county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Purse and HoseSupport; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the to invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, -and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part 15 of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in pocket-books; and the object of the invention is to produce a simple and efficient device of this nature which may be 20 adapted to be fastened to hose-supporters, and in carrying out the invention it is our purpose to make the partitions between the compartments of the pocket-book with extended flaps, which are adapted to fold one 25 over the other for the purpose of closing the compartments, and in the provision of a glovefastening button carried by the strap upon the back of the pocket-book and adapted to hold the pocket-book upon the straps of the 3° hose-supporter.

Our invention consists, further, in various details of construction and in combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically 35 defined in the appended claims.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which—.

4° Figure 1 is a side elevation of our invention illustrated as applied to hose-supporters. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation showing the manner of attachment of the pocket-book to the branching straps of the supporter. Fig·- 3 is 45 a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the construction of the partitions of the pocket-book.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a pad which may be supported in any suitable man- 5° ner, and B B designate straps secured to said pad, and C designates buckles, which are secured to the straps D at their middle portions, and the tongues of said buckles are designed to engage the straps B, whereby the 55 two series of straps may be detachably held together. The hose-supporting devices E are secured to the ends of the straps D. The pocket-book comprises the back F, having a contracted projecting portion F', forming a 60 strap which is adapted to be engaged by the tongue of one of said buckles, as illustrated, whereby the pocket-book may be held to the hose-supporting straps.

G G designate the partitions dividing the 65 pocket-book into compartments, the ends of said partitions projecting beyond the end of the pocket-book, forming flaps G', carrying socket members g, which are designed to engage the fasteners H, secured to the front 70 face of the pocket-book in the manner illustrated in dotted lines in the drawings, in which position one flap overlaps the other in the manner illustrated.

Upon the back of the pocket-book is a trans- 7 5 versely-arranged strap N, and a- socket member O is secured to said strap, and directly underneath said socket member O is a fastener O', designed to engage said socket member and form two loops either side of the but- 80 ton, through which the straps carrying the hose-supporting devices are adapted to pass and whereby the pocket-book is securely held to said straps.

By the provision of the apparatus shown 85 and described it will be seen that a simple and efficient means is provided for holding a pocket-book to hose - supporting straps, so that there will be little likelihood of the pocketbook being lost or the contents therefrom. 90 While we have shown a particular detailed construction of apparatus illustrating our pocket-book and attachments therefor, it will be understood that we may make alterations in the detailed construction of the same, if 95 found desirable, without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention.