US721250A - Traveler's rug. - Google Patents

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.Nm 721,250. PATENTBD 1113.24, 1903.

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TRAVELBRS RUG.' APPLICATION FILED DEO. 2, 1901.

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GUSTAVE ADOLPHE STRM ALBERT STRM, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

TRAVELERS RUG.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,250, dated February 24, 1903. Application filed December 2, 1901. Serial No. 84,411. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that we, GUsTAvE ADOLPHE STRM, a citizen of the Republic of France, and ALBERT STRM, a subject of theKing of Sweden and Norway, both residing at Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Travelers Rugs, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of this invention is a travelers rug which leaves the movements of the legs entirely' free, while it is securely fixed to the body and protects it from rain, dust, cold, wind, te., no matter whether it acts in the upward or downward direction or from either side.

This travelers rug differs from the various existing forms of bags, as it opens freely in the rear and at the top and not at the upper end only. Besides it preserves the freedom of motion of the legs and enables the traveler to get into and alight from a carriage without first divesting himself of the rug, which in the case of a bag being only open at the top is impossible.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the extended rug. Fig. 2 illustrates the lower part of the rug without leggings. Fig. 3 shows the lower part of a modified form. A

The rug proper or folding part l is a piece of textile fabric, cloth, felt, fur, skin,or the like, doubled or folded so that one edge overlaps the other fora considerable distance, as at 2, the two upper corners being retained in place by suitable fastening devices 3. The height ofthe piece of material is such that this fastened portion comes above the waist,Y

5 5, through which the user of the rug may pass his feet.

Fig. 2 represents the lower partof a rug such as has just been described, with the only difference that holes 6 6 are provided in the bottom and that the leggings are omitted.

Fig. 3 shows the lower part of a rug made on the same principle as in Fig. 1; but the bottom 4 is entirely closed.

The openings for the feet are provided in the front near the lower edge of the folding part. These openings are two slits 7 7, which maybe covered by iaps 8 8, fastened at the top to the part 1.

The rug'hereinabove described enables its user either to keep his legs inside the rug or to pass them outside, and,in fact, to move them at will and to walk, if desired.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A travelers rug com posed of a folding part, and of a flat bottom part connected with its edge to the lower edge of the folding part, said folding part being formed of a piece of woven fabric or other suitable material, being long enough to cover the lower part of the body and lower limbs of the user, when folded at the top, with edges widely overlapping, and provided with means for fastening it around the body above the waist, said bottom part being provided with two. openings through which the user of the rug is enabled to pass hisfeet.

In testimony that we claim the foregoingas our invention we have signed our names in presence of two subscribing witnesses,

GUSTAVE ADOLPHESTROM.

, ALBERT sTRo Witnesses:

CHARLES NEWLAKE, A EDWARD P. MACLEAN.

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