Patent Model - Improvements in Trunks
Maker and role
E. Roulstone (b.1818, d.1901), Patentee
Production date
Nov 19 1867
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Leather, fabric, metal
Measurements
8 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 8 3/4" (21 x 28.6 x 22.2cm)
Description
Roulstone's patent "relates to certain improvements in the details of construction of travelling-trunks, valises, portmanteaus, travelling-bags, &c., with particular reference to increasing their strength and durability, and to lessening their cost." "The invention consists, primarily, in forming the surface of the trunk of leather or other equivalent flexible material, in which alternate parallel convex and concave ribs and furrows are produced, thereby imparting rigidity to the body, and a finish to the outer surface thereof." (Patent Number 71,223)
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Object number
2015.14.782a-c
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