﻿[91] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1065 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  loo]) 
  end 
  an 
  eye 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  ring 
  may 
  be 
  suspended, 
  

   and 
  below 
  this 
  eye 
  the 
  wire 
  is 
  bent 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  opening 
  into 
  which 
  a 
  

   strap 
  to 
  be 
  passed 
  over 
  tbe 
  shoulder 
  may 
  be 
  inserted. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "The 
  herein 
  described 
  sportsman's 
  game-ring, 
  constructed 
  from 
  a 
  

   single 
  piece 
  of 
  wire 
  bent 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  circular 
  ring, 
  A, 
  an 
  eye, 
  e, 
  for 
  sus- 
  

   pending 
  said 
  ring, 
  an 
  opening, 
  g, 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  a 
  shoulder-strap, 
  a 
  

   loop, 
  13, 
  and 
  a 
  pointed 
  end, 
  0, 
  bent 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  open 
  loop 
  or 
  hooked 
  end 
  

   to 
  engage 
  said 
  loop 
  D, 
  as 
  specified." 
  

  

  No. 
  276945. 
  

  

  (Addison 
  White, 
  Huntsvillc, 
  Ala. 
  ; 
  patented 
  May 
  1, 
  1883 
  ; 
  game 
  carrier. 
  See 
  Plate 
  

  

  CXVIII.) 
  

  

  A 
  frame 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  piece 
  of 
  wire 
  with 
  loops 
  or 
  eyes, 
  formed 
  at 
  opposite 
  

   sides 
  thereof 
  by 
  coiling 
  the 
  wire 
  at 
  unequal 
  distances 
  from 
  one 
  end. 
  

   The 
  frame 
  thus 
  constructed 
  has 
  two 
  arms, 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  bent 
  

   to 
  form 
  hooks 
  which 
  are 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  game 
  and 
  engage 
  with 
  the 
  

   loops. 
  A 
  strap 
  or 
  belt 
  with 
  swiveled 
  snap 
  hooks 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  may 
  be 
  

   used 
  to 
  suspenfl 
  the 
  frame 
  from 
  the 
  shoulders. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  A 
  game 
  carrier 
  or 
  holder 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  wire 
  frame, 
  A, 
  having 
  

   loops 
  a 
  a 
  at 
  opposite 
  sides 
  thereof, 
  and 
  arms 
  c 
  d, 
  provided 
  with 
  hooked 
  

   ends 
  e 
  e, 
  adapted 
  to 
  engage 
  with 
  the 
  said 
  loops, 
  substantially 
  as 
  de- 
  

   scribed. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  In 
  a 
  game 
  carrier 
  or 
  holder, 
  the 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  frame 
  A, 
  

   having 
  loops 
  or 
  eyes 
  a 
  a 
  at 
  opposite 
  sides 
  thereof, 
  and 
  hooked 
  arms 
  c 
  

   (1, 
  adapted 
  to 
  engage 
  therewith, 
  of 
  the 
  snap-hooks 
  B 
  B 
  and 
  strap 
  C, 
  

   substantially 
  as 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  278856. 
  

  

  (William 
  F. 
  Benedict, 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  June 
  5, 
  1883; 
  basket. 
  See 
  Plate 
  

  

  CXIX. 
  ) 
  

  

  To 
  strengthen 
  and 
  protect 
  baskets 
  used 
  for 
  carrying 
  heavy 
  matter, 
  

   such 
  as 
  coal 
  and 
  oysters, 
  they 
  are 
  provided 
  underneath 
  with 
  perforate 
  

   or 
  imperforate 
  metallic 
  bottoms, 
  and 
  at 
  their 
  sides 
  may 
  also 
  be* 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  metallic 
  strips 
  which 
  turn 
  down 
  over 
  the 
  brim. 
  Bequisito 
  

   metallic 
  handles 
  are 
  fastened 
  to 
  opposite 
  strips, 
  and 
  pass 
  over 
  the 
  

   basket 
  handles. 
  The 
  bottom 
  and 
  strips 
  are 
  bolted 
  to 
  the 
  basket 
  or 
  

   splint 
  body. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  '' 
  1. 
  In 
  combination 
  with 
  the 
  basket 
  A 
  and 
  handle 
  a 
  2 
  , 
  the 
  strip 
  F, 
  

   covering 
  the 
  said 
  handle, 
  cross-strip 
  d', 
  riveted 
  to 
  the 
  ends 
  /of 
  the 
  said 
  

  

  