US1111091A - Hand-bag. - Google Patents

Description

G. W. PAULI.

HAND BAG.

APPLIOATION FILED 001.15, 1908.

1,111,091. Patent msept. 22,1911

THE NORRIS PETERS 50., FHOTO'LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D C,

GEORGE W. PAULI, F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAND-BAG.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PAULI, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Bags,

of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to hand bags, havmg particular reference to the type of bag known as wrist bags, and has for its object to furnish a sufliciently capacious article of this character which may be folded into a small compass when empty.

A further object is to provide such a bag with a device capable of being folded with the bag and of holding the bottom thereof extended in a flat condition when opened to its fullest capacity, such device being also adapted to prevent the central part of the bag bottom from bulging downward.

Still another object is to enable the lower portion ofthe bag to be doubled and retained in that condition when empty so as to diminish the apparent depth of the bag and make the same more convenient to carry.

Of the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a bag embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of the same when opened and distended to its fullest capacity. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view of the bottom of showing the relation of the distending and stiffening device. Fig. 4 represents an end elevation of the bag when folded into its thinnest compass. Fig. 5 represents a simi lar view, showing the bag further folded to diminish its apparent depth. Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of a stiffening frame adapted to be used with the bag for the bag distended,

holding the bottom in an extended flat condition. Fig. 7 represents a detail view of a portion of this frame, illustrating the hinge and the stop by which the frame is prevented from being folded or doubled except in one direction.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, the body of the bag or bag material as a whole is repre-.

sented by a and consists of the sides a, bottom a and ends a these members being united together in any convenient manner so as to form a complete bag. The upper edges of the bag material are united to the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 15, 1908.

out. flat when the. same Patented Sept. 22, 1914. Serial No. 457,811. 1

usual hinged clasp frame consisting of the members 6 and b pivoted together at b and having hooks b and a catch 6 of any usual or approved form and construction.

The ends of the bag material are creased on the lines 0 0 0 0 and 0 and the bottom is creased longitudinally at its center so as to enable both ends and bottom to be folded inwardly to permit the flat sides a to be brought together in substantial parallelism when the bag is closed, as represented in Fig. 4:. The bag is capable of being still further folded between its top and bottom on a longitudinal line, represented at d in Fig. 1, this fold being located so that the bottom of the bag is brought upward when folded beneath a flap c. On this flap are fastening devices f which cooperate with complemental fastening devices 9 on the side of the bag which, when the latter is extended, is opposite to the flap. As may be seen from Figs. 4 and 5, these fastening devices are brought into cooperation when the bag is doubled about the fold (Z. Any appropriateand convenient form of fastening device may be used, that here shown consisting of plug and socket members, the fastener f having abulging projection 7" adapted to enter a socket in the correspond ing member 9.

In order to hold the bottom a of the bag is distended to its fullest capacity, I provide an expander or distender 71,. This expander is preferably made of stout wire having sufficient rigidity for the desired purpose, formed into a rectangular frame consistingof two parts held together bya rod or pintle 72., although in lieu of this construction it is permissible to make the distender of two flat leaves hinged together. The distender has two outer side elements If and 72/ which swing pivotally about the pivot member 7a. and lie within the edge folds k and 7c of the bag. When the bag bottom and distender are spread out, they are of approximately equal area and the elements If 77. hold the bottom edges of the bag apart and stretch the bottom a into an approximately fiat condition. This distender holds the bottom of the bag expanded to its fullest extent while articles are being placed in it, and it is also constructed so as to prevent the bottom of the bag from bulging downward under the weight of the contents, and allowing the sides to press upon Y of wire, as illustrated herein, the elements tended bottom of the bag.

of the bag by keeping the bottom edges straight and preventing the sides from being bent inward.

When the distending device is constructed ]L2 and it are provided with end members which are bent at right angles, and the ends of which are wrapped about the pintle h. i

The ends if of one of the members are carried beyond the pintle and bent across the end portions of the other member its, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. These bent or hooked ends it" lie above the member it so as to prevent the pivot rod and center of the frame being depressed below the plane of their outer elements. This form of stop enables the frame to be bent upward and the pivot rod to be carried up with the central fold of the bag bottom when the latter is folded, but prevents any further movement of the center of the frame after the same has been brought into the plane of the ex- By'means of these stops, the weight of the contents of the bag is supported and is prevented from causing the bag to bulge at its bottom, as previously stated.

The distending device is placed within the bag and is attached to the bottom thereof by any convenient and suitable means, as by loops of the bag material or by being sewed in place. The hinged rodh lies along and above the-longitudinal fold of the bottom and rises with this fold when the bottom is doubled upon itself to diminish the thickness of the bag. If desired, the distending device may be provided with a spring to assist in this folding action, and such spring Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

may be caused to fold the bag'automatically when-"the same is empty.

I claim a 1. A'hand-bag having flat sides and centrally creased ends and bottom, combined with a skeleton'wire frame having sides connected with the side edges of said bottom,

and a hinged pintle rod at the crease of said bottom, whereby to permit folding of the bag and to distend the bottom thereof when the same is expanded.

2. A hand-bag having a folding bottom and ends whereby the sides may be brought together, and afolding wire skeleton stiffener contained within the bottom of the bag,

for spreading the bottom out flat when opened, said stiffener being provided with a pintle and a finger on one of the members overlying the other member to form a. stop to prevent depression of its central portion below the plane which it occupies when opened.

3. The combination with a hand-bag having a folding bottom and ends,of a stiffener frame having the outlineof the said bottom when such bottom is spread out, said frame being of wire skeleton construction and consisting of a pintle and two frame members having eyes pivotally mounted upon said pintle, one of said, members having its end wrapped about the pintle and carried over the adjacent part of the other member in position to form a stop when'the members are in the same plane;

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGEVV. PAULI.

\Vitnesses:

ARTHUR H. BROWN, P. W. PEZZETTI.

Washington, D. G.

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