US2821229A - Stitch locked pocket book handle fastener installation - Google Patents

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D. I. REITER Jam. 28, 1958 Filed Nov. 23, 1953 STITCH LOCKED POCKET BOOK HANDLE FASTENER INSTALLATION United States atent 232L229 Patented Jan. 28, 1958 STITCH LOCKED POCKET BOOK HANDLE FASTENER INSTALLATION Daniel I. Reiter, New York, N. Application November 23, 1953, Serial No. 393,778 3 Claims. (Cl. 150-112) This invention appertains to improvements in pocketbook handle installations and particularly relates to improvements in holders or anchors for securing the end strap portion of a pocket book handle to either box-like or soft pocketbooks.

The primary object of this invention is to provide means for metallically stitching the end strap portion of a handle to a holder or anchor so that the strap portion cannot pull apart from the holder or anchor.

The holder or anchor includes a flat body on which the end of the strap portion is placed and a head on the body having an aperture through which the strap portion is passed. A pair of complemental arms project laterally in opposed fashion from opposite sides of the body and are bent or rolled into substantially cylindrical form onto the strap portion. The arms have free ends provided with prongs, points or the like elements which penetrate the strap portion as the arms are rolled to embrace the strap portion from its opposite side edges toward its center.

It has been found that, due to irnproper manual technique in bending the arms; the strap portion will, under an axial strain, pull loose from the embrace of the arms. To avoid such accidental detachment of the strap portion, I provide means whereby the strap portion is stitched to the body, such stitching including penetrations of the strap portion by the arms and reception of the free ends of the arms by the body to locate the arms in through and through penetration of the strap portion.

The invention particularly contemplates the provision of a flat body on which the strap portion is laid and which has the complemental arms provided with free pointed penetrating ends, the arms being predisposed to be bent over onto the strap portion with their free ends penetrating the strap portion and the body having a slot underlying the strap portion and receiving the free ends of the arms to permit the ends to completely penetrate the strap portion and to extend beyond, in located fashion, the underside of the strap portion.

These and ancillary objects are attained by this invention, the preferred embodiments of which are set forth in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective View on an enlarged scale of the holder or anchor for the end strap portion of a pocketbook handle;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the holder with a strap portion positioned on the fiat body thereof and showing the arms bent or rolled over onto the strap portion with the ends touching the face of the strap portion;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of a handle installation, with the inner facing or lining of the pocketbook (fragmentarily shown) broken away to show the interior structure and expose the inner side of the holder;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of holder;

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the ends of the arms of the holder of Fi ure 6 in their final position with the ends thereof received in the slot, and,

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of a further form of this invention with the arms shown in their final position and the ends thereof received in the slot.

Referring initially to the pocketbook handle installation illustrated in Figures 3-5, the strap portion 15) is shown as of substantially rectangular cross section. The strap portion is flexible and such depicted cross-sectional shape is exemplary only, since it may be of any shape, size or Width.

The strap portion 10 is attached to a pocketbook by means of the anchor or holder 12 which engages the member 14 which constitutes the side wall of the pocketbook. The strap portion 10 is positioned through a slot 16 in the outer facing sheet 18 of the pocketbook and through a registering aperture 20 in the side wall 14. The outer side of the flat body abuts the inner side of the side wall with the enlarged head 22 of the body bridging the aperture 29. The head has an opening 24 through which the strap portion is passed from its attached end on the inner side of the body to the outside of the pocketbook through the aperture 29 and slot 16. An imperforate lining 26 is superimposed on the inside of the side wall 14. Such installation, as above-described and shown in Figures 3 and 5, is for a soft type pocketbook and is merely shown for environmental purposes to depict the use and purpose of the anchor or holder 12 in such installation. The anchor or holder is equally well adapted for use in handle fastener installations for other types of pocketbooks, such as box-like pocketbooks.

The anchor or holder 12 is formed in one-piece from sheet metal and is stamped out of such material. However, while such material and method of production are preferred for economy of cost and production, such are not exclusive since other material and manufacturing methods may be used.

The holder 12 includes a flat body 28, which has the transversely enlarged head 22 formed integrally at one end. The body 28 extends from the center of the inner end edge of the head, which has the strap portion receiving opening 24 and a peripheral entrance slot 30 for the opening. The body has a free transverse opposite end edge 32.

Between the ends of the body, arms 34 and 36 project laterally from the opposite side edges of the body. The arms are predisposed in such normal positions to the body and are in spaced apart, confronting relation. The free ends 38 and 44 of the arms are inclined inwardly relative to each other at a preset obtuse angle to the arms. Such predisposition of the ends inclines the arms to roll into generally cylindrical form embracing the side edges of the strap portion. The ends are concaved and the corners are protruded to provide prongs 42 at the corners of the ends. The prongs, due to the concavity of the ends, extend therebeyond and are adapted to pierce the flexible material of the strap portion.

The arms are bent or rolled into their final shape, shown in Figure 4, by means of a manually operated tool or machine and embrace the strap portion. The attached legs 44 of the shaped arms, when in final form, engage the side edges of the strap portion while the free legs 46 penetrate through the strap portion at the center line thereof. Of course, depending upon the width of the strap portion and the length of the arms, such penetration of the free legs may be outwardly of the center line.

The prongs 42 or similar penetrating elements on the free ends of the arms are forced through the strap portion and the penetration is smoothly and evenly affected due to the sharpness of the prongs. Such penetration is accomplished without unevenly tearing the strap portion.

To permit the free ends to extend completely through the strap portion and to thereby provide a metallic stitch, a parallel sided slot 48 is formed axially in the body between the attached ends of the arms. Such slot is disposed in alignment with the path of movement of the free ends through the strap portion and such ends are received in the slot as they pass completely through and beyond the strap portion. The free ends are received in the slot so that they terminate substantially flush with the side 50 of the body, opposite to the side 52 on which the strap portion is disposed. Such positioning of the ends mean that the free ends extend beyond the attached ends 54- of the arms. Thus, as shown in Figure 4, the free ends 38 and 49 extend into the body by virtue of the slot 48 and, therefore, the ends 3% and 4% on the free legs as provide a clamping action. The arms 34 and 36 bent into the U shape are clamped tightly on the strap portion, engaging the side marginal portions thereof. The free legs 46 are extended into the body and provide a clamping tension with the attached legs 44. The free legs 46 are, as shown, cooperatively effective in resisting return movement of the arms.

A slightly modified form is shown in Figure 6, wherein the body 28a is of the same width throughout its length and one end thereof has a strap receiving opening do and a peripheral entrance slot 3% therefor. A

slot 43a is provided in the body, the slot being considerably wider and longer than the slot 48 so as to ensure that, irrespective of manual faults in bending the arms 34a and 36a, the ends 38:: and 4th: thereof will enter the slot. This is shown in Figure 7.

In Figure 3, a further form is shown wherein the body 2812 has a slot 48b which has outwardly diverging side walls 56 and 58, such walls diverging from the side 5... of the body to the side 54%. In effect the side walls are undercut and by further angling the free ends 3812 and 48b of the arms, the ends are caused, in penetrating through the strap portion, to angularly enter the slot and lock against the side walls. Such relationship of the ends with the side walls serves to prevent axial withdrawal of the ends, since the ends are effectively engaged by the side walls 56 and 58.

In either form, it is particularly noted that the free legs 46 or outer portions of the arms have their free ends extended through the strap portion, as opposed to against or into the strap portion, and that the ends extend completely through the strap portion and are received in the slot in the body. The ends, thus, extend into the body and beyond the point of attachment of the attached ends of the arms. There is thus provided a simple stitch whereby the arms not only clampingly embrace and hold the strap portion by such clamping action but also the arms are stitched through the strap portion.

While the best known forms of this invention have been described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, such are by way of example only, since various changes may be made as come within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A one piece sheet metal strap anchor or holder for the ends of a pocketbook handle strap comprising a fiat body having opposing side edges and opposing sides, on one side of which a strap for the handle of a pocketbook is adapted to axially lie, a pair of arms laterally extending in confronting relation from the side edges and spaced apart suficiently to receive the strap therebetween, said arms having offset outer ends which are turned inwardly toward each other and arranged at an obtuse angle to the arms, said ends having free transverse edges formed with penetrating prongs adapted to penetrate a strap when the arms are bent towards each other and onto and through the strap and said body having an axially extending, through and through, slot centrally located between the arms and into which the said edges are adapted to extend, after they pass through the strap, until the edges are substantially flush with the side of the body opposite to the side on which the strap is disposed, the slot having side bounding edges paralleling the side edges of the body, the slot being slightly greater in length than the width of the arms and the slot being of a greater width than the combined thickness of the arms so that when the prongs are passed through the strap, the prongs will automatically enter the slot.

2. A pocketbook handle installation comprising a handle having a flexible end strap, a wall member constituting the side wall of a pocketbook, said wall: mem her having an aperture therethrough for the passage through the wall of the strap, an inner imperforate lining for the wall member and a one-piece anchor of sheet metal for the end strap of the handle, said anchor including a flat body portion bridging the aperture in the wall member and having opposing faces, one face being in facial contact with the wall member and the other face receiving the strap which is superimposed axially thereon, a pair of arms laterally extending in confronting relation from the body portion and disposed perpendicu'lar to the other face and spaced apart sufficiently to receive the strap when the strap is placed axially on the body portion between the arms, said arms having ofiset outer free ends which are turned inwardly toward each other, said ends having free transverse edges formed with penetrating prongs which pierce the strap when the arms are rolled toward each other and onto the strap, said body portion having an axially extending slot centrally located between the arms and extending through the faces thereof, said edges of the ends of the arms extending into and being received within the slot after passing completely through the strap and being disposed substantially flush with the one face of the body portion.

3. A one-piece strap anchor or holder for anchoring the strap of a pocket book handle to the wall of a: pocket book comprising a flat body having opposing side edges and opposing flat faces on one face of which a strap for the handle of a pocketbook is adapted to axially lie, a pair of arms laterally extending in confronting relation from the side edges and spaced apart sufiiciently to receive the strap therebetween, said arms having inwardly offset outer ends which are arranged at an obtuse angle to the arms, said ends having free transverse prong-like adges adapted to penetrate and extend through a strap when the arms are bent toward each other and down onto and through the strap, and said body having an axially extending slot which extends through the faces thereof and is positioned centrally between the arms, said slot having end edges extending slightly beyond the sides of the arms and being of a greater width than the combined thickness of the two arms so as to automatically receive the free edges and ends of the arms after they pass through the strap and said slot having side edges paralleling the side edges of the body, said side edges being beveled away from the face of the body on which the strap lies to form angular shoulders under which the ends of the arms are adapted to hook with the edges disposed slightly inwardly of or at least flush with the other face of the body.

(References on following page) I References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Thayer July 22, 1879 Leslie Nov. 26, 1901 5 Worthington June 16, 1903 Sines Sept. 12, 1916 6 Linhart Apr. 29, 1919 McKoun Sept. 2, 1924 Mosgrove June 12, 1934 Corel Feb. 20, 1940 Wold Feb. 27, 1951 Reiter June 9, 1953 Reiter Dec. 22, 1953

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