US373666A - Assigistob to himself and heylas - Google Patents

Description

G. P. KIZER.

(No Model.)

MAIL BAG.

No. 373.666. Patented-Nov; 22 1887.

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UNITED STATES CAREY F. KIZE-R, OF WVESTVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AN D HEYLAS D. LOUDENBAOK, OF SAME PLACE.

MAIL-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 873,666, dated November 22, 1887.

Application filed October 3, 1887. Serial No. 251,814. (No model.)

To all 2072,0172 it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAREY FRY Krznn, of Westville, in the county of Champaign and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mail-Bags, of which the fol- V lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the present invention is to provide a means for closing the mouth of a mail bag orpouch that is most si mple, cheap, rcadil re and easily closed and opened, requiring no straps and but one staple, and which is neat, durable, and most positively secure; and it consists in the formation and construction of the mouth of the pouch for its being closed and secured,all substantially as will hereinafter more fully appear, and be pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate :0 corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the mouth of the pouch shown as open. Fig. 2 is a per spective view of the end of the bag with its mouth closed and secured, and Fig. 3 is a cross section at the closed mouth online mm, Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A represents the bag or pouch, its rear side, 13, extending higher than the front side, 0, by an extended flap-piece,D, which is adapted to be folded in aline, as at a,

back from and parallel with its outer edge,and in'a line wit-hand opposite to the open edge I) of the front side, 0, and to lie over and outside of said edge 1), closing the mouth of the bag.

' The rear side, B,of the bag, below the foldingline a of its attached or extended flap D, and at its corner or near where itjoins the front side, G, is provided with a staple or yokeshaped stud, E, held in place upon a metal web or plate, (2, lying upon and riveted to the 0 bag, and in a line below and parallel with the folding-line a of the fiappiece, at the same distance therefrom as the position of the stud E, the rear side, B, is provided with a series of holes, F? F F, at equal distances apart.

5 ($hown as three in number.) The front side, O, of the bag, at the same distance below its mouth as the holesFare below the folding line a, and opposite to said holes and the position of the staple E, being provided with a series of four holes, G G G G*, and the overlapping flap-piece D at the same distance outside ofits folding-line as the holes F G are below some, and in a parallel line thereto, has a series of holes, H H H H, all of said holes being properly hushed or protected by apertured webs f 5 5 of sheet metal, &c., riveted or otherwise secured to the material of the bag.

The bag constructed as described at its mouth permits, in its closing, the staple to pass through the hole G, as at h, Fig. 1, and the extended fiap-pieceD to be folded down to overlap the front side, 0, with its one hole nearest its end also lying over the staple, and with the remaining three holes of each series all in eoincident transverse lines. The mouth of the 6 bag,with its overlapping flap folded down, as described, is then folded in a longitudinal line, 9', of the bag, midway between the staple and holes G H and the holes 15 G lfithestaple then lying through said holes. The mouth of 73 the bag is again folded longitudinally of the bag at a portion, 9*, midway between holes F G H and holes 13 G H the staple also lying through said latter holes, andagain the bag is longitudinally folded at aportion, g, midway 7 between holes F G H and holes F* G H, said staple also lying through said latter holes and projecting beyond the face of the folded part a sufficient distance to receive a padlock or other fastening, the said folded portions between their respective holes lying in zigzag lines in relation to each other.

As shown, there are four folding portions of the mouth of the bag, to be folded on three longitudinal lines; but it is understood that the number of folds may be increased or diminished, as desired.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A mail bag or pouch formed of suitable flexible material, provided with a projecting stud or staple and one or more holes at and through its one side near audin alineparallel with its mouth, and holes in its other side op 5 posite corresponding to and in a line parallel with the line of said stud or staple and said first-mentioned hole or holes, whereby when the sides of the bag are placed together the said latter-mentioned holes will lie over and in line with said staple and the first mentioned hole or holes, and when the bag is folded longitudinally between said staple and holes the staple maybe passed through such coincident holes, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A mail bag or pouch formed of suitable flexible material provided with a projecting stud or staple and one or more holes at and through its one side near and in aline parallel with its month, said side of the bag being pro- 10 Vided with an extended flap-piece, D, having holes therein corresponding to and in a line parallel with the line of said staple and the first-mentioned hole or holes, the bag having holes in its other side opposite and corre- 15 sponding to and in a line parallel with theline of said staple and the first-mentioned hole or holes,whereby when the sides of the bag are placed together the said latter mentioned holes will lie over the staple and the firstmentioned hole or holes and when said flappiece is folded down its holes will be over the staple and the holes of both sides of the bag, and when the bag is folded longitudinally between said staple and said holes the staple may be passed through said coincident holes, substantially as and for the purpose described. CAREY F. KIZER.

Witnesses:

AOHORY 0. SMITH, DAVID LOUDERBAOK.

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