US950571A - Combination muff, bag, and purse. - Google Patents

Description

A. S. MILLER.

COMBINATION MUFP, BAG, AND PURSE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.8, I909.

Patented Mar. 1, 1910.

ADOLPH S.

MILLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINATION MUFF, BAG, AND PURSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 1910.

Application filed March 8, 1909. Serial No. 481,960.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLrrI S. MILLER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in New York, in the borough of Main hattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Mutts, Bags, and Purses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved muff, which is combined with a bag and purse, so that ladies can readily open the bag, while holding the muff, take out a handkerchief or other article contained therein, and replace the same and close the bag, or take change or a ticket from the purse, or carry the entire muff on one arm when the hands are required for other uses; and for this purpose the invention consists of a muff in which a bag is arranged in the front-portion of the muff and se iarated by a partition from the rearor muff-portion proper, the frame of the bag being located at the upper part of the mutt and connected by cords or chains with a purse which is covered with fur in any suitable manner.

The invention consists further of the combination with a mufi' of a detachable purse covered with fur and suspended from cords or chains from the top-pant of the muff by means of sprin '-snaps as will be fully described hereina ter and finally pointed out in the claim. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved combination muff, bag and purse, Fig. 2 is also a perspective view of the same, showing the bag in open position, and Figs. 3 and i are respectively a vertical transverse section on line 3, 3, and a horizontal section on line 4, 4t, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, a represents a muff of any approved construction, style and fur. The muff a is divided by a longitudinal partition a into a front and rearportion. In the front-portion of the muff is arranged a bag 6, while the rear-portion is used as a muff-recess for keeping the hands of the wearer warm in the usual manner. The frame 72 of the bag is arranged at the upper part of the muff in front of the muffrecess so as to permit the convenient opening of the bag and at the same time form a shapely sightly muff. It will be noticed that the muff projects beyond the metal frame to hide the same, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and a. Any suitable frame may be used. The bag is intended to serve for the storage of handkerchiefs, gloves and other articles which are to be carried by the person wearing the mulf. To the main-portion of the frame I) are attached, by means of spring-snaps I) or otherwise, cords or chains (Z which are connected with stationary eyes 0 on the frame, and which are attached at their opposite ends to the frame 6 of a purse (1 which serves for receiving coins, car-tickets and other small articles. The purse can be readily opened so as to remove the articles contained therein. The purse is covered with fur and preferably made in the shape of the head of an animal, so as to impart a very ornamental appearance to the muff when the purse is suspended in position at the front-part of the muff, as shown in Fig. 1. WVhen the use of the hands is desired for some reason or other, the muff can be placed on one of the arms by means of the suspension-cords of the purse. The purse and suspension-cords may be moved over the back-part of the Inuit when it is de sired not to exhibit the purse-portion at the front-part of the muff, or when it is desired to remove coins, tickets or other articles from the purse without drawing attention to the same. After this is done the purse is closed and swung back over the top of the bag-frame and placed in its usual position at the frontpart of the mull. The purse can be removed from the mull' by detaching the snap-hooks and worn separately as a kind of chatelaine, if desired. It is obvious that the muff can also be made up without purse or without a bag in which latter case the cords or chains for the purse are attached to the upper part of the muff.

The advantages of my improved mulf are that it can be used as a muff in connection with a bag for carrying articles of various kinds, and with a purse for making change, etc. The improved mufi' furnishes in an attractive combination the use of different articles so as to increase the usefulness of the muff.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In combination, an outer fur covering having a top-opening and end-openings, a

central quilted partition with its upper edge secured to the rear-edge of the top-opening, its end-edges secured to the front-edges of the end-openings and its lower edge secured to the lower part of the outer covering, a front-partition secured at its upper edge to the front-edge of the top-opening and at its lower and end edges to the central partition, whereby a bag is formed, a frame secured to the edges of said top-opening, said outer covering rojecting above and beyond said frame to hlde the same, a rear-partition l secured at its end-edges to the rear-edges of the end-openings, and folded upon itself at its upper and lower edges and secured to the central partition remote from the upper and lower edges of said central partition.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH S. MILLER. Witnesses PAUL GOEPEL, H. J. SUHRBIER.

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