US1362884A

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Publication number: US1362884A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1920-12-21
Anticipated expiration: 1937-12-21

Description

S. MATSUSAKI.

HANDBAG.

APPLICATION FILED oEc.13, 1919'.

1 ,362,884, Patented Dec. 21, `1920'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANDBAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Deo. 21, 1920.

Application Iled December 13, 1919. Serial No. 344,587.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, SANJIRo Mivrsnseiii, a subjectof the Emperor of Japan` and a resident or' the city oi Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Handbags, ot which the following a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in handbafaa and the object ot my invention is to devise a bag of this character the capacity or which may be restricted at will so that it may he rendered very convenient and neat appearing when the full capacity ot' the bag is not required and which may also be folded up into small bulk 'for carrying in a pocket or other receptacle it desired.

l attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view of the bag opened to Afull size.

F :2 is a view of the 'bag restricted to reduce its capacity.

Fig. I; is a view' showing how the bag may be folded.

imilar iigures oi' reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

The hug consists of two upper end bars, indicated generally by the numerals 1 and tlexihly connected together at their op p'osite ends, from Which bars depends the mesh 3 which forms the bag or receptacle proper. This receptacle, may, however, be made o l1' any suitable material. rl'hreaded through the mesh at the lower end of the heg is a draw string el, from Which it Will he readily seen that the lower end of the bag may he drawn together, as shown in Fig. 2 reducing its capacity considerably, and, after lcnhtting the draw string, may be used to carry smaller' parcels While at the same time presenting a very neat appearance.

The bars 1 and 2 are provided With

suitable handles

5 and 6, and While these bars may be each made in one piece it is preferable to make them in tvvo pieces, 7-8 and 9-10 respectively, and flexibly connect these pieces together so that should it be desired to told the bag into small bulk all that is 'necessary is to fold the pieces 7-9 on to the pieces S-lO and then Wrap the mesh Work around the bars and the handles,.thus forming a small compact parcel which may be readily carried in the pocket. `When it is desired to use the bag the bars are straight! ened out, bringing the bag back again into the form shown in either F ig. 1 or Fig. 2. The

handles

5 and 6 are flexibly connected to the bars by rings 1l and the length of the connection is such as will permit of the folding ot the bars as described.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a simple, inexpensive, convenient and neat handbag.

lVhat l claim as my invention is A hand bag comprising a frame including a pair of normally parallel side members each comprising a pair of bars disposed end to end in the same vertical plane and havingthe inner ends thereof flexibly connected together and the outer ends thereof tlexibly connected to the corresponding ends of the opposing pair of bars? the arrangement being such as to permit the opposing bars at one end of' the trame to be folded to lie flatly against the Opposing bars at the opposite end oi' the frame, and a hand bag` having the mouth portion thereof attached to said bars.

Dated at Vancouver of December, 1919.

SANJIRO MATSUSAKI.

B. C. this 2nd day