US1526839A - Baggage cover - Google Patents

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Feb. 17, 1925. 1,526,839

- M. E. DEMPSEY Patented Feb. 17, 1925..

PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. DEKPSEY, OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA.

BAG-GAGE COVER.

Application filed October 9, 1922. Serial No. 593,401.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it own that I, MARY E. DEMPSEY, a citizen 'of the United States, and a resident of the city of San Luis Obispo, county of San Luis Obispo, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Baggage Covers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object a cover for the protection of baggage against dust, abrasions, and rough handling and which cover may be collapsed or folded into a minimum of space when not in use. Other objects will appear from the drawings and specifications which follow.

By referring to the accompanying drawings my invention will be made clear.

Fig. 1 shows my invention employed as a cover to a conventional suitcase.

Fig. 2 shows structural details of the cover of Fig. l in out-folded plan view.

, Fig. 3 shows my cover as applied to a Gladstone bag.

Fig. 4 is a view of the cover of Fig. 3 with the Gladstone bag removed and the cover outfolded.

Throughout the figures similar numerals refer to identical parts. a

My cover consists primarily of two ieces of flexible material 1 and 2 respective being partly superimposed and secure to gether by a plurality of fasteners as 3, 4, 5, 6. Rows of snaps as 7, 8 and 9, 10 and 11, 12 and 13, 14 are provided along the respective edges of the cover so that when placed around a traveling bag as in Fi 1. the edge 15 engages the edge 16, the end edge 17 engages the edge 18, the edge 19 engages the edge 20 and the edge 21 enfl gages the edge 22, thus forming a suitably shaped container in which the suit case is inserted leaving the handle 23 exposed throufgh the opening 24.

A ap 25 is then passed under the handle to cover the opening 24 and snapped into position at 26. The snaps 27 along the edge 28 are engaged with corresponding snaps 29 along the edge 30. The suit case is now completely enclosed and is protected from dust and dirt and damage from rough handling.

The material of which the two parts 1 and 2 are made is preferably flexible and a second row of snaps as 31 may be provided along opposite edges and the edges 18, 15 be folded over the edges 17, 16 and the sec- 0nd row of snaps 31 engaged with the rows 10 and 7, and thus the cover may be reduced in size to suitably fit a smaller ba When the cover is out of use the piece 1 1s separated from the piece 2 by disengaging the snaps 3, 4, 5, 6, and the two parts rolled into a single collapsed packa e of any conventional shape of greatly re uced size and readily adapted to be packed in the side 5 pockets of an automobile.

I claim:

A cover for baggage comprising two pieces of flexible material ada ted to be partly superimposed and of a s ape when en aged along their edges to enclose an article of baggage, connectin means for said edges comprising a plura ity of rows of snaps on said pieces constructed and adapted to join said pieces to enclose a plurality 75 of sizes of baggage, a to opening in said closure for a baggage han le to pass throu h and a flap to cover said opening under said p MARY E. DEMPSEY.

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