US1587982A - Hand-bag handle - Google Patents

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June 8 1926. 1,587,982 l M. NOVER l HAND BAG HANDLE Filed oct. 28, 1925 7 J' 'iLQB 'FW' f W@ .BY i E g Anw ATTORNEYS Patented June 8, 1926.

N UNITED ,STATES MORRIS` NovER, 0E JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.l

HANDBAG HANDLE.

Application algemener-2s,,19.25. serial Noise/101.]

lThis invention relates to handbags, and more particularly to handles therefor of the type adapted to be expanded to form a carrying loop or contractedl flat against the bag. The objects of the inventiony are to simplify the construction of handles o-f thisv type and to render them more durable and also neat and trim in appearance. i

AIn' the drawings,.Fig. l is a front face viewl of a handbag equippedwith the .improved handle;

Fig. 2 a` top handle; i

Fig. 3 a plan view of one of the handle straps;

` Fis` 4 a I' face of the companionV strap;

Fig. 5 an enlarged longitudinal sectionaly view of the handle,

showing it contracted or lattened;

Fig. 6 a transverse vsection taken on the line 6-6 of'Fig.' 7;

Fig. 7 an ledge view of the handle with the straps Hattened;

Fig. 8 a longitudinal sectional view of a` vmodified'forinof handle;

Fig. v9 an edge View of the handle shown K l lOithe vhandle isfformed in the. same vmanner 'as the form just described, with.

in Fig. 8; andy l 'Fig l0 a plan view thereof. I

Referring to the parts in detail, B repre# sents the body of a handbag of conventional form. The bag is formed with a vclosurel opposite ends of the bag. From their points of attachment 3 the straps extend toward each other and overlap longitudirrallyT over the center of the bag. The inner or overlapped ends of the straps areflared outwardly or widened as at 4. .The strap l' w overliesthe strap v2and the widened end 4 of the underlying strap 2 projects out beyond the opposite side edges of the strap l, as will be seen in Figs. 2 and 6. A loopforming cap piecev 5 is stitched as at 6 to the opposite-ly projecting side edges of the widened end of the strap 2, and extends transversely across the outer face of the strap 1. The lpiece 5 forms, with the widened end of the strap 2, a guide loop plan viewy of the bag and.

fragmentary view of the 'unden y I loop through lwhich kthe underlying" strap 2 through which the strap A1 is adaptedI to .i

slide. 'lfhepiece 5 is lfiat, preferably made of the same material as the straps and out 'atene end so as to extend fromthe end 4 yof the-attached strap inthe form of a' point l is slittransversely as yat 9 to formal guide is adapted to slide. Stitched at 10, directly to' the opposite sideedges of the widened end of the strap l, is a shield pieceor cap ll. This piece is ,aduplicate of the loopforming ypiece 5.and disposed to overlie and conceal `the transverse slit 9. i The cap pieces 5 and l1, being similarly formed,

give a balanced andfsyvrnrnetrieal appearance to .the'handle U i.

In,thekrnodilication"shownin Figs. 8 9,

the exception of the guide loop through which the underlying strap 2 slides. The manner of forming this loop is shown at the right,-with"reference to the drawings. The widened end d of the overlying strap lis not slit to forni a loop as in the previous form.v A flat. loop-forming piece l2, similar` tothe piece at the left, is secured to the under face of the widened end of the strap l at opposite sides thereof by stitches 13. This piece l2 forms, with the widened end of the/strap, the guide loop through which the under strap 2 is `adapted to slide.

It will be seen from the drawings and description that a neat, durable and easily con'- structed handle is provided. The loop-forming pa-rtsaddv to the attractiveness of the handle and are designed. to withstand hard wear. The manner of forming the loops greatly simplifies their manufacture, it being merely necessary to stitch the wide transq verse piecesto the widened ends of the straps in ordery to form the loops. Theloops so msV formed are flat and thin so that the .entire of material length and are stitcled place so that they will snugly engage the strapsA adapted to be attached to the handbag and the ends of the overlapped portions being Wider than thehadjacentl overlapped portion of the otherr strap ;A a fiat loop-forming cap piece stitched to the face of oneof said Wider ends along the opposite side edges thereof and extending transversely across the opposed strap to forni a relatively slidable guide loop therefor, the other of said Wider ends being formed With a transverse 'slit 'adapted to permit the vopposed strap to slide through it; and a shield-piece shaped similarly to the said loop-forming piece and stitched to the face of the widened end containing the saidslit, the said shield-piece eX- tending over and covering the slit.

2. A handle for a handbag comprising av pair of Hat ilexible straps overlapping each other longitudinally forl portions of their lengths at an adjacent one end of each strap, the opposite outer ends of said straps being adapted to be attached to the handbag, and the end of one of said overlapped portions being Wider than the adjacent overlapped portion of the other str-ap; a: fiat loop-forniing `cap piece stitched to a face lof the said Wider'. end lalong the opposite side edges thereof and extending transversely across the overlappedstrap to forni arelatively slidable guide loop therefor, the strap end and cap piece forming said loop extending in opposite directions beyond the ends of said stitching to forni lips adapted to fric tionally engage the opposite faces ofthe strap trained through the loop; and guide ineans slidably connecting the other of said overlapping 'strap 4portions to its opposed strap. i 4

3. A handle for a handbag comprising a pair of fiat flexible straps overlapping each other longitudinally for lportions of theirlengths at and adjacent one end of each strap, the opposite outer ends of said straps being adapted to be attached to the handbag, and the end of one of said overlapped portions being Wider than the adjacent overlapped portion of the other strap; a flat loopforming cap piece stitched to one face of the said Wider end along the opposite side edges thereof kand ext-ending transversely across the overlapped strap to forni a relatively slidable guide loop therefor, the opposite ends of said cap piece extending respectively inwardly` and outwardly longitudinally of the straps beyond the ends of said stitching and the inwardly extending end of the cap piece forming a lip adapted to frictionally engage one face of the strap trained through the loop; an-d guide means slide-bly connecting the other of said overlapping strap portions to its opposed strap.'

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix iny i signature.

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