US1588165A - Bag frame - Google Patents

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June 8 1926. 1,588,165 H. BURCHESS l l BAG FRAME Filed Aprilv 18, 1925 /N VEN TUR /mMsfa/ff/fss Patented June 8, 1926.

UNITED -sTATEs i PAT HERMAN BURcHEss, or NEW YORK, iv; YQ e :BAG- FRAME.

Application mea Aprn 1s, 1925. serial No'. 24,038,

This invention relates toi travellingbagv frames and in particular to the front and back frame piece constructionto which the be stitched, or the frame pieces have beenvv provided with a plurality of openings which had to be punched and through which the stitches could pass. A special construction of frame piece had to be provided to allow of either hand or machine stitching of the bag material and this added materially to the cost of the bag, and also hindered to a great extent the efficient sewing of the bag.

Al further important object of my invention is to make va bag frame piece of a plurality of stiff or rigid parts having a joining penetrable intermediate strip to which the bag material may be sewn.

Referring to the drawing wherein I have shown a preferred embodiment of my idea;`

Figure 1 is a view in end elevation of a bag having therein a frame constructed in accordance with my invention,

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the bag illustrated in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is an enlarged'cross setcion taken on the line 3 8 of Figure 2 and shows the frame structure and method of attaching the bag material thereto,

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross section through one of the frame pieces 'showing the construction thereof,

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 showing a modified form of construction of a frame piece,

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 4: showing a still further modified form "of construction, and

Figure 7 is an enlarged side view of one vend of the frame pieces showing the method of attaching them together.

Referring to the ydrawing in detail 5 indicates a bag of the usual type, the 'body 6 of which is made of leather or other mate rial having at its upper closing edges the steel frame pieces 7 and 8, the former being known in the trade and referred to herein as the front frame piece and the latter as the loaclr frame piece,` the back frame piece can rying the usual latches 9.*and handle 1U whilev the front frame piecefhas vatt-ached thereto the Alatch engaging.eyes117 it being understood'that the frame piecesare pivoted ltogether at' theirends and the piecev 7 fits snugly within `piece 8 to form the closure for the bag. Y y

In making up my frame piecesi'both are ENT iorricEi.;vv f

made in the same manner and it is thought that a ydescription of one will sufliceyand as shown inthe drawing, particularly,Figures i and-5, I employ two strips 12 and 13'of steel or other rigid metallic materialwhich I join by soldering vor riveting thereto asiat la the intermediate strip or binder 15 which is made of tin,` copper or other easily penetratable metal, the same being formed to provide a step 16 therein. When the frame piece is thus completed, it is japannedor covered with a thin leather as at 17. The edge 18 of the body 6 of the bagis then placed on the step 16 and issewn directly to the penetratable metal intermediate" strip 15 by using .the heavy needle usually employed in the sewing of bag bodies to frame pieces. The stitches are indicated by numeral 19. This method of 4manufac'turi*ng the frame allows for machine stitching and as no interference is offered to the needle the sewing is done neatly and without brealI-' ing the threads, while at the same time the result is a row of even stitching and a neat appearance of the finished article.

In Figure 5 I have shown how the frame piece may be made from a single piece of the piece so made will iirst be japanned or covv ered with a layer of thin leather'as before described. Y v f In Figure 6 thel frame pieces'12 and 13 are connected by the thin metal, the ends 22 and 23 of which are soldered or otherwise se`- cured. to the frame' pieces and extend the width thereof. The binder in this instance can be placed on the exterior or interior of the frame pieces 12 and 13 while the intermediate portion of said binder is left free to receivev the edge of the bag body ashas been described. v

As seen-.in-Figiire-.T v.the endsyoi the-frame.r` parte areifpiyoted onpthe rivet". Q4: Wh'Gh" passes therethrough and is covered bythe. thin leather covering 17. Theende oftheMv frame parte may be cut 'square orf rounded" as desired.

It 'is evident therefore that I have provided a bag frame of rie-ivf.andfxnovelwcon struction and one to which the bag material can be sewn directly; Also in;;place loflthe' thin' metallic binder I may employ. heavyfibre which canv be riveted to thef frame pieces; Thejo'mingoof vthe ramexparts by a i stripofI penetratabl-ef material provides 1 af; frame Whichcanrbemade up atzaf reduced. costand one Which-Will all-0WI 'afhargftoibe' made up neatly and with a 1r1inimum-exn pendliture off-time;

Having; desc-rib claiiii1is:-,

l. In a bagothe nature-described,-a hagf'g framememberf oi? comparativelysoft mate rial, a step, on 4saidrameqmemberfprovid-ing@` a stitching: surface fto f which, the-hag-ymater rialis aclaptedfto; be ,directly secured-,by-rai row off stitching.A andapl-urali-ty of reim edmy inventions What I forcementsgintegral l,with thel Stitching. step. 2, I1`1 '-a -baggoithenature, described, a-Lbag ramemember of comparatively soft material, ca top Wallhaving a reinforcement integral therewith, a step of a single thickness ofA material integral with and depending from the top Wall, said step providing` a stitchingsurfaceyto-Whioh the material of the bag' is adapted to be directly Secured by a rowi of stitching and a Wall bent hack upon itself integral with; andly depelfidiiigl from Said step.

3, In a bag of the naturedescribed7 lafbagv frame member of comparatively soit mate4 rialga stepon-isaid Aframe gimem-ber provid-ing a stitchingsurface to I Which the bag mate-- rialfis adapted; toffbe directly securedAbyya1 rowV off; Stitching, the, riser` on said step.l adapted to` actf-a-s an*abutting-vsurfacefor the: edge ofthe, floag,l material and. a., pluralityof reinforcements integral -Withl the stitching l step",v said `reinforctemente being-iL formed by bending. the stitching-,7, step; back upon; itselfi) In'` testimony whereof I hereunto afliigmyl si gnature BURGHESSL

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