US1643440A - Hand bag - Google Patents

Description

Sept. 27, 1927.

M. BALDWIN HAND BAG' 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov 1926 INVENTOR fi/HEY BELOW/N M. BALDWIN HAND BAG 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 16., 1926.

INVENTQR l'fmay BFILDWM/ Sept. 27, 1927.

I M. BALDWIN HAND BAG Filed Nov, 16, 1926 S SheetS-Sheet a INVENTOR Mme BFILDWIA Patented ,Sept. 27, 1927.

UNITED STATES MARY BALDWIN, OF JACKSON HEIGHTS,

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB OF ONEHALF TO FRITZ ZIEGLER, JR., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAND BAG.

Application filed November 16, 1926. Serial No. 148,642.

My invention relates to hand-bags or purses of the type conventionally carried by ladies and has for its object to provide a construction which normally has the characteristics of a conventional hand-bag or similar article, and in addition is capable of be ing quickly and easily converted into an outer garment of the class commonly referred to as rain capes or coats. Other ob jects of the invention will appear from the description hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which lllustrate an'example of the invention without defining its limits, Fig. 1 is an exterior view of the hand-bag or the like; Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are views illustrating progressively the conversion of the bag into the form of a garment; Fig. 7 is a View showing said garment in its completely unfolded condition, and Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

As shown in the drawings, the bag or purse when converted into the form of a garment or cape, comprises a rear section or back 10 cut to form a. depending body portion a and shoulder portions 5; as shown the back 10 comprises a continuous piece of material, it being understood that the same result may be obtained by making said back of more than one piece of materlal. The garment resulting from the conversion of the bag further includes front sections 11 which at their outer edges and along their upper ends are connected with the corresponding parts of the back 10 by rows of stitching 12 as shown in Fig. 6. The front sections 11 are cut away at their upper ends as indicated at 0 for attachment, by sewing, with a hood 13-which is like-wise attached to the upper edge of the back 10 for instance by the stitching'12. The facilitate the refolding of the garment back into the form of a bag or purse, the hood preferably comprises a front portion (Z and a rear portion econnected with each other by stitching 14 as shown in Fig. 6. The inner edges of the front sections 11 merge into the free peripheral edge of the hood: as illustrated in Fig. 7 to provide a garment which is open at the front; if desired said front sections 11 may be providedwith cooperating fastening devices of suitable type for detachably connecting said inner edges with each other when the gar-- ment is being worn, although generally speaking-this is unnecessary. Slits 15 are formed in the front sections 11 at the proper points to permit the hands and arms of the wearer to-be projected outwardly from beneath the garment at will.

At an intermediate point uponthe inner side of the garment a main panel, 16 of suitable material which comprises the outside of the bag or purse is located, said panel being made of a material of the kind generally used in the manufacture of ladies bags, purses and the like. In the illustrated example the panel 16 is made of silk fabric or other equivalent materialso that the bag in the form shown in Fig. 1 will present the appearance of a hand-bag made of such material. The panel 16, in the illustrated example, is of rectangular form and is of such dimensions as to project beyond the opposite side edges of the back'10 as shown in Fig. 6, said panel '16 being fixed n place upon the inside of the back 10, in surface engagement therewith, by lines of stitching 12 and transverse lines of stitchmg 17; the lines of stitching 12 may constitute independent sewing or comprise continuations of the stitching 12. In any case the lines of stitching 12 are located in close proximity to the. side edges of the back 10 and at a distance from the opposite end edges of the panel 16, while the transverse lines of stitching 17 are located at a corresponding distance from theupper and lower edges of said panel as illustrated in Fig. 6; with this arrangement, flaps f are formed along the opposite side edges of the back 10 and similar flaps g are formed transversely across said back in spaced parallelism, it being understood that the flaps f and g are loose withrespect to the back 10 as shown diagramn'iatically in Fig. 8. i

A secondary panel 16, made of a material similar to that of the panel 16 and comprising part of the hand-bag of Fig. 1, is located below andin registry with the latter panel When the bag is in the converted form of a garment as shown in Fig. 6. The

secondary panel is secured in place for instance by lines of stitching 12 which may comprise continuations of the stitchings 12 or 12 and by a transverse line of stitching 17; when as in the illustrated example the secondary panel 16 extends beneath the main panel 16, the lower line of stitching 17 in Fig. 6 may serve to also sew the second ary panel in place along its upper portion in Fig. 6.

In the preferred arrangement the secondary panel, when the bag is in the form of a garment, is in conterminous relationtothe main panel 16 and likewise projects beyond the opposite side edges of the back 10 to form flaps 7 similar to the flaps f of the main panel 16. A suitable handle 18 is attached at the proper place to the main panel 16. for carrying the ladys bag represented bythe garment. in its folded form, a stiffeninglmember of. suitable material being located in the fabric of the panel 16 between the opposite ends of the handle 18 as shown in. Fig. 8 to prevent flexing of the material when. the handbag is being carried. The secondary'panel 16 may beprovided with a suitable pocket 19 which, when the device is in its folded condition, is located between the two panels and provides the carrying characteristics of a customary hand-bag. Suitable fastening" devices 20 are located upon the flaps f for connection with cooperating fastening devicest2O" located upon the flaps fgthe fastening. devices 20 and 2O are such as to be capable of being easily connected with and disconnected from each other and in the illustrated example are shown as of the glove fastener type. The one flap 7 ofthe secondary panel 16 is provided with additional fastening devices 21 arranged for connection with cooperating fastening devices 21 located at a proper intermediate point ,upon'the main panel 16 as shown in Fig. 6; these fastening devices 21 and 21 are of such a type as to be capable of being easily connected with and disconnected from each other. at will. In addition, the flaps g of the main panel are provided with a series of fastening devices 22 which in the illus trated example are shown in the form of eyelets for the accommodation of laces 23 for the purpose to be more fully set forth hereinafter. In its normal conditionthe hand-bag appears as illustrated in Fig. 1 and presents thecharacteristics of a conventional type of such an article; its appearance is handsome and it may readily becarried about in the manner of the customary'handbag or purse. If at any time while the bag or purse is being carried about, it should become necessary, as for instance because of a sudden shower or rainstorm, the baglmay easily and quickly be converted into a form in which it constitutes a protective garment of the rain cape of rain coat type. The conversion of the bag into the form of a garment may be accomplished in the following manner: The laces23 are first removed from the eyelets 22 and the fastening devices 21 are disconnected from the fastening devices 21 which permits the parts of the bag to be successively unfolded to the positions shown in Figs. 2 and 3; the panels 16 and 16 are then unfolded to the position shown in Fig. 4 which leaves the garment free to be unfolded to the po sition shown in Fig. 6. The final step consists in reversing the garment to bring the panels 16 and 16 to the inside thereof, as shown in Fig. 7 in which condition the garment may be worn as a protection against the elements. WVhen; need for the garment has passed it may be refolded into the form of the bag shown in Fig. 1, this being easily accomplished in the following manner: The garment of Fig. 7 is first turned inside out after which thefront sections 10 are folded inwardly upon thelines of stitching 12 so as to lie in surface engagement with the back 10 as shown in Fig. 5; the hood is then flattened out and folded inwardly uponthe lines 0, so as to lie in surface engagement with the inwardly folded front sections 10. Because of its construction, the hood13may be easily flattened out on the line of stitching 14. The lower portion of the body a is then folded upward on the line of stitching 17 so as to lie in surface engagementwith the front sections .10 in registry withthe secondary panel163the appearance of the garment at this stage being illustrated in Fig. 5. The upper portion of the garment is then similarly folded downwardly on the upper line of stitching 17 tobring this upper portion into surface engagement with the frontsections 10 in registry with the main -panel16; the appearance of the garment at this stage of the folding is clearly indicated in Fig. 4; of the drawings. As the next step, the partly folded garment isfolded upon the lower line of stitching 17 so as to bring the upwardly and downwardly folded portions of the body a into surface engagement with each other, in which position the garment presents the appearance shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The fastening devices 20 and 20 may now beconnected with each other to maintain thepanel's 16 and 16 and the parts of the garment enclosed thereby in the illustrated position against separation. The foldedgarment inFig. 3 is then folded'upon itself from theleft toward the right, the: folding takin place approximately upon a line lying slightly to the left of the terminal fasteningdevices22in 8. This brings the garment 'to the condition show-nin 2 ofthe drawings in which the fastening de-' vices 21 of the main panel are exposed; the folding is. then completed by folding the up wardly projecting. portion downwardly intol surface engagement with the previously folded portion of the combined panels, after which the fastening devices 211 are connected with the fastening devices 21 to maintain the parts in the form ofthe lady s hand-bag illustrated in Fig. l. The laces 23, may then be threaded through the eyelets 22, as shown Inn in .both Figs. :1 and'2to secure the parts :in the form of a hand-bag. In its final folded condition, the device'thus constitutes a ladys hand-bag on which the handle 18 :is accessiblefor use in carrying the bag in any manner in which such hand-bags areusuall-y carried :and in which the pocket 19 is available for use as a container in the customary manner.

The garment into whichthe bag may be converted is worn as a cape in the customary manner, by being draped from the shoulders of the wearer and the hood 13 is either permitted to hang downwardly at the back, or is worn upon the head, as may be desired. The slits 15 permit the hands and arms of the wearer to be projected from beneath the cape when-ever for any reason this should become necessary or desirable. The mate rial of which the cape is constructed may be such as to provide warmth or to constitute a waterproof covering to shield the wearer against rain and snow, or said material may be such as to embody both of these characteristics. In some cases, the flaps f, 7" and 9 may be otherwise produced and may comprise elements independent of any panels or equivalent members. lVith the construction set forth, a protecting garment is provided which is capable of being readily carried about in a folded condition in combination with an attractive and useful hand-bag or other article so as to be available if, and when required. In addition to their other functions, the panels 16 and 16 may serve as a lining to add to the warmth of the garment, this being particularly true when the latter is constructed of the customary waterproof material which, generally speaking, is of light texture. By combining the handbag and the garment in a unitary structure the necessity for carrying the bag as an illdependent element when the garment is being worn is avoided.

Various changes in the specific form shown and described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a combination hand-bag and garment of the cape type, the combination of side flaps extending lengthwise along opposite side; of the garment, transverse flaps extending transversely of the garment in spaced parallel relation, and cooperating fastening devices on each of said transverse flaps whereby the parts of each flap may be detachably connected with each other to form the handbag.

2. In a combination handbag and garment of the cape type, adjacent panels extending transversely acro s the back of said garment upon the inside thereof and projecting beyond the opposite side edges of said back in the form of flaps, lines of stitching extending transversely across the back of said garment for securing said :panels in place and .for defining folding lines on which the garment may be folded, said garment being folded upon the panels, said panels and said tening, devices cooperating "with :each other on each of the said transverse flaps whereby the parts of each flap may be detachably connected to form the handbag.

3. A combination handbag and garment of the cape type comprising a back, front sections connected therewith, lines of stitching, a main panel extending transversely of the back upon the inside thereof, lines of stitching for securing said main panel in place and located at a distance from its peripheral edges to define peripheral flaps extending lengthwise and transversely of the back, fastening devices upon the flaps of said main panel extending lengthwise of the garment, a secondary panel secured upon the garment adjacent the main panel, cooperating fastening devices on the flaps of said secondary panel adapted for connection with the fastening devices upon the flaps of said main panel to fix the panels in surface engagement with each other, additional fastening devices at an intermediate point of said main panel, cooperating fastening devices on the secondary panel adapted for connection with said additional fastening devices of the main panel for maintaining the panels in a folded position, and a plurality of eyelets on the transverse flaps having laces adapted to be threaded through said eyelets for securing the folded panels in the form of a handbag.

a. A combination handbag and garment comprising a back, front sections connected therewith by lines of stitching, a hood formed from a portion of said bag and portions of said front sections projecting beyond the main portions of said bag and said front sections, a main panel extending transversely of the back upon the inside thereof, lines of stitching for securing said main panel in place, located at a distance from its peripheral edges to define peripheral flaps extending lengthwise and transversely of the back, fastening devices upon the flaps of said main panel extending lengthwise of the garment, a handle located at a point in-, termediate the length of said main panel and transversely thereto, stiffening means placed between the garment and said main panel for cooperation with said handle, a secondary panel secured upon the garment adjacent the main panel, a pocket secured to said secondary panel transversely thereto at a point intermediate its length and adapted to contain articles carried in the handbag, cooperating fastening devices on the flaps of said secondary panel adapted for connection with the fastening devices upon the flaps of said main panel to fix the panels in surface engagement With each other, additional fastoning devices at an intermediate point of said main panel cooperating fastening deavicesr on the secondaryspanel adapted for 5 connection with said additional fastening devices ofithemainpanel for maintaining the panels in a folded position, and aplurality of eyelets on the transverse flapsfhaving panels in the form of a handbag.

' In testimony whereof I have herenntoset my hand. 1

a MARYJBALDWIN.

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