US1658201A - Baggage - Google Patents

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I E. W. HOWLAND and:

Filed Juno, 2, 1926 4 INVENTOR. [KW/IV If. flOlVlfl/VQ.

ATTORNEY.

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Patented F b. 7, 1928.

um'rrszu STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BAGGAGE.

Application med mm 2, 1926. Serial no. 118,138.

My present invention relates to improvements 1n hand baggage and particularly to those articles des1 ated as suit cases and it has for its ob ect to provide a novel inyention .I have shown it as applied to a suit case which is rectangular in outline, the body or shell being formed of two end panels 1, a top panel 2, and a similar bot- ERWIH W. HOWLANDQOF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIG NOR TO HENRY LIKLY AND means of applying ,a coveringmaterial to tom panel. The closure or cover of the case 60 1s 0f similar shape, one of the end panels being indicated by 1 and the top panel by the box or shell, whereby the corner edges may be united to provide a cushion for the corner edges of the shell which acts as 'a protection forv those portions most liable to injury and also provides means whereby the stitching of. said parts is protected and a pleasing appearance of the article is obtamed.

The invention also has for its object to of forming an interlocking connection between the uniting edges. of the two top panels of the body andcover portion of a suit case, whereby the cover assistsin suporting the load when the case is suspended y the handle, said connection between the parts-also serving to prevent the top panel of the body from sagging or being crushed. To these and other ends my invention consists in certain additional improvements all of which will be further described, the novel claims.

- In the. drawings:

' Fig. 1 is a perspectiveview of a suit case constructed in. accordance with. my invention.

features being pointed out in the appended 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on theline 2"- x of Fig. 1.

Fi 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the channeled edge of a panel and themethod of uniting the pieces of covering; material. to provide the cushion edge.

ig. 4 is an interior longitudinal view of the grooved edge of the covertop panel,

' rial is comparatively thin and when the use of a filler is not desired.

In the several figuresfsimilar characters indicate similar parts. 4 .In constructing a piece of baggage in accordance with my invention, I provide two similar-l -sha ed parts oneof which comprises t e y, and the other fitted there- 2: The body and cover are united by a suitable hinge joint located along the consuitable locking devices attached to their two top panels.

In accordance with my invention the provide as a further featureeanew means frame panels are made of light but strong outer faces of the same to enable the meet-' ing edges of the covering material to be accommodated, thus insuring that these edges, which are usually united b stitching, will be placed between the'p anes including these faces. outer or surrounding corner edges of the several body and cover panels may be chamfered or channeled more or less as indicated by 3 in Figs. 2 and 3.

' The coverin consists of a continuous strip of maternal wrapped around the exterior faces of the several panels, as indicated by 5, and a sheet 6 which forms a wall and covers the area bounded by the several panels of the open frame. meeting. ed es of the'surrounding strip and To facilitate this, the

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dicated by 5, and 6 in Figs, 3 and 5, and

preferably unitedfiy a row, or rows, of

stitching. I If the-covering material is comparatively thin, a very slight depression willusually be suflicient to accommodate the joined and;

turned edges, or an arrangement without any depression, as shown in "Fig. 5, may be satisfactorily emplo ed. In this construc- .tion, the edge of eit er the anel tr p 5 body sheet 6, may be fol ed under and turned down upon the other, theflpanel strip edge being so shown herein, and the two members-stitched together neartheir edges. In this way the edges will extend inward- In illustrating my lyand; occupy 'a portion between the inner 9 with other objects.

and outer. planes or'fa'ces of the panels, thus protecting the stitching and the combined thickness of the material will provide in effect a cushion surface along the edge of each panel which will prevent the bruising or cutting of said material'when' contacting Furthercontmumgthe idea of providing a cushion edge I have shown a very practical arrangement which consists generally. in including between the inturned edges, before referred to, a filling strip for increas ing the plies of material which may also embody the use of a, tubular strip, indicated by Baggage of the character described often breaks down and loses its original neatap- :pearance due to the fact that the load is carried wholly by the top panel to which the handle 9 is attached. This panel,*due to its larger area, is also the one that is often crushed down or forced inwardly by being stacked in shipment with other articles. To

' minimize these difliculties. I provide at the t V meeting edges of-the body and cover poring panel of the body and tions of the case an interlocking tongue and groove connection, whereby part of the load carried by the top panel, in one instance,

tending'to spring-the panel outwardly, is sustained by the top panel of the cover and.

in the other instance a force tending to move said panel inwardly is resisted. -These featnres are accomplished by forming the top panel of. the cover with a lip 10 fitting over or outside of a tongue 11 on the correspondproviding a reinforcing-strip 12 which is attached to the inner side of the cover panel and has an offset edge 12" which passes inside or below'the tongue 11 to receive the thrust of the lat ter if the panel 2 is moved inwardly.

The reinforcing strip 12 .'s preferably se cured to the inner surface of the top panel of the "cover throughout its lengthby gluing and if desired other fastening means may.- be utilized; Iv also deem it preferable to make the reinforcing strip of greater thickness than the top panel to which it is secured and to extend it for substantiallv the full length thereof, its. ends beingbeveled as shown in Fig. 4: to facilitate the overlaying of the covering material.

' Hand baggage constructed in accordance withmy invention presents a neat. attractive. wappeal-anee'and retains its original shape" panels witha substantially continuous piece even under severe use. The covering of the of leather, fabric 'or other suitable covering .ihclosed between said edges and posltione wall sheetextending over the area um.-

. The invention having been described, what 75 I is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. In a suit case, the combination with a frame comprising top, bottom and" end. panels, having a substantial thickness, of a strip of covering material overlying said panels and a wall sheet extendin across the space bounded by said panels, e edges of said strip and the edges of the wall sheet-being turned inwardly and united by a seam,- said edges lying between the planes formed b the inner and outer faces of said panels and forming a cushion.

2.: In a 't' case, the combination with a rectangular frame having a edge, of a continuous. strip surrounding the frame and a wall sheet covering the ai'ea inclosed by the frame, said strip and 'sheet being ugited by a seam lying within said 8 geo 3. In a suit case, the combination with an open frame composed of panels, having a substantial thickness, of a covering therefor comprisinga wall sheet covering the area inclosed by'the frame and a; continuous stripof similar material surrounding the panels, the contiguous edges of the sheet and strip being turnedinwardly and united by stitching'to form a seam said edges lying between the inner and outer surfaces of the respective panel pieces of the frame. v

4.In a s "t case, the combination with an open frame composed of panels of substantial thickness, of a covering oomprisin a wall sheet extendingover the area boun ed by the frame and a covering strip overlying the panels, said strip and "wall sheet havin their meeting edges turned inwardly an united by stitching and acushioning stri 115 at the edge of the panels of the frame.

'5. In a suit case, the combination with an open frame composed of rigid panels of substantial thickness, of a covering com a walljsheet' extending over the area ed'bythe frame and a covering overlying'the panels, said strip and W sheet having theirmeeting edges united and a fillmg strip secured'betweensaid' forming a cushioning edge loca edges of the rigid panels.

- 6. In a suit case, theeombination with an .open frame-composed of panels of snbstam tial thickness, of-.a covering comp m a m Q thef mme anti 1; eove'ring s t ripweverlying surrbunding the panels and a wall sheet oev- 10 the panels, said strip and wall sheet having ering. the area inclosed thereby; said stri their meeting edges turned inwardly an and sheet having their meeting u tum united by stitching and a. foldedstrip mclosinwardly and seemed together an lying in 5 ing a filling having its edges. secured between the chamfered'portion of the panels. said inturned edges. This specification and 7. In a suit case, the combination with t -this 19th day of May,"'1 frgm'e compq sedof, panels, the outer corners v b cf which are chemierethof acoirering strip v .4 'ERWIN W. ROWLAND;

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