US1735650A - Hand bag - Google Patents

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M. NOVER Nov. 12, 1929.

HAND BAG Filed July 5 INVENTOR M07776 Myer ATTORNEYS I ,20 line 5 of Fig. 3.

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and rear walls 1 and 2 and the flap 6. The

The main object. of the present invention is to rovide an improved handbag deslgned to e ectually prevent loss of articles there from when it is closed and adapted to be 5 freely opened and expanded to the maximum extent without injuriously straining or distorting any parts of its structure.

Other objects of the inventionwill appear hereinafter.

In'the drawing; p Fig. 1 is a persgective view'of the handbag showing it opens and fully expanded;

Fig. 2 a front elevation of the opened bag; Fig. 3 a vertical section upon a larger scale taken on the line;3'3of Fig. 5 showing the bag closed;

Fig. 4 a fragmenta side view of the upper portion of the closed ag; and 1 Fig. 5 a v horizontal section taken The hand bag is of the envelope type and its structure includes a 'front wall 1 and a rearv wall 2 fold ably connected together along.

their lower edges as at 3. Connected to the rear wall 2 along the upper edge 4' thereof is a freely foldable hinge portion 50f elongated rectangular area; This hinge portion is formed to entirely cover the mouth of the pocket space between the walls 1 and 2 when the bag is closed. A flap 6-:isv foldably connected to the hinge portion along the forward edge 7 of the latter and is adapted to overlie the front wall 1 when the bag is closed. The flap and the front and rear walls are allrectangular in form and of substantially the same size; Preferably they are formed in the usual manner by a single continuous sheet 8 of leather or other suitable material. This sheet edges of the. sheet being foldedinwardly and stitched to the lining in the usual manner.

Interposed between the facing sheet 8,and

the lining 9 are relatively thick filling sheets 10 of any suitable material. The sheets 10 ex- 59 tend respectively over the areas of the front on the gussets 12 each'formed with a facing 13 and filler sheet of the rear wall 2'terminatesat the upper edge 4 of the rear wall and the sheet within the flap 6 terminates at the for-,

ward edge of the hinge ortion 5. This filling material gives a desire body and stiffness to.

the front and rear walls and to the flap. It is omitted from the area of the hinge portion between the lines 4 and 7 to render said or? tion more flexible than the walls and the ap. If desired one or more thin sheets of suitable material 11 may also be included between the facing and lining sheets and this material may beextended over the area of the hinge portion also togive the latter adesired body orthickness without materially reducing its flexibility. v

The oplposite sides of the space between the front'an rear walls of the bag are defined by a lining 14 similar to those of the remainder ofthe bag. The forward edges of the gussets extend a edges of the to.

the entire length of the side The rear edges of the gussets extend ont wall and are stitched there-- along the entire length of the side edges of the rear wall 2 and" also along the length of edges of the gussets terminate substantially at the forward edge line 7 of the hinge portion. The gussets are so formed that when the bag tend in substantially straight lines from the the side edges of the hinge portion 5 and are stitched to both. The upper ends of said rear I is. opened and fully expanded, as shown in Fig. 1, their upper edges 15 will exupper edge of the wall 1,to the forward edge line 7 of the hinge portion 5.

Within-the bag is a partition 16 which extends entirelyacross the width of the interior and is secured at its ends to'the rear wall 2. Thispartition definesapocket attheinner face (if said wall. Secured to the forward face of t e terior space of the bag. A smaller pocket is formed upon the inner face of the front wall 1 b a sheet of material18 stitched to said wall.

pen the outer face of, the rear wall 2 is se--' cured a diagonally arranged handstrap-19 partition 16 is 'a-"purse '17 the width of c is materially less than'that of the infastenings '20 are provided upon the flap adjacent the free end thereof and upon the front wall 1 to hold the flap closed. a

Each of the gussets 12 is creased to fold on a plurality oflines. In this manner the folded thickness of the gussets, when the bag is closed, is rendered substantially equal to the thickness of the purse 17. The gusset folds extend inwardly to points closely adjacent the sides of the urse and fill the marginal spaces between t e purse and the side edges of the walls as indicated in Fi 5. When the bag is closed the rearmost fol of each gusset is. disposed against the partition 16 and against the hinge ortion 5 and the upper extended portion 0 the gusset is folded with the hinge portion to extend entirely across the mouth of the bag at the marginal ends thereof as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This of the extended ends of the gussets effectually seals'therearmost pocket of the bag. The said endsalso extend across'the remaining folds of the gussets at the edges of the purse and cooperate with said folds to prevent the contents of the forward pockets from escaping between the gussets and the hinge portion.

In opening a hand bag of this type it is customar and n'aturalto grasp the u per end of the ront wall and the free end 0 the fla and pull them in opposite directions to fu y expand the bag,.as shown inv Fig. 1. In the present bag the design of the gussets and their manner of attachment permits the ba to be expanded in this manner freely, fu y and safely. The raising of the flap to the position shown in Fig. 2 swings back the hinge portion 5 and the upper'ends of the gussets to"'uncov,er the mouth of thebag. When the flap and the front wall of the ba are pulled in opposite directions, to expan the bag the hinge portion 5, owing to the attachment of the gussets to it, swings back in the same plane. with the rear wall 2 as thou h both were a single leaf. A straight pull is transmitted through the gussets, from the upper edge of the front wall 1 to the forward orupper edge 7 of the hinge ortion 5. This straight pull'completely strai tens out the gus'sets so that they offer no 0 struction at"the mouth of the ba The termination edges of the gusset, wi

of the gussets at the'fo d line 7 leaves'the flap free'to swing straight back at this line in thejdirection of said "pull, to a position substantially within the plane of the upper t out straining or distorting the gussets or tearing. open their stitching.

What I claim is: i In, ahand bag of wallet form including a air of substantially co-extensive and relatively stifi front and rear leaves foldably connected together along their lower edges and a relatively stiff flap .to foldover the front leaf, a freely flexible hinge and closure ortion foldably connecting to ether the rear eaf and the fla clear across t e bag; and a pair of'inward y folding and downwardly.

tapering side gussets havin substantially straight upper edges, straig t front edges stitched to the front leaf, and straight rear edges longer than the frontedges extending along substantially the side length of the rear leaf and hinge portion combined, stitched to both and terminating, with their stitching, at points closely adjacent to the flap, whereby the upper rear corners of the gussets will fold inwardly against the hinge portion and forwardly therewith to closed position, and when the bag is spread open the hinge portion will lie in the plane of the rear leaf and the flap may be swung signature.

' 1 MORRIS NOVER.

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