US1877954A

US1877954A - Brief case or portfolio

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Publication number: US1877954A
Application number: US521760A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ottinger Nathan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-03-11
Filing date: 1931-03-11
Publication date: 1932-09-20
Anticipated expiration: 1949-09-20

Description

Sept. 20, 1932. N. OTTINGER BRIEFYCASE OR PORTFOLIO Filed March 11, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l M ATTORNEY Sept. 20, 1932. N. OTTINGER BRIEF CASE OR PORTFOLIO Filed March 11. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JNENTOR. fiiafiarz Qizmger g 142 A TTORNEY i WVith the above and other objects in View,

Patented Sept. 20, 1932 NAT-HAN o'r'rmenn, or NEWYOBK, N. Y.

BRIEF oA'sn' on ronrromo Application filed March 11, 1931. serialNo. 521,760.-

This invention'whic'h isherein disclosed as embodied in a brief case, portfolio or other document containeryhas for its gen eral obj ectand purpose to provide an article of thiskind which will enable access to be easily and quickly had to the entire contents of the'case or portfolio, without completely removing said contents whereby a desired paperor document may be easily selected and removed, and to also provide means wherebythe said case or portfolio maybe securely closed notwithstanding the bulk of the contents thereof to prevent accidental opening 'ofthe case and loss of papers con t'ained therein, and without necessarily employing a mechanical locking device of any kind. r

Among other important features thereof,

mypresent improvements provide an article 1.20. of this kind characterized by simplicity of constructiomlow cost of manufacture, maximum durability, and the possibility of production" in numerous esthetically attractive r to 4 thereof, in this form of my invention,-

forms and materials.

the invention consists in the improved brief case, portfolioflor other document container possessing the above noted advantageous features, and in the form, construction and c3). relative' 'arrangement of the several parts. thereof, as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and subsequently incorporated in the subj oined claims. 7 3.5. 1-11 the drawings, wherein I have disclosed several simple and practical embodiments of the invention, and in which'similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several v1ews,-

$9.. Figure lis a plan view of a blank illustrat ing one simple and practical form of my- I wardly upon one side of the section 7 along present improvements; 7

view showing certain Fig. 2 is a similar parts of the blank in folded relation, the

closure means for the case being in open position? l Fig; Sis a plan view showing the case or portfolio completely closed;

r Fig. dis a sectional view on'an enlarged scale taken on the line 4'4- of Fig. 3;

, Figs.'5 and 6 are plan'views'illustrating a slightly modified form'of the device before and after the case is completely closed;

Fig. '7 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 7-7' of Fig. 6; 1 4

Fig. 8 is a plan 'vieW of a furtheralten native construction, showing the ca'se open; Fig. 9 is a similar'view, theicas'e being partly'closed;

' Fig; 10 1s a plan View, showing thelattei' form of case completely closed,"

Fig. 11 is a plan view of'a blank from which a furtherjalternative construction ofthe case is formed; l I v Fig. 12 is a similar view showing parts 5 of the blank secured =inpermanently connected relation, the case being open; p

Fig. 13 is a plan view of the latter form of case when completely closed, and I Fig. 14 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line l t-14 of Fig. 13. Referring indetail to the drawings, and for the present more particularly to Figs. 1'

the body of the case is produced in the form 7 of a blank sheet of leather or other similar material, which includes the intermediate section 5 of any suitable dimensions to form one side wall of the case, and the triangular V shaped sections 6 and 7 respectively,constig tuting the oppositeend portions of the blank 1 and extending integrally from the section 5. The obliquely inclined edges-8 and 9 respectively,-'of the end sectionsl6 and 7 are dis-' posed in substantially parallel relation so 35 that the

said sections

5, 6 and 7 of the blank, thus together define an elongated'parallelo gra,m T The section 5 at one of its side edges is provided with a lateral extension 10. The

sections 6 and 7 are adapted to be foldedinthelines indicated at 11 and-12 respectively, while the extension 10 is inwardly foldable As herein -shown,=I provide the flap which may be of the same or different mate-- rial from the blank constituting the body.

of the case. This flap is also ofltriang'ular shaped form, and the hypotenuse edge 15 thereof is disposed upon the inner side of the section 7 of the case body in inwardly spaced parallel relation from its inclined edge 9 and permanently secured thereto in any preferred manner as by the stitching indicated at 16. This inclined edge 15 of the flap 14; is shorter than the inclined edge 9 of the section 7 and said flap is so positioned, that the side edge 17 thereof is inwardly spaced from the corresponding parallel side edge 18 of the section 5. The inclined edge 9 of the section 7 does not intersect the juncture oint of the edge 18 of section 5 with the old line 12, but extends beyond the edge 17 of flap l4 and joins an extension of the side edge 18 of the section 5 in spaced relation to the fold line 12, as indicated at 19. This is animportant feature of this particular construction of my invention, as it inures he easy and q ck l ng of t e op Side o he ase- Having provided the structure as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the formation of the case is completed by merely folding the triangular extension 6 inwardly along line 11 upon the body section 5, and then permanently securing this triangular section 7 along its lateral side edge in any preferred manner to the side edge 18 of-the section 5, as by the stitching shown at 20. Thus, there is produced upon one side of the body wall section 5 of the case, a triangular shaped pocket, with the edge 8 of the section 6 extending diagonally between opposite corners of said pocket. It will be apparent that by the attachment of flap 14 to the inner or under side of the section 7 in spaced relation to the edge 9; of said section, there is thus produced by said obliquely inclined edge portion of the section 7, a relatively yieldable flap indicated at 21. Thus in closing the case, when this section 7 is folded inwardly along the line 12, the flap 14 is inserted into the pocket 6 upon the papers contained therein, and upon the flap or extension 10, which has previously been folded inwardly along the line 13, and positioned at one of its ends within said pocket as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The flap 21 will thus overlie the obliquely inclined edge 8 of the section ,6 and yieldingly press upon the outer surface of said pocket wall or section 6. Owing to the Width of this yielding or spring flap 21, said flap may function in this manner while permitting'of a certain extent of relative flexing of these sections 6 and 7 to accommodate a considerable mass or bulk of papers or documents within the pocket 6. It will also be evi-.

dent that by reason of the fact that the side edge 17 of flap 14 is inwardly spaced from the connected edges of the

sections

5 and 6, said flap may be inserted within the open side of the pocket with ease and facility, and as this flap rides upon the papers or contents of the pocket in its inward movement, the spring closure flap 21 of the section 7 of the case is automatically brought to its sealing position in resilient contact upon the pocket wall or section 6.

When the case has thus been closed as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, it will be evident that said case with its contents may be conveniently carried, without the slightest possibility of any of the papers or documents accidentally slipping out of the case and being lost, notwithstanding the fact that no straps, locks or other additional fastening or securing means is provided.

It will be apparent that a brief case or portfolio of the above construction will be of great convenience in daily use or service by lawyers, and others whose professions practi-cally necessitate the use of such carriers or containers, the contents of which must be more or less frequently displayed or used in the course of the day. Thus, by means of my novel case or portfolio construction instant access may be had to all of the case contents, by merely lifting upon the sealing flap 21, The flap 14 being freely flexible, will thus be withdrawn from the open side of the pocket 6 and by then lifting the flap or extension 10 and moving the same outwardly and laterally from the side of the case, the entire. contents of the case are displayed, without however, necessitating the complete removal of such contents from the case pocket. There is a sufiicient area of the papers or documents contained in said pocket visible after the case is thus opened to permit of any particular document which may be required to be easily and quickly selected and withdrawn. Thus, the various or numerous papers will not become scattered with the danger of possible loss of important documents, as occasionally occurs in the use of the ordinary lawyers brief case, in which a selection of an individual paper or document cannot be made without considerable inconvenience or difliculty, unless all of the papers are removed from the case.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings, I have illustrated a slight variation of the case or portfolio construction above described, in which, the flap or extension 10 of the case wall 5, instead of folding under the section 7 and into the pocket of the case, is folded exteriorly upon the outer side of the section 7 after the latter has been folded to closed position and the diagonally extended open side of the pocket closed or sealed. In this case there fore, the flap 10 at one of its ends has an obliquely inclined edge 22 so that When said flap is folded upon the section 7, this edge will substantially coincide with the inclined edge 9 of the sealing flap 21 on the section 7. In order to retain'the closure flap or extension 7 in closed position, in this form of my invention, a suitable key actuated lock indicated at 23 is secured to the outer side of the case jis precluded. Therefore,

in this construction,

mensions.

latter flap inserted tam-@54 section 7, the flap 10 be engaged bythe key Thus, as seen in-Fig. 6 of the drawings, by

of the case which would permit the withdra wal of the flap 14 from the casepocket,

the owner has complete assurancethat the contents'offthe case cannot be rifled or stolen. j i

In Figs. 8 to 10 of the drawings, I show another practical construction of my im- 15 proved case or portfolio, in which the body of the case includes the

sections

5, 6 and 7 as above described, but in which the sealing flap 21 extends along only one half of the obliquely inclined edge of the section 7 Also, instead of providing the flap or extension 10 of rectangular form as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, this extension 10 is of general triangular sha e similar to the section 7 though of smaller i- To the inner side of this extension, the triangular-shaped flap 14 is secured in spaced relation to an obliquely inclined edge of said extension so that said edge pro: vides a yieldable sealing flap 22 which is of approximately the same length as the flap 22' on the section 7. In this construction, the section 7 is first folded and the flap 14 thereon inserted under the section 6 within the case pocket so that the flap 21 resiliently or yieldably bears upon the upper surface of the section 6, while the remaining obliquely inclined edge of the section 7 is opposed to the inclined edge of the section 6. The'section 10 wlth the flap 14 is now folded inwardly, and said into the open side of the pocket upon the flap 14 while the seallng edge or flap 22 of section 10', is positioned in line with the sealing flap section 21 and also in bearing contact upon the outer side of the pocket wall or section 6, thus completing the closure of the open side of the pocket. This arrangement when the case is thus closed as shown in Fig. 10 of the drawings, gives complete protection to the, case contents and also provides a case of neat and attractive appearance. r

In Figs. 11 to 14, I show another simplifiedembodiment of my invention, in which the blank includes the sections 5 6 and 7,

the two latter sections being somewhat different in form from the corresponding sections of the blank as previously referred to. Thus, the section 6 has an obliquely inclined edge 8 which extends between the opposite side edges of the section 5 when said section 6 is folded inwardly on the section 5 and secured along its wider side edge to the latter section by the stitching indicated at 20. The other section 7 of taa "previd'ed at its 1 edge with the complementary means 24to actuated locking bolt.

' said section or wall 5 of the case,

'ing

the blank may be of rectangular form, the side edge thereof corresponding to the connected side'edges of the

sections

5 and 6 being inwardly offset from said connected edges of the latter sections as shown at 17 so as to facilitate folding of the section 7 within the open side of the pocket under the section 6. The other "side edge of the section 7 is provided with an integral extension 25 projecting beyond thecorresponding side edge of the section 5' and which is folded inwardly at a point in laterally spaced relation therefrom and then secured adjacent to said line of fold and also at a point outwardly spaced from the adjacent edge of the section 5 by the stitching indicated at 26. Thus in this construction, itwill be understood that after the papers or documents have been placed in the pocket of the case, the section 7 is folded thereon,

' the upper part of said section extending into the pocket under the section 6. In this construction, the free part of. the extension 25 isflexed'outwardly away from the inner side ofthe section 7 that it may pass over the side edge'of the section 5, and when re leased overlaps upon the outer surface of g I as clearly indicated in Fig. '13 of the drawings, thereby closing this lateral open side of the pocket and preventing outward movement of the contents of the case therethrough.

From the foregoing description, 'cons'id-' ered in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, manner of use and various advantages of the several disclosed embodiments of my invention will be fully understood. It is of course, more or less, apparent that in the first described constructions, instead of attaching the flap 14' to the inner side of the section 7, this sec-' tion may be of substantially rectangular form, and a diagonally extending sealing flap of yieldable material attached to the outer side thereof to overlap the edge of the focket wall 6 and resiliently act upon the outer surface thereof when the part or section? is folded to its closed position over, the contents of the case. g

It will also be evident that while I have herein referred to several container construc tions of simple and practical form the essential features of my present invention, that such a container might also be produced in various other alternative constructions, and it will accordingly be understoodlthat the privilege is reserved of re- 1 embodyedge upon the other side of said first named triangular shaped section, and means for closing the container between the lateral edge of said intermediate section and the corresponding edge of said foldable pocket closing '05 section.

2. A container of the kind described having a body comprising an intermediate section and relatively foldable end sections, one. of said end sections of the body being folded inwardly upon one side of said intermediate section to cooperate therewith andform a pocket-like retainer with one free edge of said end section extending across the open side of said pocket, a relatively flexing part secured along one of its edges to the inner face of the other end section in spaced relation to one edge of the latter section, and said part having a lateral edge inwardly spaced from and out of alignment with the correspondin g lateral edge of said first named end section, said second named end section and said relatively flexing part constituting closure means for said pocket, said part being insertable beneath the free edge of said first named end section to underlie the same in its closed position, and said edge of the second named end section adjacent to which said part is attached folding over said free edge of the first named end section and upon the outer side thereof, and means for closing the container between one lateral edge of said intermediate section, and the correspondingedge of said foldable pocket closing end section.

3. A container comprising a side wall, and a relatively yieldable retaining wall superimposed over a part of said side wall in permanent relation therewith and having a free edge extending across said side wall at the .-open side of a retainer pocket, and closure means for the open side of said pocket, including a member foldable with respect to said side Wall along one edge thereof, a part secured to the inner surface of said, member in spaced relation to a'free edge of the latter and projecting beyond said edge, said'part having a lateral edge inwardly spaced from and out of alignment with the corresponding lateral edge of saidretainer pocket, said part, :being flexibly movable with respect to said member and insertable beneath the free edge of said retainer section and into said pocket, and said edge of said member adjacent to wh'ch said part is attached folding over said free edge, of the retainer section and yieldably engaging upon the outer surface thereof, and additional means for closing the container'between the, other lateral edges. of said pocket forming walland the first named clore member-i In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

NATHAN OTTINGER,