US1959675A - Pocketbook - Google Patents

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R. HOGG POCKETBOOK May 22, 1934.

Filed April 9, 1951 INVENTOR PAV/Wan@ ATTORNEY Patented May 22, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE 5 Claims.

My invention relates to pocketbooks, and the objects of my invention are:

First, to provide a pocketbook which is equipped so as to conveniently carry cigarettes, matches or l the like without danger of mashing or injuring them;

Second, to provide a pocketbook of this class, in which the compartment for cigarettes, matches or the like is accessible without opening the pocketbook;

Third, to provide a pocketbook of this class in which the various articles necessary for smoking are always conveniently accessible regardless of the quantity and arrangement of the various things carried in the pocketbook, thus providing a means for carrying cigarettes or the like, which is convenient even though the pocketbook be iilled to the point of being crowded;

Fourth, to provide a pocketbook of this class in which the compartment for receiving the cigar. rettes is rigid so as to form a protecting cover therefor; and

Fifth, to provide on the whole a novelly constructed pocketbook of this class, which is simple of construction, proportional to its functions, durable, eicient in its action, and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the characters of reference thereon which form a part of this application, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of my pocketbook with the cover flap of the cigarette compartment open exposing the inner side of said cover flap; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the pocketbook; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional View through 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is another fragmentary sectional view through 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Similar charactersof reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawing.

Casing 1, closure frame 2, lining 3, handle 4, container 5, partitions 6, cover ilap 7, snap elements 8 and 9, and support 10 constitute the prin- `cipal parts and portions of my novel pocketbook.

My pocketbook includes a flexible casing 1 forming a flat bag open at its upper end. The open end of the casing 1 is bordered by a U- shaped frame 2 comprising two complementary U-shaped members, one for each side of the cas- (Cl'. 15G-34) ing opening, which are hinged together at the extremities of their leg portions as indicated byV 2d. The two members of the U-shaped frame are normallyA held in contiguous relation by means of interlocking clasps 2b provided on the two 62T members of the frame. Thecasing 1 is provided with a suitable lining 3 therein and a suitable handle 4. So far the structure described is similar to that of the conventional pocketbook.

One side of the casing l is provided with a slot H la. The slot 1a extends substantially parallel with the cross portion ofv the U-shaped frame 2 A container member 5 is provided which includes a rear wall 5a and a somewhat the shorter forward wall 5b. The rear wall 5a is secured to the 70: upper side of the slot 1a as shown best in Fig. 2, while the forward wall 5b is secured to the lower edge of the slot la. The walls 5o and 5b are sewed or otherwise secured along their ends, 5 0 as shown in Fig. 4. Above the forward walls 5b, the vertically extending end margins of the slot la are secured to the back wall 5a which is curved 'forwardly as shown in Fig. 3.

The walls 5a and 5b are preferably formed of stiff leather or the like. They are connected together along their .bottom margins by a` bottom member 5d. The bottom member 5d may, if desired, be provided with a metallic reinforcing plate 5e so as to maintain the proper spaced relation of the walls 5a and 5b.

The container 5 is preferably somewhat longer than is necessary to receive the conventional package of cigarettes. In order to hold the cigarettes in position, partition members are provided with metallic reinforcing plates 6a in the manner of the bottom member 5d. The partitions 6 thus divide the container 5 into three compartments, a central compartment A for the package of cigarettes and end compartments B for accessories such as matches or cigarette lighters, or, if desired, for toilet articles such as lip stick or the like.

The opening la for the container 5 is closed by a cover ap 7 which is secured at its upper edge by one of the U-shaped frames 2 which bind the margins of the opening to the container 1. T he cover '7 is flexible and is provided with a snap element 8 at its extended side which coacts with a second snap element 9 provided on the casing 1 below the slot la.

The container 5 is preferably located so that the bottom 5d is near the bottom of the casing 1, hence providing considerable space abo-ve the lower margin of the slot la. This space may be utilized to carry a small pack of matches M par- 11o RvA ticularly the type of match package which is formed of a loop of cardboard material containing several rows of paper matches attached by their one ends as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In order to support the pack of matches M, a support in the form of a loop member 10 is secured by its ends to the inside of the cover flap 7 through which may be inserted the cover of the pack of matches as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When the pack of matches is so held, the pack occupies an upright position when open as shown in Fig. l, whereby a match may be torn off and lighted on the striking portion Ml provided on the match pack without moving the pack from the loop, thus permitting one to hold the pocketbook in one hand and perform all the operations necessary for removing and lighting a cigarette with the other hand.

The container 5 is of course arranged between the lining 3 and the adjacent wall of the casing 1.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions, I do not wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement, but desire to include in the scope of my invention the construction, combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a pocketbook, a casing forming a bag, said casing provided with a slot in a wall thereof, a container, including a front member secured to one margin of said slot, a back member secured to the other margin in said slot, and bottom and partition members for spacing said back and front members, the members of such container kbeing formed of relatively stiif material whereby said container tends to maintain its form, a closure for said casing, a cover flap for said container depending from said vclosure and overlapping said slot, said container spaced downwardly from said closure, and a support associated with said cover flap arranged to support an article above and over said container.

2. In a pocketbook, a casing forming a bag, provided with a slot in a wall thereof, a rigid container open at its upper end, mounted within said casing, and secured by its open end portion to the margins of said slot, said slot disposed below the upper end of said casing, a cover flap for said container secured to the upper portion of said casing and extending downwardly therefrom over the open end of said container, there being formed an article receiving space between the secured end of said cover flap and said container, and a support associated with said cover ap for supporting articles in said space.

3. In a pocketbook, a casing in the form of a bag, a rigid container supported therein, a closure for the open end of said bag, a cover flap for said container secured to a margin of said closure and overhanging the opening to said container, said container spaced downwardly from said closure, there being formed an article receiving space between said container and the secured end of said cover flap, and a support associated with said cover flap for supporting articles in said space.

4. In a pocket book, a bag element having an 100 aperture in a side thereof, a rigid container having an open upper end forming a mouth beveled upwardly from the front to the back wall thereof, said container secured by the margins of said mouth to the margins of said aperture whereby 105 the contents of said container may be drawn directly upwardly therefrom.

5. In a pocket book, a bag element having an aperture in a side thereof, a rigid container having an open upper end forming a mouth beveled upwardly from the front to the back wall thereof, said container secured by the margins of said mouth to the margins of said aperture whereby the contents of said container may be drawn directly upwardly therefrom, said bag being accessible from its upper end, and a iiap secured to the upper end of said bag and extending over said aperture.

RAYMOND HOGG.

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