US1966204A - Bag frame - Google Patents

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W. C. HIERING July 10, 1934..

BAG FRAME Filed D60. 24. 1931 INVENTOR ATTORNEY 8. 2. f. ks J Patented July 10, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE BAG FRAME William O. Hiering, Newark, N. 5., assignor to J. E. Mergott Company, Newark, N. J., a corporation of Delaware Application December 24, 1931, Serial No. 582,909

2 Claims.

5 the hinged bag frame members.

In the manufacture of the bag where the inverted U-shaped or conventional type of channelled frame is employed, the upper end of the bag material is forced into the channelled frame and secured therein in any desired manner, preferably by bringing the edges of the channelled frame together by the use of suitable tools. Structures of this character are open to the objection that they are less rigid and more liable to distortion in actual use, the bag material often becoming disengaged from the channelled frame members, and the frame members themselves frequently present an unsightly appearance, being slightly distorted and often times considerably damaged by bringing the edges of the channelled frame together. My present invention aims to overcome these difficulties, while at the same time, a very rigid and substantial frame composed of a minimum number of parts and 5 firmly securing the bag body to the frame proper 0 the manner in which the body of the bag is secured therein.

Similar letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawing.

My improved bag frame is composed of the two frame members a and b hinged together, the frame member 0 comprising a main body member a, and the hinge members 0, and the frame member b comprising a main body member 12 and the hinge members 0'. Each frame member is made from a single piece of metal stamped out by a suitable die to form a channel in transverse section as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. These frame members are hinged together at their ends by the hinges d.

Inasmuch as the frame members a, and b are of substantially the same shape, the description of one will suffice for both.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, it will be noted that the bag frame member consists of an inner wall e, an upper wall 1, and an outer wall g, the outer wall being narrower than the inner wall and provided with an inturned edge It extending around the main body and hinge members. The bag material 12 and the lining 7' are preferably cut somewhat larger than the size of the bag frame member and a rodlike member or cord K such as cord, leather welt or a wire preferably of soft material, solder or the like, is sewed or otherwise secured to the edge of the bag material and lining as clearly indicated at Z in Figs. 2 and 3.

After the wire, cord, welt or the like has been secured to the edge of the bag body as above described the edge of the bag body by means of any suitable and preferably blunt tool is forced past the inturned edge h which as previously stated extends around the main body and hinge members and into the channel formed by the inner, upper and outer walls 6, f, and g of the 0 frame member.

Inasmuch as the bag material 2' and lining :i as well as the cord, leather welt, or solder wire are compressible it will be readily understood that by means of a blunt instrument the edge of the bag body can be forced past the inturned edge h of the outer wall g which has a slight amount of spring, and into the channel. It is extremely difficult due to the inturned edge h to withdraw the bag body from the channel. The inturned edge is slightly beveled to facilitate the entrance of the bag body. The fastening or securing elements for the frame members may be of any conventional type.

In Fig. 4 a modified form of my invention is illustrated, in which I have shown a channel provided with upwardly extending walls as distinguished from the channel illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 in which the walls of the channel extend downwardly.

Experience has demonstrated that the organization above described, is a highly efficient one, and while the device described is the preferred embodiment of my present invention, I do not care to restrict myself to the exact details of construction, combination, and arrangement herein set forth, it being obvious that minor variations thereof not involving the exercise of invention may be made by any skilled mechanic, and such departures from what is herein described and claimed not involving invention, I

consider as within the scope and terms of my claims.

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

1. A bag frame member comprising a main body member, and hinge members, and provided with an inner wall, an upper wall and an outer wall constituting a continuous channel, the outer wall being narrower than the inner wall, and lying in a plane parallel to the inner wall, said outer wall having an inturned edge spaced from said inner wall, a rod-like member having a diameter slightly less than the width of the space between the inturned edge and the inner wall, bag covering material folded around the rod-like member, said rod-like member and the bag covering material being positioned in the channel between the inner and outer wall, said rod-like member and bag covering material together having a diameter greater than the width of the space between the inturned edge and the inner wall.

2. In a hand bag comprising opposed frame members having corresponding ends hingedly connected, each of said frame members provided with an inner wall, an upper wall, and an outer wall constituting a continuous channel, the outer wall being narrower than the inner wall, a rodlike member positioned in the channel, and bag covering material folded around the rod-like member, said outer wall having its free edge in turned and spaced from the inner wall a distance greater than the diameter of the rod-like member but less than the diameter of the rod-like member with the bag covering material folded therearound, so that it is necessary to compress the bag covering material in order to withdraw the rod-like member and bag covering material through the space between the inturned edge and the inner wall.

" WILLIAM C. HIERING.

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