US1967671A - Bag frame fastener attaching means - Google Patents

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July 24 1934- w. l. JONES BAG' FRAME FASTENER ATTACHING MEANS Filed Feb. 17. 1952 Inveiov.-

Walewl Jane@ 9. e/jy.

Patented July 24, 1934 UNITED STAT Es PATENToFI-ICE l j 1,967,611 j 4 Claims. j (Cl. 150-29) Y My :invention aims to provide improvements in bag frame fastener-attaching means. In the'drawmg. which illustrates preferred embodiments of myinventionz- Figure 1v is a perspective elevation View of an improved form of bag frame structure to which my invention is applicable;

Fig. 2"-'is'an enlarged section taken through D the bag frame and showing parts of the fastenerattaching means;

Fig. 3 is a plan section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 to show the manner of securing the attaching means to the frame structure;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a frame member and a fastener-attaching means prior to complete assembly; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 4 of a second form of attaching means.

My invention is particularly, though not exclusively, adapted for use in securingr separable fastenings to frame members of handbags.

In the drawing, I have shown a pair of U- shaped frame members 1 and 2 (Figs. 2 and 3) of usual construction and hinged together for r" movement of one relative to the other.

The frame members 1 and 2 which I have selected for illustration and description are U-shaped in cross-section with the open ends of the U facing .7. outwardly (Figs. 1 and 2). 3oL

The particular separable fastening means shown is for illustration only because many snapacting types of fastening members may be attached in the manner which constitutes my inv. vention and which I shall now describe. The attaching means illustrated ts into the U-shaped frame members and when attached is substantially L-shaped or reversed L-shaped, depending upon the frame member to which it is secured.

Each attaching member has an upwardly pro- 4o jecting portion 3 located adjacent to the inner wall 4 of the frame member and being free to yield relative thereto. At the lower end of the portion 3 there is provided a flange portion 5 which is adapted to t between the upstanding tending from the outer edge of the first mentioned flange portion 5 and provided with a frameengaging portion 8 at its free edge which is of less width than the ange portion '7, as illustrated in Fig. 3. When the attaching member is secured in position this frame-engaging portion 8 extends into a slot 9 in the inner wall 4, thereby preventing the attaching part from fall-ing out of the frame member.

The combined length of the flange portion 7 and the frame-engaging portion 8 is greater than the width of the space between the upstanding walls of the frame member and therefore I use a novel method of securing the device in position. Prior to securing the attachingmember .to the frame the flange 7 and frame-engaging portion 8 extend downwardly at an angle from the flange 5, as best illustrated in Fig. 4. With this arrangement the device can be inserted between the walls of the frame member 1 until it reaches the position shown in Fig. 4. Then a suitable tool may be used to engage the ange 5 and press the device downwardly, thereby iiattening the flange portion 7 and forcing the frame-engaging portion 8 to enter the slot 9 securely to attach'the device as illustrated in Fig. 2. The particul-ar construction of the device illustrated in Figs. 1 through 4 is desirable because the fastening means 10 located at the upper end of the portion 3 can move readily to make snap engagement with the fastening portion 11 on the other member due to the fact that the lattaching member may yield throughout the length of the iiange 5 and the portion 3. Furthermore, the action of the device is such that there is a downward pressure upon the flange portion 7 adjacent to that end which is not connected to the frame, while there is an upward pressure at that end which is secured to the frame. In this manner the device is securely attached and cannot become disengaged accidentally.

In Fig. 5 I have shown another form of attaching means which has a single flange l2 at the bottom provided with a frame-engaging extension 13 adapted to engage in a slot 14 in the outer Wall. The manner of attachment of this device is substantially the same as described in connection with Figs. 1 through 4. While this device is somewhat more simple in construction than the rst described device and may be useful, it is not as desirable as the former because the yielding action tends to move the frame-engaging portion 13 laterally out of the slot 14.

While I have illustrated and described preferred embodiments of my invention, I do not wish to be limited thereby, because the scope of my invention is best deiined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A bag frame structure comprising, in combination, a pair of frame members hinged together at their ends, each of said frame members being U-shaped in cross-section, separable fastengether at their ends, eachl of said frame members` being U-shaped in cross-section, separable fasten-v ing members securing the' frame members to" gether, one of said fastening members having al substantially L-shaped portionv located in one of said U-shaped frame members and having a frame-engaging portion extending therefrom into one of the upright Walls of the U-shaped frame member to secure the L-shaped portionk to the. frame, said L-shaped portion having a double thickness at the bottom and the frame-engaging portion extending from the lower portion into the Wall of the frame adjacent' to the lupright portion.

3. Abag frame structure comprising, in combination,A a pair of frame members hinged together yat their ends, each of said frame members being U-shaped in cross-section, separable fastening members securing the frame members. to-

gether, one of said fastening members having a. substantially L-shaped portion located in one of said U-shaped frame members with the bottom of the L-shaped portion substantially parallel to the bottom of the U-shaped frame member and the upright portion substantially parallel to one of the upright Walls of the U,shaped frame member and having 'a frame-engaging portion of less width than the width of the bottom of the L- shaped portion extending therefrom into one of the upright Walls of the U-shaped frame member to secure the L-shaped portion to the frame.

V4'. A' bag fratrie structure comprising, in combination, a pair of frame members hinged tos gether at theirendaeach of said frame members being U-shaped infcross-section, separable fastening members securing the frame members to- .getherg one of saidfastening members having aV substantially L-shaped portion located in one 'of said U-shaped frame members, said L-shaped Y.

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