US1974457A

US1974457A - Shopping bag

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Publication number: US1974457A
Application number: US668803A
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert C Groh
Original assignee: WALTER H DEUBENER
Current assignee: WALTER H DEUBENER
Priority date: 1933-05-01
Filing date: 1933-05-01
Publication date: 1934-09-25
Anticipated expiration: 1951-09-25

Description

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Filed May l. 1933 Rober@ 0. @P071 Patented Sept. 25, 1934 UNITED :STATES PATIENT OFFICE l Robert C. Groh, StbPaul, Minn., assigner to Walter H. Deubener, St. Paul, Minn.

Application YMay 1,1933, ySeriatllNo. 668,803 y5( claims.A (C1. 229-54) The present invention relates to a shopping bag, or folding basket. Y

An object of the present invention is to make an improved and simplified shopping bag. In order to attain this object, there is provided, inv accordance with one feature of the invention, a shopping bag formed of a single pieceyof paper folded to form a basket, and having corner folded portions aligned with the upper edge of aside thereof, a flap being provided on the'upper edge of the side wall to overlap said folded corner portions, and perforations through 'said -corner portions and through said side wall and flap, a looped cord being passed throughsaid perfora l5 tions to anchor the parts in position and to form a carrying handle. v

, These and other features of the-invention will be more fully brought out in the following de,- scription and the accompanying drawing,

wherein:

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of a shoppin bag embodying the present invention, the bag being shown in open, upright position. Y

Figure 2 is a View, also in perspective, o f the bag as it appears when foldedfonshipment, or

when not in use. v

Figure 3 is a plan view of half ,of a blank of.

paper having the edge portions cut and folded for assembly, and the paper, scored along the lines of fold; and 'Y Figure 4 is a sectional viewon the line 4-4 of Figure 1, a portion of the card handle being.

shown in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawing in detail,v a blank 1, ofv paper, has the edge portions thereof notchedl asy at 2 to the depth of the desired hem .3, the hem.

being folded inwardly on all. four edges kof `the blank. The paper is` then scored` along the dotted` lines, as illustrated in Figure 3, so as tcifacilitatevA folding the bag into its nished'shape. A strip 5, of cardboard, is inserted under each of the herns on the side walls 4 of the blank, and perforations 6, '7, and 8 are made through the

superposed portions

4, 3, and 5.

Similar perforations

9, 10, and 11, and 12, 13, and 14 are made in each corner of the blank 1, as illustrated in Figure 3. Each of the corner portions, as between the

dotted lines

15 and 16, is then folded inwardly, with a reverse fold 17 diagonally of the corner portions between the

dotted lines

15 and 16. These corner portions are folded inwardly along the inside of the side wall 4, which brings edges 18 and 19 of these corner portions in alinement with the edge portions 20 of the side walls h 4. These corner portions are then inserted beneath the flaps 3, .whichareagain folded. down over the upper edges ofthe corner-portions, as shown in Figures 1 and 4, bringing. the openings 9, 10,.and l1 and l2, 13,7,.and 14 into registry with the openings 6, 7, and 8, respectively, through the flaps 3, the Acardboard strips 5, and the side wallsfl.- l x One .end of a handle cord 21 is then inserted from the outer side of the bag through the upper,

aligned perforationswhich are aligned with the` perforations 6. The end of vthe cordis` projected into the interior of Athe bag, as at 22, a distance suicient to provide jenough cord totiethe knot illustratedA in Figure- 4,Y and isthen passed outwardly through;the centralggroup vof openings,

aligned withthe opening 7, asv at 23, and is thenA passed inwardly through the lower group of openings, aligned withthe opening 8,',as at 24. v The card is then :looped upwardly, asat 25, and the end thereof is passed beneath the loop 26 in the interior of the bag, and theend2f1is then passed beneath the looped portion 25,. completing the knot. procedurev is `repeated with theother, or free end of the cord, to form the handles 21,. A pull on the handle 2l tends to bind the loop portion 26 against the portion 25, where it passes beneaththe loop 26, and also, in case of any slippage of the. cord abovethis point, the loop y25 binds Von the end portion 27 of the cord, giving a double grip on the cord, which, in combination with the sharp angles as the v card passes backV and forththrough the side Walls, positively anchors the cord against slippage; a bag of this character, vof comparatively heavy paperLwith flberv cord handles, having sustained a load within the bag of over fifty pounds. The carrying capace. ity,of course, varies with thevweight of. paperv used.

',Theknots of the handles, in addition to provid; ing va. carrying support for the bag, anchor the' corner members in position and transmit a part of the carrying stress down along the diagonal fold 17 to the corners of the bag, which materially strengthens the bag at these points, and also secure the entire structure in properly folded position without the necessity for the use of glue or extraneous fastening means.

The end portion of the bag is folded inwardly along the lines 28, 29, and 30, as in common paper bag construction, and the bottom is capable of being folded inwardy, as at 31, see Figure 2, which feature is also well known to the art.

The bag is simple in construction and easy to manufacture, and lends itself readily to either The cord is `then looped over andthe hand or machine construction There are no glued seams in the entire construction of the bag, which avoids the possibility of the bag opening up and spilling its contents, if carrying parcels therein on a damp or rainy day, and, furthermore, the bag is absolutely tight, since the edges of the inwardly folded corner portions are ush with the top of the bag, so that if the bag were constructed of water vproof material, it would be absolutely water tight. This is a distinct advantage in case the bag is desired to carry bulk granular or powdered material.

The handles are easily applied and holdthe` entire bag in folded position. At the same time,

as previously brought out, the fastening of the handles to the inwardly bent corner, portions, transmits the strain down to the corners of the bag and makes an extremely strong construction.`

The fact that the handles hold the entire bag' in assembled position, greatly simplifies the shipment. of large orders, since the sheets for forming the bag can be shipped scored and henimed, as shown `in Figure 3, with the. perforations punched therein, and the bags can be readily assembled with the handles at the point of shipment, the handles and .reinforcing cardboard strips 5 being shipped separately. This is a very material factor in paper bag manufacture, since the bulk of folded shopping bags is considerably greater than the bulk of the paper blanks when shipped in this manner.

The inward folding of the corner portions of the blank provides smooth exterior side portions of the bag.A The overlapping of the upper edges of these inwardly folded corner portions, with the hems ofthe sidewalls, together with the novel and effective handle arrangement, which carries a portion of the load stress down to the bag corners, provide a novel andfserviceable shopping bag.

It is understood that the broadidea of folding a blank of paper in the general manner set forth herein to provide a receptacle is not new, since the same general manner of folding Ahas been long applied to the making of cartons for bulk iee cream.

I clairm- 1. A shopping'bag formed Iof a rectangular blank of sheet material, each ofthe corners thereof being folded inwardly to forma receptacle with side and end Walls, said folded 'corners having the upper edges thereof adjacent the upper edgesv of said side walls, a hem carried `by each of said side walls, said hem' being folded inwardly to overlie the upper edges of said folded corner portions, and a loopedr carryingY handle penetrating each of said sidev Walls, said hem, and said folded corner portions to secure said handle to said bag and to transmit a portiony of portions.

2. A shopping bag having a reinforced' upper" edge portion, two sets of vertically aligned openings, consisting of three each, through said reinforced upper edge portion on each side of said bag, a looped carrying handle formed of cord. and secured to said bag by passing an end thereof through each of the upper of said sets of open-- ings, thence back through the second set of said openings, thence back again through the third set of said openings, the end of said cord being carried up and passed beneath said cord between `the upper and center of said openings, and again beneath said cord between the second and lowest of'said openings to secure said handle to said bag.l I

3. A shopping bag formed of a rectangular blank of sheet material, each of the corners thereof'being `folded inwardly to form a receptacle with sidev and end walls, said folded corners having the upper edges thereof adjacent the upper edgesof said sidewalls, ahem carried Yby each of said side walls, said hem being folded inwardly to overlie the upper edges of saidy corner portions, a cardboard reinforcing member positioned beneath said hernon each side Wall to extend'laiterally over a portion of said folded corner portions,- and a looped carrying handle penetrating each of said side walls, said hem, said corner portions, andl said reinforcing memberf to secure said' handle tosaid bag and to transmit a portion of ythe weight thereof from said handle to said corner portions and to said reinforcing member.

41. A- shopping bag formed of a rectangular blank of sheetfmaterial having-a notch ineach of the corners thereof, and at each end fof the side walls thereof, a hem folded inwardly around theI margin of said blank to the depth of said notches, each of the corners of said blank being folded: inwardly to-forrn a receptacle with side 4and end walls, said folded corners having the upper edges thereof adjacent the upper edges of said side -walls and beneath the herns of said side walls, and a looped carrying handle penetrating each of vsaid side walls,` said heins, and said foldedcorner-portions to secure said handle to said bag and to transmit aportion ofY the weig-htv thereof from said handle to said corner portions: l l

v5. A shoppingbag-'formed of arectangular blank of sheet material, each of the corners thereofbeing foldedinwardly to form areceptacle Withside and end" walls, ahem carried by each of said side walls, said hembeingfolded inwardly to overli'e-the upper edges of said folded corner portions, a-nd` a looped carrying handle penethereof from saidhandle-to said corner portions.

ROBERT o.- GROH.

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