US2062318A

US2062318A - Parcel bag

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Publication number: US2062318A
Application number: US724639A
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert M Lackey
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-05-09
Filing date: 1934-05-09
Publication date: 1936-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 1953-12-01

Description

Dec. 1, 1936. R. M. LACKEY PARCEL BAG Filed May 9, 1934 s-Sheet 1 3 Sheet INVENTOR RobertMLackey ATTORNEY Dec. 1, 1936 R LACKEY 2,062,318

PARCEL BAG v I Filed May 9, 1934 3 SheqtsSheet 2 .Pob ertmLackey BY 1/ INVENTOR,

' ATTORNEY Dec.- 1 19 36 I R. M. LAcKEY ,0 8

PARCEL BAG Filed May 9, 1954 3Sheets-Sheet.3 I

B Ewen MLackey iwm ' ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 1, 1936 PATENT OFFICE PARCEL BAG Robert M. Lackey, Cohoes, N. Y.

xApplication May 9, 1934, Serial No. 724,639

10 Claims. (Cl. 229-.-68)

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: To provide means for preventing the sides of the bag from pulling apart when loaded to capacity; to provide means for maintaining the service or working position of the cover flap with which the bag is provided, and to simplify the construction and facilitate the manufacture thereof.

Drawings:

Figure 1 is an out-spread view of a blank with which the herein described parcel carrying bag is constructed.

Figure 2'is an enlarged detail view of a fragment of the handle-forming portion of the pareel-carrying bag, the members being disposed in position to receive the contents which they are to carry.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the position of the members assumed whenthe cover fiap has been moved to closure position.

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the further development of the closure of the bag, the handle members having been aligned in position to be locked.

Figure 5 is a sectional view, the section being taken on the line 5-5 in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a similar view showing the opposite side of the bag to emphasize the relation of the handle finger opening and the locking memher of the handle.

Figure '7 is a view showing the service position of the completely folded bag.

Figure 8 is a sectional view, the section being taken on the line 8-8 in Figure "l.

Description:

' It is theintention and purpose of the present.

construction to augment the carrying capacity of the bag, and to strengthen the handle members to the end that the bag may be employed for carrying loads which heretofore would have been thought excessive.

By reference to Figure 1 ofthe drawings it will be seen that the patches l2 and I3 are complementary, or in other words, that the outline forming the handle member H of the patch l3 corresponds with the exposed outline of the cross bar ii of the closure flap It. This construction accommodates the method of manufacture of the bag when a continuous strip of paper is fed 6 to a bag making machine, a series of reinforcing patches having the combined outline of the patches l2 and H are adhered to the continuous bag body as the same is carriedinto and through the machine.

55 The patches l2 and I3 are preferably constructed from relatively heavier and stronger material than the body, of the bag, the purpose being torender the.structure more capable of performing the service desired and to render the handle members more rigid.

In the source of manufacture, the blank shown in Figure 1 is folded on the score line indicated. by the numeral I I so that the handle member M will overlie the handle member l8 in service. The handle member I4 and parts associated 10 therewith are preferably disposed for delivery to the trade in the position shown in Figure 2 of the drawings wherein the said handle member I4 is folded back upon the body of the bag. In

this position it will be observed the bag may. be 15 quickly and easily opened by lifting the body portion to receive the contents to be carried. During this operation of loading, the closure flap with its cross-bar l5 and handle member l8, it will be understood, remains in the open or out 20 of service position.

The contents having been disposed? within the bag, the closure flap I6 and cross-bar I5 are folded over the opening of the bag, the cross-bar l5 overlying the body of the patch l2 at the lower 25 side of the finger opening A, as seen best in Figure 3 of the drawings. The'handle member I3 is then swung up and over the said cross-bar looking the same and the closure flap IS in service position. When the handle members and closure 30 flap are in this position, as seen best in Figure 4 of the drawings, the locking member [9 with which the handle member I4 is provided, can be forced through the finger openings A and B,

as seen best shown in Figures 7 and 8, of the 35 drawings.

It will now be noted that in partially severing the locking member l9 fronrthe body of the handle member H,- the member I 9 is provided with extensions 20. These increase the lateral 40 dimension of the locking member i9 beyond the length of the finger opening A to permit the ex'- tensions 20 to flex through the said finger openings. The material forming the extensions 20 is cut back as indicated by the numeral 2| so 45 that the distance between the cuttings is less than the length of the finger opening I 0. The result of this construction is that when the looking member I9 is forced through the finger opening as above described the extensions 2! snap through the openings and overlie the handle member i8 as shown best in Figures 4, 6 and '7 of the drawings.

It will now be seen that after the member l9 has been thus disposed, any effort-to open the. 5

bag will cause the extensions 20 to ride down on the outer side of the handle member l8 to prevent the member 69 being accidentally pulled through the finger opening A. I

It is obvious that when it is desired to re-open the bag, this can be easily done by pressing back the extremities of the member I9 so that the extensions 20 will pass through the finger opening.

The material from which the member l9 and the in line with the lower edge of said opening.

When now the handle member I4 is turned up-' ward to overlie the section l5, (see Figure 4), the finger opening in said handle member l4 registers with the finger opening in handle member It. Also, it should be noted that locking member l9 registers with the finger openings, and can now be thrust therethrough, the extensions 20, yielding to permit said lock-ing member to pass. p

It is obvious that as long as the member l9 remains in the position shown, it is impossible to open the bag accidentally, unless perchan'ce, the

locking member it is retracted backward through the said openings. To prevent this the extensions 20 override the sides of the handle member IE to I prevent the locking member iii to thus retract.

When shaping the handle member l8, it will be noted that the edge of the handle member and of the fiap i6 at the folding line of the flap is curved, the purpose of the construction being to counteract any tendency to tear away from the body, and to facilitate folding the fiap on the crease of same.

The parcel bags are delivered when the closure flap I6, and handle member it, are in position as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. In this position of said parts, the parcel bags are packed ready for use by the person employed as wrappers or to place the goods to be carried in said bags. By so arranging the parts, it will be noted that the operations of filling are simplified and the locking operation is indicated as one of the steps in closing the bags.

I claim:

1. A bag as characterized having carrying handle members therefor and a closure flap thereof, said handle members and closure flap being reinforced by relatively stronger material adhered to the part from which the handle members are constructed to extend beyond the lateral limits of said handle members, the central portion of said fiap being complementary to both handle members, one of said handle members having been severed in part from said fiap, and means for locking said handle members in service position to prevent the accidental release of said flap.

2. A parcel bag having a front portion and a back portion integrally united and folded one upon the other with the edges intersecting the line of folding juxtaposed and secured together to form a carrying receptaclehaving a top opening, said portions being each provided with handle-forming members, said members having each a finger perforation formed therein said perforations adapted to register each with the other to jointly form a carrying handle for said bag, the perforation in one of said members being longer than the other perforation and formed by a partially severed center portion, said portion being adapted for extension through the other perforation to lock the said members in service relation, a closure flap for said bag integrally formed with one of said body portions to be folded at the back portion integrally united and folded one upon the other with the edges intersecting the line of folding juxtaposed and secured together to form a carrying receptacle having a top opening, said portions being each provided with handle-forming members, said members having each a finger perforation formed therein, said perforations adapted to register each with the other to jointly form a carrying handle for said bag, the perforation in one of said members being longer than the other perforation and formed by a partially severed center portion, said portion being adapted for extension through the other perforation to lock the said members in service relation, a closure flap for said bag integrally formed with one of said body portions to be folded at-the bag opening edge of the other body portion, said fiap having a cross-bar formed at the midlength thereof to register with and extend below the finger opening of the handle member with which it is'structurally associated to rest in service between said handle members, said handle members and cross-bar being structurally reinforced by laminatlons of relatively stronger material permanently attached thereto.

4. A parcel bag having a front portion and a back portion integrally united and foldable one upon the other, means-for securing said portions in service relation, a plurality of handle members each formed upon one of said portions and extended therefrom, said members having elongated finger openings therein, said openings being adapted to register each with the other when overlaid one upon the other in service, the lower edge of the hand gripping members of said handle members being on a line approximately level with the opening edge of said bag. I

5. A parcel bag having a front portion and a back portion integrally united and foldable one upon the other, means for securing said portions in service relation, a plurality of handle members each formed upon one of said portions and extended therefrom, said members having elongated finger openings therein, said openings being overlaid one upon the other in service, the upper edge of the opening of the hand gripping members of said handle members being on a lineapproximately level with the opening edge of said bag, a closure fiap for said bag having at the mid-length section thereof, a cross-bar formed in part by severing the said handle member adjacent thereto, the said cross-bar being arranged to register with thelower edge of said finger openings, and a locking member for said handle members being an elongated member hinged from one edge of one finger opening for extension through the other said finger opening, said hinged member having a linear dimension greater than said finger opening aoeaaie through which extended to prevent the accidental withdrawal thereof from said finger openings.

6. A parcel bag having a front portion and a back portion integrally, united and foldable one upon the other, means for securing said portions in service relation, said means embodying a plurality of handle members having each a finger opening therein, said openings substantially conforming each with the other, and a closure flap for said bag on one of said portions, the folding crease whereof alines approximately with the upper edge of the finger opening of the handle member of said portion having. said flap.

7. A-parcel bag having a front portion and a back portion integrally united and foldable one upon the other, means for securing said portions in service relation, said means embodying a plurality of handle members having each a finger opening therein, said openings substantially conforming each with the other, and a closure flap for said bag, the folding crease whereof alines approximately with the upper edge of the finger opening of the handle member of said front portion, an outer edge of the handle intervening be,- tween and being curved to lead into the folding crease of said flap.

8; A parcel bag having front and back portions each having carrying means providing substantially registering finger openings, one of said carrying means providing a locking member hinged thereto and capable of insertion through the other opening, said locking member providing locking means in the plane of the locking member and projecting past the line of hlnging on the opposite side thereof from the body of the locking member. Y

9. A parcel bag having front and back portions each having carrying means providing substantially registering finger openings, one of said carrying means providing a locking member hinged thereto and capable of insertion through the other opening, said locking member providing locking means'in the plane of the locking member and projecting past the-line of hlnging on the opposite side thereof from the body of the looking member, the distance in the direction of the line of hinging between the outermost edge of one of the locking means to the outermost edge of the other locking means being greater than the distance between ends of the finger opening through which said locking means is inserted and juxtaposed in service relation next to the line of hlnging of the locking member.

with a receiving opening therebetween and each having carrying means providing substantially registering finger openings when in service relation, one of the portions with one of said carrying means having a continuatlon adapted to extend beyond the other said portion and carrying means,

' 10. A parcel bag having front and back portions and the other carrying means adapted to be folded downwardly to 'rest in flattened condition against the other of said portions whereby the bag is out of service condition and delivered to the trade 'in open position and ready for use.

ROBERT M. LACKEY.