US2107692A

US2107692A - Device for closing a bag

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Publication number: US2107692A
Application number: US157485A
Authority: US
Inventors: Botelho Martin De
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-08-05
Filing date: 1937-08-05
Publication date: 1938-02-08
Anticipated expiration: 1955-02-08

Description

Feb. 8, 1938. .M. DE BYOTELHO 2,107,692

DEVICE FOR-CLOSING A BAG Filed Aug. 5, 1957 Patented Feb. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

My invention pertains to devices for closing bags, pouches and other receptacles, and is herein illustrated in its application to a relatively small bag suitable as a container for a perfume 5 bottle.

The principal object of my invention is to provide simple and novel means for gathering and holding together the edges of the open end of a bag.

10 Another object is to provide simple and efiicient means for drawing the open end of a bag through a member which will retain it in a gathered or closed position.

An additional object to which my invention is .15 directed is the provision of means for keeping a closing member in convenient association with the bag with which it is to be used.

Certain additional objects, together with the many advantages of my novel construction, will 20 be disclosed in the ensuing parts of my specification.

With reference to the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of a bag with the closing device in an inoperative posi- 25 tion.

Fig. 2 is also a front elevation of the bag, but with its open end bent forward and in a partially closed position. Fig. 3 shows the bag in completely closed posi- 30 tion with the closing device in its final operative position.

The illustrative embodiment of my invention comprises a rectangularly shaped bag I which is open at its upper end. Any suitable flexible material may be used in constructing the bag ID. A cord or loop member l2 of a flexible nature has one end connected to a side of the bag It] at a point I4 near the top or open end. The other end of the cord [2 may be connected to the bag 40 ill in a lower position IE, on the same side.

An identical cord or loop member i3 is connected similarly to the bag In at points 16 and I! on the opposite side. i The cords l2 and [3 are threaded or pass 45 loosely through a ring I I in the manner indicated in Fig. 1 of my drawing.- Means for retaining the ring in permanent association with the bag are provided by the connections l5 and I1 between the lower ends of the two loop mem- 60 bers and the bag. While metal is a preferred material for'the ring H, celluloid, rubber, syn

thetic resin or other similar substancesmay be utilized. V I

'When the parts of the cords Hand l3 besuch as by the thumb and forcfingers of a pair of hands shown in Fig, 2, the extremities of the bag opening adjacent the points 14 and I6 are pulled progressively through the ring ll (Fig. 2) This action gathers the other portions compris- 5 ing the opening of the bag I!) to such an extent that they too readily follow the said extremities through the ring H. After the ring H has moved downwardly a short distance the portions of the bag above the ring U will be expanded 10 or spread'by continued pulling so as to retain said ring.

Fig. 3 shows the bag 10 in its completely closed position. It will be appreciated that the size of the ring II is determined by the amount of the bag material which must be circumscribed to efiect a closure.

The following is a description of a convenient manner of operating my device:

a. Gather the cords I2 and I3 below the ring l I, take one between the thumb and index finger of each hand, and pull.

1). Slide thumbs and index fingers closer to ring II, and pull until the bag is closed.

By using a pair of cords or loop members, I attain several novel functions which are not comprehended by any prior structures of which I am aware: The ring is held in a convenient and centered position with respect to the bag prior to being moved .to its operative position. Two opposite extremities of the bag opening are guided smoothly through the ring.

Although the invention has been described as embodied in a particular bag construction, it should be understood that the invention is not limited in the scope of its application to any one form of receptacle.

Having described my invention, whatI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A bag provided with an opening and having a closing device which comprises a pair of cords, an end of one cord being connected to the bag near an extremity of the opening and an end of the other cord being connected to the bag near the opposite extremity of said opening, a ring threaded on said cords, and means for retaining the ring in association with the bag. 7

2. A bag provided with an open end, a closing device comprising a pair of cords and a ring through which said cords are passed loosely, said cords each being attached by an end to opposite extremities of the open end of the bag, and means for retaining the ring in association with Y the bag. I v

3. A bag provided with an open end and having a closing "device which comprises a pair of loop members and a ring through which said 100p members are threaded, one loop member being connected to a side of the bag at an extremity of the open end thereof and at a lower point on r the same side, and the other loop being similarly connected with the opposite side of the bag.

4. In a bag having an opening at one end, a

10 closing device comprising'a ring and two lengths MARTIN DE BOTELHO.