US233154A

US233154A - Traveling-bag

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Publication number: US233154A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1880-10-12
Anticipated expiration: 1897-10-12

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J. W. LIEB. Traveling Bag.

No. 233,154. Patented Oct. 12,1880.

N. PETERS. PHOTO LITHDGRAPHER WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. LIEB, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TRAVELING-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,154, dated October 12, 1880. Application filed March 29, 1860. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN WV. LIEB, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Traveling-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in an improved manner of uniting and protecting the corners of traveling-bags; and it consists in a peculiar construction and application of a metal joining and protecting plate, as hereinafter described.

Hitherto the corners of traveling-bags have been united by sewing, riveting, and otherwise securing together the leather or other material of which the body was composed. These methods are objectionable because of their expense, their insecurity, and because the cor ners of the bag were left unprotected, and liable to Wear and injury unless special means of protection were employed.

In carrying out my invention I provide sheetmetal strips folded lengthwise into such form that they resemble in cross-section the letter S. The material forming the body of the bag is brought together at the corners and one edge lapped upon the other. The metallic strip is then applied in such manner as to embrace within its folds the two edges of the body, and then the metal compressed firmly and closely upon the material. When thus applied the strip unites the two edges of the body firmly together, holds the corner in a stiff square form, and, being partially exposed upon the outside, forms a guard or shield to protect the corners from wear and injury. The metal strips may be ornamented in any suitable manner, and may be retained in place merely by compression, or by providing them with corrugations or indentations to be seated in the leather or body of the bag.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 rep-- resents a perspective view of a valise or bag constructed on my plan; Fig. 2, a cross-section through one of the corners, showing the manner in which the joint is formed; Fig. 3, a perspective view of one of the metal cornerstrips; and Fig. 4, a plan view, showing the form of one of the body-sheets before it has been in shape.

A represents the body of the bag, and B the metal corner-strip. In cutting the body portion it is so formed that upon bringing the metal together at the corners one edge maybe turned inward and lapped against the face of the other, as represented at a, Fig. 2. A corner-strip of suitable length is then applied, as in said figure, embracing one of the edges within each of its folds. The application of pressure then completes the corner.

It is preferred to construct the bag with each side formed in a single piece, as represented in Figs. 1 and 4, so that it will have seams or joints at the corner only; but my method of construction may be applied with equal advantage to all joints which may occur at the corners or angles.

I am aware that the parts of a bag have been connected by a metal strip riveted to them, and this Ido not claim, my device having the advantage that it avoids the labor and expense of riveting and gives a continuous hold upon the edges of the parts.

Having thus described my in ention, what I claim is- A valise or satchel having its body united at the corners or joints by means of metallic strips folded in an 8 form and arranged to embrace the edges of the body, as shown.

JOHN W. LIEB. Witnesses:

OSCAR ISING, F. R. STUBENBORDS.