US2436611A

US2436611A - Binding

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Publication number: US2436611A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ruth E Setterberg
Original assignee: MARK CROSS Co
Current assignee: MARK CROSS Co
Priority date: 1947-02-07
Filing date: 1947-02-07
Publication date: 1948-02-24
Anticipated expiration: 1965-02-24

Description

R. E. SETTERBERG BINDING Filed Feb. 'L 1947 INVENTOR BY l y,

ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 24, 1948 BINDING Ruth Setterberg, New York, Nf. Y., assigner to Mark Cross Company, New York, N. Y., alcorporation of New York Application February 7, 1947, Serial No. 727,195

The invention here disclosed relates to bindings, and the. general objects of the invention are to. provide. an article of this nature which willn add bothy strength and ornamentation to the structure to which it is applied.

Special objects of the invention are to provide an ornamental binding which may be advantageously used with many different articles and which can be made up quickly and easily at relatively low cost.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an ornamental binding which will have exible cushioning qualities and therefore may Well be used where such particular characteristics are requisite.

Other desirable objects and the novel features through which the purposes of the invention are attained are set forth or will appear in the course of the following specification.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of the specification, illustrates a present practical embodiment of the invention. Structure,

' however, may be modified and changed in certain respects, all within the true intent and broad scope of the invention as hereinafter defined and claimed. f

Fig. 1 in the drawing is a plan view of the binding, showing it left uniinished at opposite ends to better illustrate the structure;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional View as on substantially the plane of line 2 2 of Fig, 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged broken and part sectional view illustrating details of construction.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated comprises a base strip 5 having its longitudinal edges rolled together into abutting engagement at B and secured in that relation by an overlying nish strip 'l of less width, having its longitudinal edges rolled together into abutting engagement at 8, and a fiat tape 9 laced about the rolled top strip and through openings l in the adjoining edge portions of the base strip 5.

The base strip is shown as held in its distended rolled form by resilient stuffing made up of rolls H of cord or the like, enclosed within the rolled edges of a fabric strip I2 with a mesh stifening I3 overlying the fabric to resiliently hold the edge rolls Il in their spaced relation.

Similarly, the nishing roll 'l is shown stuffed with soit cord it, or the like, to hold it in the distended condition.

The rolled strips 5 and 'l may be of leather, impregnated fabric, or the various materials generally known as imitation leathers.

The flat binding strap, ribbon, tape or lace 9 6 Claims. (01.. 22m-278)I maybeof leather orlike iiexible, strongmaterial, and if of leather may be thinned at its edges to more or less oval cross section, as indicated-in Fig. 3, to closely hug and conform to the surface of the outer roll.

The underlying portions of the lace 9, as particularly shown in Fig, 2, support and bind the meeting edges of both the under and the overlying rolled strips, eliminating need for separate fastening of these strip edges.

The parts can thus all be secured together by a single, helical lacing through the slits or lacing openings llbthe extent of offset of these openings at opposite edges of the base strip determining the pitch of such helical lacing. y

With this construction, the full strength of both inner and outer binding strips, as well as the full strength of the lacing, are utilized and the combination is distinctive and ornamental in appearance, viewed from any angle.

The construction illustrated may be used directly as a handle for handbags and the like.

When the structure is gripped as a handle, the outer, seam covering roll may be forced downward more or less between the space of the side rolls of the lower strip, as will be clear from Fig. 2. The natural springiness of the materials, however, will ordinarily restore the structure as soon as squeezing or gripping pressure is released.

What is claimed is:

1. A binding of the character disclosed comprising a lower strip having its longitudinal edges rolled together, an upper strip of less width than the lower strip having its longitudinal edges rolled together and superposed over the rolled together edges of the lower strip and a lacing surrounding said rolled upper strip and extending through adjoining edge portions of the lower strip.

2. A binding of the character disclosed comprising a lower strip having its longitudinal edges rolled t-ogether, an upper strip of less width than the lower strip having its longitudinal edges rolled together and superposed over the rolled together edges of the lower strip and a lacing surrounding said rolled upper strip and extendlng through adjoining edge portions of the lower strip, and means resiliently holding said rolled strips in distended relation.

3. A binding of the character disclosed comprising a lower strip having its longitudinal edges rolled together, an upper strip of less width than the lower strip having its longitudinal edges rolled together and superposed over the rolled together edges of the lower strip and a lacing surrounding said rolled upper strip and extending through adjoining edge portions of the lower strip, and said lacing constituting the sole means for securing the edges of both strips together and for securing said strips in the superposed relation described.

4. A binding of the character disclosed comprising a lower strip having its longitudinal edges rolled together, an upper strip oi less width than the lower strip having its longitudinal edges rolled together and superposed over the rolled together edges of the lower strip and a lacing surrounding said rolled upper strip and extending through adjoining edge portions of th-e lower strip, and said lacing embodying a single flat tape laced helically about the outer rolled strip.

5. A binding of the character disclosed comprising a lower strip having its longitudinal edges rolled together, an upper strip of less Width than the lower strip having its longitudinal edges rolled together and superposed over the rolled together edges of the lower strip and a lacing surrounding said rolled upper strip and extending through adjoining edge portions of the lower strip, and said lacing comprising a generally ilat tape having tapered edges conforming it to the outline of the rolled outer strip.

6. A binding comprising base material having opposed edge portions in substantially abutting engagement, a roll of flat strip material overlying and covering the joint formed by said substantially abutting edges of said base material and said covering roll having opposed edge portions and a lace wrapped helically about said overlying roll and extending through and beneath, across and connecting said opposed edge portions of said base material, said lace thereby connecting the opposed edge portions of the base material and binding the roll of covering material down over said connected base material edges.

RUTH E. SETTERBERG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 589,720 Haase Sept. 7, 1897 640,085 Boston Dec. 26, 1899 1,578,195 Fitzgeraldnn Mar. 23, 1926