US2481565A

US2481565A - Traveling bag having top-wall-supported compartment which remains hidden when side-wall closure is opened

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Publication number: US2481565A
Application number: US5063A
Authority: US
Inventors: Boretz Abraham
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-01-29
Filing date: 1948-01-29
Publication date: 1949-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 1966-09-13

Description

A. B ORETZ fiept 13 194%.

TRAVELING BAG HAVING TOP-WALL-SUPPORTED COMPARTMENT WHICH REMAINS HIDDEN WHEN SIDE-WALL-CLOSURE IS OPENED Filed. Jan" 29, 1948 2- Shsets--She'et l INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Sept 13, ww, A. BORETZ 2,411,565

- TRAVELING BAG HAVING TOPWALL*SUPPORTED COMPARTMENT WHICH REMAINS HIDDEN WHEN SIDE-WALL-CLOSURE IS OPENED Filed Jan. 29, 1948- 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 13, 1949 ,UNITED STATES PATENT o rics TRAVELING BAG HAVING TOP-WALL -SUP- PORTED COMPARTMENT WHICH REMAINS HIDDEN WHEN SIDE-WALL CLOSURE OPENED Abraham Boretz, Bronx, N. Y. t

1 Application January 29, 1948, Serial No. ;063 V The invention'relates to traveling bags or cases.

Heretofore the packing of a traveling bag has been subject to the disadvantage that when oncepacked the contents of the bag, excepting the top layer, are obscured and the itmes cannot be readily checked to make certain all that are required are in place-unless they are taken out one by one and repositioned. It is often found for example, on arriving at the travelers destination, that extra socks, shaving soap or the like have been inadvertently left at home. Another inherent disadvantage has been the lack of a protected compartment in the bag wherein to carry bottled or breakable goods, which if fractured, would spill over the contents of the packed bag. The careless handling of porters and ba gage handling is generally conducive to such result.

It is the principal object of the invention to provide a bag wherein the traveler may with ease and dispatch, pack the bag and check the contents to ensure that all desired items are positioned within. The invention also embraces the provision of means to permit the utmost accessibility of the bag interior to facilitate packing and unpacking; still another object is a case which can be employed as a convenient storage space for the contents if the traveler does not wish to unpack and place the items, for example, in a bureau drawer.

Additionally, part of the inventive concept is a construction wherein bottled or fragile goods may be packed without fear of breakage; and a repository wherein these items may be concealed from surreptitious or unauthorized view as the bag is being packed and unpacked.

Other objects not specifically enumerated, will be understood from the following description of one embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the traveling bag with the side flap in closed position, and the interior bottle compartment in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 shows a perspective View of the bag with the side flap in open position.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bottle compartment.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the bottle compartment.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines of Fig. 3.

In the embodiment illustrating this invention, and with particular reference to Figs. 1 and 2, numeral 5 designates the traveling bag consisting of top 6, depending side walls I, 8 end walls or 2 Claims. (Cl. 190-51) gussets 9, I0 and bottom I I all of stifiened leather or other suitable material joined together by usual methods knowni'to the industry.

In order to provide opening I2, permitting unobstructed view of the packing of the bag, additionally to facilitate complete access to the interior thereof for expeditious packing, checking and removal of various component parts of the travelers wardrobe; side wall 1 is cut at 1' from a point !3 spaced from one side andat the bottom of the wall to point l4 spaced from the opposite side and. also at; the bottom, thereby providing a flap l5 having a hinge-like fold as at l5. Cut '1, as disclosed in Figs. ;1- and 2, is arch-like in outline, with the upper edge of the cut spaced below the top of the side-wall.

The complemental parts of a conventional slide fastener are secured by appropriate means to the meeting edges of the cut 1' with the flap I5 opened and closed by fastener [1. The latter member may be locked, when in closed position, by lock I8 secured to depending leather tab I9.

As best shown in Fig. 2, the flap l5, when in opened position, discloses the contents of the packed bag for ready inspection, and the needed articles may be selected therefrom with the utmost ease and dispatch. And further, the bag may be employed if desired, as a convenient repository for the contents without the usual unpacking.

On the inside of the flap may be provided a compartment I5 for ties or other articles, with shoe compartments 20, 2| and utility compart ment 22 at opposite ends of the inside of the bag. The provision of this compartment is, it should be noted, optional.

At the top of the bag and beneath the leather covering 23, are, in juxtaposed relation, as illustrated in Fig. 5, stiffening element 24, a reinforcing bar 25 and band 26, the upper medial portion of flexible band 26 and the bar being secured to the inner side of the top by strip 21, suitably stitched or otherwise fastened thereto. The opposite ends of handle 28 are fastened to posts 29, the inner terminals of which are clinched to the under side of band 26. Band 26 is provided at opposite ends with complemental parts 30, 3| of a fastener and the band, in closed position, forms a cylindricallike compartment 32 wherein can be nested a bottle of cologne or any other breakable object, as depicted in Figs. 1 and 5.

Bar 25 lends rigidity to the top of the bag in addition to precluding any fracturing of objects placed within compartment 32.

Mounting the cylindrical compartment beneath the top reinforced with the bar and within the confines of the upper recesses of the bag insures (l) absolute protection of the contents by reason of the bar reinforcement and the relatively stiff depending upper portions of the side walls 1 and 8 and (2) protection of the compartment contentsiromsight,

The traveling bag is inherently capeble of holdu ing more articles'than the conventional zipper bag. A pair of shoes or slippers can be packed rations, as for example; :a 'suit. tease havin parallel side -=walls 'il'he flat-widow fflan m y mployed wi h this :as as tether modified;

forms ofbags.

:Minor changeszmayiheieflecbediin other matters ofconstruction with-m th: scope of theiappended claims without departing drum the principles of theinvention.

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1. In a traveling bag having a handle, and

walls, -a bottom, and apeir ofrdcpen dingside walls providing a. continuous space therebetween for the reception and storage of a relatively flexible band having opposite free ends with separable closure parts and. forming a cylindrically shaped compartment positioned contiguous the top and within the continuous space Thetmeqn the side :and enii'wallsmorm cfythe side walls having *an access =opening+provided with a let-down flap, the top of the access opening being spaced beneath the bottom'of said compartment whereby said compartment is not visible when the ziszlatdewn, (the bottom of said flap having a 'h ngelilzefold coextensive with the bottom of the side Wall, saidzflapiwhen let down aifording selective access ,to the interior of the bag or to said compartment.

3min ztnavelingbag as defined in claim 1, in

which the handle of the bag is mounted on posts connects the reinforcing bar and the compartment forming bandito the top.

sKE-FE 12h NCES crimp- The followin references are i recmd'm 7 file of this patent: V

' -UNITED 'SFIA'IZES PATENTS I Date Number Name 7 r "$675898 Lamphier Aug; 16,1904 r 818,412 *Byrne- Apr, "24, 1906 f1;276-,-852 Altenberg Aug. 27, 1 .11 8

Kauf-mann Aug. I5, 193.9

articles; said top having mounted therebeneath a reinforcing bar,