US2821295A

US2821295A - Wall compartment for garment bags

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Publication number: US2821295A
Application number: US556728A
Authority: US
Inventors: Saul H Marks
Original assignee: PHOENIX CLOSET ACCESSORIES Inc
Current assignee: PHOENIX CLOSET ACCESSORIES Inc
Priority date: 1955-12-30
Filing date: 1955-12-30
Publication date: 1958-01-28
Anticipated expiration: 1975-01-28

Description

Jan. 28, 1958 s. H. MARKS 2,821,295

WALL COMPARTMENT FOR GARMENT BAGS Filed Dec. :50, 1955 Tic'l- INVENTOR. 5/11 1. fiMHRA S ATTORNEY WALL QQMPARTMENT FDR GARMENT BAGS Saul H. Marks, rooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Phoenix Closet Accessories, Inc., New York, N. 1 a corporation of New Jersey Application December 30, 1955, Serial No. 556,728

6 Claims. (Cl. 206-10) This invention relates to garment bags for use in protecting clothing to be hung in a closet or other storage. More particularly, the invention deals with the PIOVlSlCl'l of a wall compartment upon the upper front wall of a bag of the type and kind under consideration with a longitudinally disposed separable fastener extending from one side wall to the opposed side wall of the garment bag to control access to the compartment.

Still more particularly, the invention deals with a compartment of the character described, which is primarily formed from a single oblong rectangular sheet of transparent plastics or other material which forms an extension to the front wall, as well as a window front for viewing the contents of the container.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood from the following description, when taken together with the accompanying drawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosed and, in WhlCl'l, the separate parts are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views and, in which:

Fig. l is a partial perspective view of the top front portion of the open garment bag, diagrammatically illustrating the closure fasteners employed.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional detail view on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of part of a compartment forming Wall sheet which I employ.

In Fig. l of the drawing, I have indicated at 14? the front, upper portion of a garment bag, 11 represent ng part of the top wall, 12 the normal front wall WhlCh extends to a position short of the front edge 13 of the top wall 11. At 14 I have indicated one of the side walls.

The front wall 12 has, vertically arranged thereon, a long separable fastener, diagrammatically seen at 15, to control access to the interior of the bag in hanging and removing garments therefrom. The short front wall forms, between the upper edge 12 of the front Wall, as noted in Fig. 2 of the drawing and the top wall 11, an opening 16. This opening is closed by a supplemental front wall 17, which constitutes one wall part of a compartment forming strip or sheet 18, shown, in part in perspective, in Fig. 3 of the drawing. This strip or sheet is formed of plastic or other transparent material, the sheet being folded, as indicated at 19, to form a front window wall portion of a resulting compartment 21 to be formed at the opening 16. The wall 20 terminates short of the upper edge of the wall 17, as clearly noted in Figs. 2 and 3 and attached to the upper edge portion of the wall 20 and another supplemental front wall portion 22 is a longitudinally disposed separable fastener 23, which is diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

The separable fastener 23 extends from one side to the other side of the bag, thus forming a substantially complete opening 24, giving access to the compartment 21. It will be noted, from a consideration of Fig. 3 of the drawing, that the upper portion of the wall 17 has a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures 25,

atent ice so that vapors from mothproofing chemicals that are disposed in the compartment 21 can extend into the interior of the bag. The chemicals in the form of crystals or the like can be viewed through the window wall 20 so that, at all times, the presence of the crystals or other particles can be noted by the user of the bag.

One of the distinctive features of the compartment construction resides in the simplicity of assemblage with the bag to minimize the cost. It will be apparent, from a consideration of Fig. 1 of the drawing, that the side edges of the sheet 18 are secured in position by the front side finishing strips 26 when they are stitched in position; whereas, the upper edge of the wall 17 is simply positioned within the top finishing strip 27 when this finishing strip is stitched to the top wall 11 and the supplemental top wall 22, the latter being preferably composed of the same type of material as employed in the remainder of the wall structures of the bag. In like manner, a finishing strip 28 is stitched to the folded portion 19 of the sheet 18 and the upper edge of the front wall 12 in a single stitching.

In attaching the separable fastener 23, two finishing strips 29 are stitched by double stitchings 30, note Fig. 2, to the tapes of the separable fasteners and to adjacent edge portions of the

walls

20 and 22, this double stitching reinforcing the compartment structure to compensate for the stress or strain in operation of the fastener 23.

With a compartment structure of the character de scribed, it will be apparent that placement and replacement of the moth attaching crystals or other articles can be quickly and easily accomplished and the elongated window panel 20, will at all times, keep the user of the garment bag advised as to the need for replacement or renewal of these elements.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment bag including front, side and top wall portions, means forming a wall compartment in the front wall adjacent the top wall and extending between said side walls, said means comprising a sheet of transparent plastic material, folded to form a supplemental front wall and a window wall portion, the front wall proper of the bag being secured at its upper end to the folded portion of said sheet, the supplemental front wall of said sheet extending to the side and top walls and being secured at intersections of the side and top walls, the bag having a supplemental front wall portion arranged between the top wall and upper edge portion of said window wall, and a separable fastener extending between the side Walls and positioned adjacent the upper edge of said window wall to give access to a compartment formed by the walls of said plastic sheet and said supplemental front wall portion of the bag.

2. A garment bag including front, side and top wall portions, means forming a wall compartment in the front wall adjacent the top wall and extending between said side walls, said means comprising a sheet of transparent plastic material, folded to form a supplemental front wall and a window Wall portion, the front wall proper of the bag being secured at its upper end to the folded portion of said sheet, the supplemental front wall of said sheet extending to the side and top walls and being secured at intersections of the side and top walls, the bag having a supplemental front wall portion arranged between the top wall and upper edge portion of said window wall, a separable fastener extending between the side walls and positioned adjacent the upper edge of said window wall to give access to a compartment formed by the walls of said plastic sheet and said supplemental front wall portion of the bag, said separable fastener including tapes, and means comprising finishing strips for securing the 3, tapes to the lower edge of the supplemental front wall portion and the upper edge of said window wall portion.

3. A garment bag including front, side and top wall portions, means forming a wall compartment in the front wall adjacent the top wall and extending between said side Walls, said means comprising a sheet of transparent plastic material, folded to form a supplemental front wall and a window wall portion, the front wall proper of the bag being secured at its upper end to the folded portion of said sheet, the supplemental front wall of said sheet extending to the side and top wallsand-being secured at intersections of the side and top walls, the bag having a supplemental front wall portion arranged between the top wall and upper edge portion of said window wall, a separable fastener extending between the side walls and positioned adjacent the upper edge of said window wall to give access to a compartment'formed by the walls of said plastic sheet and said supplemental front wall portion of the bag, said separable fastener including tapes, means comprising finishing strips for securing the tapes to the lower edge of the supplemental front wall portion and the upper edge of said window wall portion, the front wall of the bag having a vertical opening extending to said compartment, and a separable fastener controlling said opening.

4. The combination with a garment bag, of means for forming a windowed compartment in one wall of the bag, said means comprising a folded sheet of transparent plastic material, the fold of the sheet dividing the same into an inner wall portion forming a complete closure for one wall of the compartment to be formed, an outer windowed Wall portion forming part of an opposed outer wall of said compartment and the garment bag, the remaining part of said last named wall of the compartment being formed by part of the material of the bag, adja- 35 cent edges of said parts being spaced to form an opening therebetween, means for closing said opening, and side edges of inner and outer portions of said sheet being directly attached to the bag in formation of the compartment.

5. The combination with a garment bag, of means for forming a windowed compartment in one outer wall of the bag, said means comprising an inner wall extending across the upper portion-of a wall of the bag and secured in boundary seams of said well, a twopart outer wall, said parts being of the same length as the inner wall and secured in said boundary seams of said bag wall, one outer wall part being transparent and integral with the inner wall part and forming an exposed part on the outer wall 'of the bag, the other outer wall part matching the material of the bag, and means joining adjacent free edges of said outer wall parts for the major portion of their length to control access to said compartment.

6. The combination with a garment bag, of means for forming a windowed compartment in one outer wall of the bag,-said means comprising an inner wall extending across the upper portion of a wall ofthe bag and secured in boundary seams of said wall, a two-part outer wall, said parts being of the same length as the inner wall and secured in-said boundary seams of said bag wall, one outer wall part being transparent andintegral with the inner wall part and forming an exposed part on the outer wall of the bag, the otherouter wall part matching the material of thebag means joining adjacent free edges of said outer wall parts for the major portion of their length to control access to said compartment, and said inner wall having apertures-openinginto said garment bag.

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