US3127076A

US3127076A - Releasible pouch

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Publication number: US3127076A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1964-03-31
Anticipated expiration: 1981-03-31

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March 3l, 1964 c. B. TEBBs 3,127,076

` RELEASIBLE POUCH Filed March 25, 1962 United States Patent O 3,127,076 RELEASIBLE POUCH Charles B. Tehbs, 2434 Cottonwood Drive, Alexandria, Va. Filed Mar. 23, 1962, Ser. No. 181,880 3 Claims. (Cl. 224-19) The present invention relates to portable storage means and has particular reference to cases or pouches such as may be carried on the person for the handy deposit and immediate removal of small, relatively heavy objects such as cartridges, watches, handcuffs and the like.

Whereas a great deal of thought has been given to the facile carrying and immediate release of cartridges and other heavy objects, and as early as 1881 C. C. and J. G. MacConnell patented a related system in which cartridges were retained in releasable and sliding relation to a compartmented box, such arrangements are unsatisfactory as a handy complement to those desiring immediate in action access to the contents. Such inventions being expensive of manufacture, cumbersome and acquiring a great quantity of carton material and much handling in manufacture, including stitching and embossing thereof, have proved accordingly inadequate for the purposes of the using public.

With the aforementioned in mind, the present invention has, as a principal objective, the containment of comparatively heavy objects which may be carried on the person through the use of the simplest possible means for releasably containing same, while simultaneously adapting to the person.

A further objective includes the fabrication of means for releasably containing comparatively heavy objects to be carried on the person through the use of a simple blank which is substantially unitary in construction, durable and of light Weight.

With these and other objectives in View, the remaining objectives of which will become apparent from reference to the following, the preferred form is represented in the following drawings, in which:

FIG. l is a view in perspective of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a View of the invention in vertical crosssection taken along the lines 2 2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a further vertical sectional view taken along the lines 3-3 of FIG. l;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the invention is fabricated showing interconnected segments and corresponding scored connections;

FIG. 5 shows the invention in use, the same being a perspective of the case as portably retained.

Referring now to the drawings and FIG. 1, the case 1il0 is fabricated from a blank a principal element of which comprises the rectangular segment 110, joined to corresponding segments by the

spacers

112 and 114. These spacers are defined transversely by score lines 150' and 150 respectively, permitting a folding and semi-rigid relationship, lsuch as shown in FIG. 2, to prevail while the filled case is being carried.

With especial reference to FIGS. 2 and 4, it will be noted that the corresponding

opposed segments

120 and 122 form the front and rear of the compartment, the extension 124 being spaced from segment 120 by the spacer 118 and the segment 122 being spaced from its corresponding counterpart 120 by the spacer 116, scoring 160 and 160 vertically defining the means by which the respective extension 124 and segment 122 are retained in spaced relation to describe the chamber in which the contents are retained. The floor 112 of the chamber serves the dual function of both iioor and hinge, as will appear.

By reference to FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the cut-outs 126 ice defined an interlocking and expressed band for the corresponding lock 128, which is integral with extension 124. Although the specific means for retaining the opposed segments and 122 is shown, it will be obvious that other means may be used to accomplish the same results. For instance, the respective overlapping segment 122 and extension 124 can be secured by stapling, riveting or adhesive means; even by stitching if desired.

The iiap joins segment 110 at the top thereof, and by means of spacer-hinge 114. This ap 130 has an aperture disposed centrally thereof and proximate its end, corresponding in detail to a comparable aperture appearing in the outside segment 120. These apertures are adapted to suitably retain the snap system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 at 140.

Although utility of the device may be apparent from reference to FIG. 5, it may not be observed that the usefulness of the invention derives from the fact that the contents are preferably substantially more heavy than the container itself. The device is nevertheless made of suicient strength to support the contents without sagging, bulging and the like. Upon release of the tab generally indicated at 130, the weight of the contents will cause the chamber to hinge downwardly on spacer 112, thereby to slidably eject the contents, in this case, cartridges, into the hand of the user. By simultaneously releasing the flap and holding the hand for receipt of the contents, the immediate availability thereof becomes apparent. Accordingly, the contents may be made immediately available through the use of one hand only. Preferably, the thumb and index finger alone may be used to release the tab, whereas the remaining three fingers and thumb of the operators hand would suiiice to catch the contents which have been slidably released from the chamber defined by the corresponding opposed segments.

Whereas the invention has been dened with specific reference to its utility in carrying cartridges and the like, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other objects may be correspondingly conveyed for immediate release, assuming that their surfaces, vis-a-vis the interior of the material comprising the segments be slidable. Whereas, the preferred material for constructing this device is of leather, other suitable materials may be used, correspondingly scored and similarly secured to obtain substantially the same result. Wherefore, the invention is to be restricted to the subject matter of the appended claims:

I claim:

l. A quick-releasing pouch for releasably containing relatively heavy objects comprising a blank of inverted T-shaped configuration, having a vertical portion and an integrally joined base portion; said base portion having a center 'Section and two wings in continuation of said center section, said wings being adapted to fold in overlapping relationship to each other and in spaced and opposed relation to said center section; the outer extremities of said wings respectively comprising integrally formed overlapping elements, said elements cooperating to define a chamber between said wings and said center section; said vertical portion being folded about said wings, leaving a space therebetween receiving a pouch bearers belt and completing said chamber; and cooperating catches mounted respectively on the free end of said vertical portion and on a side of said base center section away from the folded wings, thereby forming a quick-releasing pouch.

2. A quick-releasing pouch for releasably containing relatively heavy objects comprising a blank of inverted T-shaped configuration, having a vertical portion and an integrally joined base portion; said base portion having a center section and two wings in continuation of said center section, said wings being adapted to fold in overlapping relationship to each other and in spaced and opposed relation to said center section; the outer extremities of said wings respectively comprising integrally formed cooperating interlocking elements, said elements interlocking to dene a chamber between said wings and said center section; said vertical portion being folded about said wings, leaving a space therebetween receiving a pouch bearers belt and completing said chamber; and

cooperating catches mounted respectively on the free end 10 of said vertical portion and on a side of said base center section away from the folded wings, thereby forming a quick-releasing pouch.

3. The quick-releasing pouch of claim 2, wherein said elements respectively comprise at least one vertical slit 15 in one wing and a progressively convergent and divergent extension on the other wing, the vertical dimensions of the convergent and divergent portions of said extension being respectively less and greater than the length of 5 Said slit.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,845,705 Franz Feb. 16, 1932 2,547,620 Capano Apr. 3, 1951 2,710,687 Whitehead June 14, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS 74,814 Denmark Sept. 22, 1952

Claims

1. A QUICK-RELEASING POUCH FOR RELEASABLY CONTAINING RELATIVELY HEAVY OBJECTS COMPRISING A BLANK OF INVERTED T-SHAPED CONFIGURATION, HAVING A VERTICAL PORTION AND AN INTEGRALLY JOINED BASE PORTION; SAID BASE PORTION HAVING A CENTER SECTION AND TWO WINGS IN CONTINUATION OF SAID CENTER SECTION, SAID WINGS BEING ADAPTED TO FOLD IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER AND IN SPACED AND OPPOSED RELATION TO SAID CENTER SECTION; THE OUTER EXTREMITIES OF SAID WINGS RESPECTIVELY COMPRISING INTEGRALLY FORMED OVERLAPPING ELEMENTS, SAID ELEMENTS COOPERATING TO DEFINE A CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID WINGS AND SAID CENTER SECTION; SAID VERTICAL PORTION BEING FOLDED ABOUT SAID WINGS, LEAVING A SPACE THEREBETWEEN RECEIVING A POUCH BEARER''S BELT AND COMPLETING SAID CHAMBER; AND COOPERATING CATCHES MOUNTED RESPECTIVELY ON THE FREE END OF SAID VERTICAL PORTION AND ON A SIDE OF SAID BASE CENTER SECTION AWAY FROM THE FOLDED WINGS, THEREBY FORMING A QUICK-RELEASING POUCH.