US453282A

US453282A - Purse-frame

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Publication number: US453282A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-06-02
Anticipated expiration: 1908-06-02

Description

A. GOE RTZ. PURSE FRAME (No Model.) S

No. 453,282. Patented June 2, 1891.

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AUGUST GOERTZ, OF NEXVARK, NE\V JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,282, dated June 2, 1891.

Application filed February 18, 1891. Serial No. 381,818. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

provements in Purse-Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

.exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention, set' forth in detail hereinafter, relates to improvements in purse or similar frames made up of pivotally-secured sections or plates adapted to be folded against each other in the manner of a system of arms or levers commonly known as lazytongs, and the object of the present invention is to secure a frame of great strength and one which is better adapted to be used on bags of this class.

The invention therefore consists in providing certain of said sections or plates comprising the lazy-tongs withprongs or points adapted to be forced through the material and bent down thereon, whereby a simple and cheap construction is the result.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved purseframe secured to the upper end of a bag of any suitable material, the frame being represented in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a front view of the frame when open, clearly illustrating the operation of the plates or sec tions of the frame when the purse has been opened. Fig. 3 is a top view of the frame, showing the pivoted plates or sectionsin their open relation to each other and provided with means formed integrally therewith on some of said plates or sections adapted to be forced through the material of the bag for securing the same to the frame. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the frame-sections employed, and Fig.6 is a vertical section of one of the plate or frame sections provided with the pointed prongs, illustrating the manner.

of forcing the same through the material and bending the prongs down upon the opposite The purse or bag on which my improved .frame is intended to be used is of the ordinary construction, and consists of an ordinary bag a, made of leather or any other suitable material.

As illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, the mouth-closing device 'or frame to be secured to the bag consists, essentially, of the plates or sections 1) and b, pivotally connected with each other at difierent points by means of pins, rivets, or screws 0. These sections comprising the frame, when in their open relation, form two concentrically-arranged rings, as shown in Fig. 3, which are secured together by the pins, rivets, or screws 0, and the inner ring, which is formed by the sections or plates 1), is provided with the inwardly-bent prongs or points W, as shown.

In Figs. 4 and 5 are shown the forms of the sections 1) and b, which I contemplate using in the construction of my improved purseframe. The frame-section b,as will be noticed from said Fig. 4, is provided with the plain or rounded ends and holes or perforations b substantially as shown, while the section b is provided at its lower end with an integrally-formed prong or point I) and the holes or perforations b. Any desirable number of such plates or sections 19 and b are riveted together to form. what is known as lazy-tongs, the endsof which are also secured together, so as to form a circular frame B, provided at its lower side with the inwardly-projecting prongs or points 17 as will be evident from the drawings. Now when it is intended to attach the bag a the upper rim a of the same is forced upon the prongs 11 which pass through the material, and are then firmly bent down upon the opposite side of the material, as clearly shown in Fig. 6.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the frame B is provided with a lid or cover cl andafingerpiece 6. WVhen the frame-sections comprising the frame B have been closed upon each r00 other, the lid or cover (Z can be forced down over the upper end of the frame-sections and the frame securely held in its closed position. It will be understood that any number of such sections b and b can be employed, according to the size of the frame desired, and the prongs b need not necessarily be formed with the plates 1), for they can be riveted integral thereto by making the lower rivet in the lazy-tongs long enough to pass through the two sections 1) and b, and also through the thickness of metal of which the prong is made, which thus becomes secured upon the back of the section 1).

Having thus described my invention, wha I claim is- 1. A purse-frame comprising therein a system of combined plates or sections 1) and 1), adapted to be spread and folded in the man- 20 ner of lazy-tongs, said sections 1) being provided with means formed integral therewith for attaching the material of the bag thereto, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A purse-frame comprising therein a system of combined plates or sections 1) and 11, adapted to be spread and folded in the manner of lazy-tongs, said sections 12' being provided at their lower ends with prongs or points adapted to be forced through the material and bent over thereon for securing the bag to the frame, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above Lhave hereunto set my hand this 16th day of February, 1891.

AUGUST GOERTZ.