US893934A - Laundry-bag. - Google Patents

Description

No. 893,934. PATENTED JULY 21, 1.908.

` D. P. MOORE.

l LAUNDRY BAG.

APPLICATION FILED' JAN. 4, 1908.

2 SHEETS*SHBET 1.

PATEN'TED JULY 21, 1908.

D. P. MOORE.

LAUNDRY BAG.

APPLIOATI'ON FILED JAN. 4, 190s.

. z SHBBTS-SHBBT z.

gvwantoz wit" mou l I UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE i DAVID PELTON MOORE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGN OR TO H. KOEN- STAMM da COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

LAUNDRY-B AG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

ments in laundry bags, the main object, be-' ing the provision of a-laundry wash bag, in

which is adalpted to be inserted laundry such as soiled col ars, cuffs and small articles, the said bag being provided with a peculiar form of concealed opening, which is quickly ma nipulated to insert or withdraw the laundry, and which when concealed is practically closed so that the bag may-be thrown or tossed about particularly in a washing machine, without the necessity of tying the mouth or causing the contents to be spilled. To this end, I provide a bag having a mouth or opening at'one side of the top, a flap of the same size as the body of the bag being secured to the body of the bag upon the mouths side thereof, and provided with a similar sized mouth or opening in line with but to the other side ofthe first mentioned open ing; and thus this flap conceals and closes the main bag or rece tacles opening.

To more clear y illustrate the invention, attention is invited to the accompanying drawings, in whichz Figure l is a view taken from the concealing orclosing flap side of the bag, a portion of the flap being cut away to show the main mouth or o ening. Fig. 2 is a similar view with a handpin the position it first assumes in o ening the bag. Fig. 3 is a similar view sllaowing the two mouths in the position they assume when inserting anything. Fig. 4 is a section on line x-x, Fig. l. Fi 5 is a section on line y--y, Fig. l, and Fig. 6 is plan view of the supporting clasp.

Referring to the drawings :-The numeral l designates the main receptacle or bag which is made of a porous, yet tough material, so that the bag may be tossed about in a washer without injury and so that the water will pass freely therethrough to cleanse the contents, and which consists of the two sheets a and t, forming the rear, and the single sheet c, forming the front of the bag'. In the upper left hand corner of the front sheet c, I provide the main receptacle mouth or vopening 2, which is substantially one-half the width of the bag. Secured to the front sheet c, and also to the entire bag, is what I term the closing and concealing flap 3, whose upper edge 4, is secured to the bag to cover and conceal the mouth 2, While its edges d, e and f, are secured to the bag, the upper edge as at 5, being provided with the opening or mouth 6, which is in line but to one side of the mouth 2, these two mouths being of the same length, approximately,

To act as a re-inforcement, and at the same time to rovide a means whereby the ba may be ung, I employ the pliable meta blank 6', las clearly shown in Fig. 6, which is formed with the two T-shaped ends 7, connected by the stem 8, of the two ends, this stem being provided with two openings 9 and 9, which when the blank is bent to form the clasp as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the openings will aline to receive any supporting means, such as a hook or nail. In order to secure the clasp to the upper central portion of the bag, so as to grasp all sheets of the bag, I employ two staples 10, which pass through the ends of the clasp and the bag.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, it is evident that I provide a bag especially adapted for a laundry wash bag, in as much as the opening or mouth to the main bag is readily entered,

as clearly shown in Figs. 2, and 3, and when the bag is extended, as shown in Fig. 1, the said main mouth or opening is closed and con# cealed, so that the laundry contained in the bag is not readily spilled.

What I claim, as new, is

l. A bag or receptacle made of flexible fabric, and consisting of a main bag having an opening or mouth at the top to one side thereof, and a concealing and closing Hap secured to the bag and provided with an opening or mouth substantially the same in size as the opening in the main bag and in the top but to one side of the bags opening or mouth.

2. A bag or receptacle made of flexible fabric, and consisting of a main bag provided with a mouth substantially one-half the width of the bag at its upper edge to one side of the center of the bag, and a Iiap secured to the bag to conceal and close said mouth and provided with a mouth adapted to aline with the other mouth when filling or unlling thebag but to be normally out of line therewit 3. A bag or receptacle made of flexible fabric, and consisting of a main bag having a mouth at the top to one side thereof, and a concealing and closing 'liap secured to said bag and rovided with an opening out of line with sai bags mouth or opening, said fla s opening,` being` adapted to be alined with t e bags opening when filling or unfilling the bag.

4. A bag` or receptacle made of flexible fabric, and consisting of a main bag composedl of a series of sheets of fabric, one of which is provided with a mouth to one side of the bag, a fla secured to said last mentioned sheet to c ose and conceal the mouth andy provided with an opening to one side of but on the same line with the lirst mentioned mouth7 and a sup orting and re-inforcing clasp attached to all) the sheets of the bag at a oint between the two mouths.

n testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID PELTON MOORE.

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