US943175A - Bag-fastener. - Google Patents

Description

I'. J. BROWN.

. BAG'FASTENER. APPLIUATION FILED APR. zo, 1909.

' Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

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FLAVIUS J. BROWN, OF PLEMONS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO A. IVL LASATER, OF PLEMONS', TEXAS.

BAG-FASTEER.

943,175. Specification 0f Letters Patent- Patented Dec. la, 1909. Applcatilon led April 20, 1909. Serial-No. l31,0172

To all 'whom it mayV concern: portions 'of the section 4 being provided with Be it known thatI, FLAviUs J. BROWN, a sockets 5 pressed outwardly-or otherwise citizen of the United States, residing at formed. therein. Plemons, in the county of Hutchinson and The section 3 of the frame has openings G 5 State of Texas, have invented certain new adapted to register with the sockets 5 and 6o and useful Improvements in Bag-Fasteners, through the openings 6 are adapted to slide' of which the following is a specification. the ends of latch bolts 7. rlhe bolts 7 are The object of this inventionjis to provide mounted in bearings or openings in'brackets extremely simple but effective locking means 8 secured to the underside of the top of the l for hand bags, satchels, purses, or the like. section t of the frame and said bolts are 65 The particular' aim of the invention is to freely slidable longitudinally in said secure a locking mechanism for articles of brackets. Springs 9 connected with the this class and which is readily operable by bolts and` preferably located between the one hand in order to disengage the lockingy ends of the brackets 8 are adapted to nordevices from the portions of the frame of mally tend to project the bolts 7 outwardly 70 the hand-bag engaged thereby, the manner so as to engage in the sockets when the of operating the locking mechanism being frame sections are brought together1 in closextremely simple and convenient so as'to lingthe bag. i make the same especially desirable for use by At the central portion of the Jframe secphysicians and persons having only one arm. tion 4 and pivotally mounted on a pivot l0 75' For a full understanding of the invencarried by said section are the levers l1 by tion, reference is to be had to the following which the bolts 7 are operated. The pivdetail description and to the accompanying otal ends of the leversll cross one another drawings, in which and each lever has its lower end connected Figure l is a side elevation showing the withthe sliding bolt 7 more remote from 80- hand-bag to which the invention is applied; said lever. ln other words diagonally op- Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view-bringposite levers and bolts are connected toing out more clearly the mounting of the gether, the levers being adapted to besimullocking mechanism on the frame of the hand taneously lifted into the dotted line posi 3G bag, the parts being shown in dot-ted line tions shown in Fig. 2, in order to withdraw 85 positions as when operated to release the -the bolts 7 from the sockets 5. The adja# locking mechanism-g Fig. 3 is a transverse cent ends of the levers 1l and bolts 7 are section taken about on the line 3 3 of Fig. pivotally lconnected and the action of the 2; and Fig. 4l is a section taken about on the parts is readily apparent by reference to lined-A of Fig. 2. p Fig. 2.

Throughout the following detail descrip- On the outer endsV of\ the levers 1l are tion and on the several figures of the drawfinger loops lla on the lower sides of which' ings similar parts are referred to by like are formed the U-sliaped catches 11b 'prefreference characters. erably integral therewith. .The purpose of adapted for application for handbags of --tions 3 ands on opposite sides so that these various sizes and types, a conventional type sections are ,firmly held in closed positions being illustrated in the drawings. by the cooperation of the catches 1lb' and Describing specifically the construction of the sliding bolts 7.

a0 In carrying out the invention, the same is the catches 11b is to 'embracethe frame sec- 95 the invention in the drawings l denotes the To open the Satchel it is only necessary to 100- handbag which is provided with a suitable raise the levers l1 thus disengaging the handle 2 connected therewith in any concatches 1lb from the sectionsA of thel frame venient manner. The bag 2 is provided and simultaneously disengaging the bolts 7 with the usual frame composed of sections 3 from the sockets 5. 0and et pi'votally connected together at their As a convenient means for locking the 105 lower portions, in a manner not shown, but hand bag closed a llock may be applied at which is common in articles of this class. the central portion of the section 3, said sec- The frame section 3 isadapted to fit at its tion having a keyhole'opening l2 for the inupper portion in the frame section/l as troduction of a key that is adapted Vto acshown most clearly in Figs. 3 and 4,'the end tuate a lock bolt 13 vertically movable be- 110 ends eine bons i, its

When the bolt 13 is in in full linesin Figs. 2j. are locked from movement and the levers 11 cannot be received.

When, however, the wardl lines Y1n Fig. 3 the opened.

It may bolt 13 is moved downinto the position shown in dotted satchel may be readily be noted that the levers 11 may be made of any suitable 4size and will of course be smaller in. proportion when the locking device comprisingthe invention is used in connection with bags of a size considerably larger than illustrated in 'Fig'. 1

. Various modifica construction of sorted to within tions of 'the details o the invention may be re'- the spirit thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what 1s claimed as new is:

1. Invcoinbination, a i frame sections adapted to open and with respect t'o one handbag embodying close another, latch: bolts mounted for movement in opposite directions on one of the frame sections and adapted to engage the other section,

a pair of levers each lever being connected with one.

'oithe bolts, a pivot common to both levers,

means normally tending to hold the bolts in y engagement with t he sections to lock the rof saidl sections are engaged'b and movable toward the bolts from. their sockets,

saine closed, and ve'is to engage the frame sections to lock the same closed.

2. A handbag comprising frame sectionsY adapted to open and close with respect to one another, bolts mounted on one section and arranged to engage the other section to lock'the two sections closed, levers for opera tion of said bolts, and catches carried by the levers exterior to the bag to engage. and holdthe frame sections together when both the bolts. 3. A handbag comprisingv rame sections, oppositely sliding bolts4 on one section, the other section having socketsto receive said bolts, levers on the section carrying the bolts, a pivot common tofsaid levers,'p1votal connections between the levers being exteriort'to the` frame sections one another to ,release catches carried by the outerends ofthe l'evers to embrace -the frame 'sections and hold the same together.

In testimony whereof I atlxniy signature in presence of two witnesses.

. FLAviUs lnnown'. Witnesses:

catches car-riedby the le levers and bolts, the

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