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H. H. AL l -EN BAG Aug. 1, 1933.

Original'Filed April 12, 1930 Z. A m w v 95 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BAG Henry H. Allen, Huntington- Bay, N. Y., assignor to Bemis Bro. Bag Company, St. Louis, Mo., a Corporation of Missouri Original No. 1,795,417, dated March 10, 1931, Serial No. 443,669, April 12, 1930. Application for reissue March 2'7, 1933. Serial No. 664,264

6 Claims. (Ci. 150-1.)

This invention relates generally to bags, and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing more specifically to bags which are formed of another form of the invention. woven strands of .material which are widely sepa- Fig. '5 is an enlarged, fragmentary section on rated to produce open mesh woven material, the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. I 5 predominant object of the invention being to In the drawing, wherein are shown for the purprovide a bag of this type of such improved conpose of illustration, merely, two embodiments of struction that the drawstring which closes the the invention, A desi t s t e mat r al of wh ch open end of the 'bag is a woven strand of the the bag is formed, said material being comprised material of which the bag is formed. of warp threads (1 and woof threads I). The 10 Prior to this invention, .w'oven bags of the threads a and b of the material A are woven in the general type to which this invention relates were usual manner, so that the mesh of the material provided with drawstrings or ties, and various is qu p a d a d material A is preferably methods were employed to slidingly retain the p vi wi h a elv e B. he mat rial A b i drawstrings or ties in position so that they might so cut and folded that the selva B is o d perform their function of drawing the open ends at the pp Op d of the finished The of the bags together to closesaid open ends. t a A S own i g- 1 as a lva a One instance, it has been common ti t edge only thereof, because the illustrated mateprovide bags with intumed he at th open rial constitutes a part only of the width of the endsthereof for retaining the drawstrings or ties n ir w b of material. In some cases where in place, and also rows of stitches have been larger b s'ar in made th bag'm teri l will provided which were intended to prevent the be p v wi h pp i ly i p v s drawstrlngs from slipping from the necks of the edges- Al o, when tw b s are mad fr m a sinbags, gle width of material, this width of material will- I None of the arrangements ror retaining ties b provided wi pp w edges; and a g 25 or drawstrings in place with which I am familiar i f r w rins will b w v n i he m functioned in an entirely satisfactory manner, rial. one h r f j n to ch s lv s f the and I have therefore devised the arrangement material, and the Width of t al W l be disclosed herein which, briefly stated, involves and bag P v with a v -i d aw t i providing t bag t a drawstring which will be made from each section of the severed stitutes a woven strand of the material of which materialth bag is formed The drawstring which Located at a point a slight distance inwardly preferably is a warp thread, would in most cases from the selvage B of the material A is a draw b somewhat tronger n probamy heavier string C, which constitutes a woven strandor than the other threads of which the woven fabric thread of h material The Salvage as would be fo -med or if not heavier said drawready stated herein, is preferably located at the string would be distinguishable from the other upper e e of the finishedbag, as in threads by being made from difierent material, and the drawstring C is Woven in the bag material or by being of different 1 A drawstring a slight distance below this selvage; Preferably, which constitutes a woven element of h open the drawstring C is distinguishable from the m t m of the bag Slidable fr l with other threads of which the material A is formed. 95 respect to the bag material, and therefore may instance the drawstring may P heavier than v be drawn so as to tightly close the open end of the other threads m Fig; or It a m the bag to prevent escapeof the contents of said 9 dlfierent, matenali or a dlstmglllsh- 45 bag. 11518301601. f Lidlrefwisatthte drailavjtrirg1 mage, iff 21;; sire, eo a ierensape, in eca o zg 1.1 3 3 3 22 5 3 i g z; fis j gggzg more or less flat drawstring C illustrated in Fig. is to be made f t 1 b 4, or a plurality of associated and closely grouped por Ions 0 Sal emg elementsmay be employed to provide the drawbroken away to conserve space. String. 50 F a View. of g f in accordance In forming my improved bag from a portion-of with this invention, 111 this view, also, portions web of material Suitable for making one of the h s m teri l b ing b w y said web of material is folded on its center line, Serve p the fold forming one s'ide'of the bag and with the Fig. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary section on 'selvage B disposed at thetop of the bag; The 55 line 3-3 of Fig. 2. folded web is then sewed with a row of stitches D which extend from top to bottom, thus joining the two ends of the web to form the other side of the bag, and the stitches D are extended across the lower end to close the bottom of the bag. 5 The particular type of seam illustrated in the drawing does not require thatthe bag be turned, but if other types of seams are employed the bag would be turned to turn in the sewed edges of the bag material. I

In producing the form of the bag illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, theends C of the drawstring are pulled free of the side seam E before the sewing operation is performed, drawstring will appear as illustrated most clearly in Fig. 3. However, if desired, the drawstring may be sewed into the side seam E of the bag, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, wherein C designates the drawstring and A the material of which the bag is formed, and after the stitches D have been placed in the bag the drawstring C may be pulled or cut free of the seam. Also, if preferred, the ends of the drawstring may be'permitted to remain stitched into the side seam of the bag, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and the mouth of the bag may be closed by pulling the drawstring from the folded side of the bag.

When the drawstring is close to the selvage B of the bag the usual method of closing the bag will be to draw up the drawstring and tie the opposite ends together. If desired, however, the drawstring may be arranged a greater distance below the selvage B, and after the mouth of the bag has been drawn to a closed condition the ends of the ,drawstring may be wrapped several times around the puckered mouth of the bag. The latter would be the stronger closure because all of the threads b of the bag material would be engaged by the drawstring, whereas in the case of the first method only half of said threads would be so engaged.

An important advantage in favor of the present invention results from the fact that the material and time necessary in providing the bags with hems at the open ends, as in some cases Also, asthe bag material of my improved bag is of quite open mesh, the

open ends of the bag could not be stitched to close strand of said fabric,

and in this event the drawstring mouth of the bag is substantially uniform, whereby'a positive closure is obtained.

I claim: I

1. A bag formed of open mesh, woven fabric and a drawstring which constitutes a woven said drawstring being interwoven with substantially all of the strands of the fabric which extend transversely with respect thereto. 2. A bag formed of strands of material and open mesh, plain woven a drawstring which constitutes a woven strand'of the bag-forming material, said drawstringbeing interwoven with substantially all of the strands of material extended transversely withrespect thereto.

said drawstring being interwoven withsubstantially all of the strands of fabric extended transbeyond the seamed side edge of woven material, and a seam formed at a side edge end portions of said drawstring being sewed in said seam. I

- 6. The bag as set forth in claim 3, wherein the strand is made heavier than the other strandsof the fabric woven transversely thereto.

HENRY H. ALLEN.

cause portions of said drawstring

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