US1199171A - Bag-fastener. - Google Patents

Description

F. A'- FULLER.

BAG FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, ms.

1 ,1 99,171. Patented Sept.'26, 1916,

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FRANZ A. FULLER, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. E. MERG-OTT COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJER SEY.

BAG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgritefl Sept, 26, 191%,

Application filed November 13, 1915. Serial No. 61,215.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANZ A. FULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference thereon, forming a part of this specification.

Hitherto, in the construction of bag fasteners of the class to which my invention relates, it has been customary to provide the jaws of the ordinary forms of hand bags, pocket-books, satchels and the like, with two projecting members terminating in knobs, balls or heads, which spring or. snap past each other to hold the jaws together. If the hand bag or the like be unusually full, or if either the projecting members constituting the fastener, or the jaws themselves, become bent ,or loosened, it often happens that the jaws are accidentally opened, and the contents of the bag is lost or abstracted without the knowledge of the owner. If pressure is exerted, the two framemembers can be pulled apart, thereby causing the knobs or heads to spring or snap past each other, thereby unlocking the bag without manipulating the fastener.

The main purpose of my invention is to overcome the objections found in those fasteners heretofore employed, and to provide a pocket-book, purse or other frame, and its catch or fastener, which shall be neat in appearance, and shall be of a simple, strong and durable construction, with a view of furnishing a bag or purse frame having a novel construction of spring-actuating holding catch or fastener, which can be easily manipulated.

All of these objects I fulfil in the preferred embodiment of my invention which I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings, to which reference is to be had, and in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of one form of bag or purse frame, with a catch or fastener embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 rep resents an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents, on an enlarged scale, a vertical section taken on lines 00w of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4L represents a fragmentary under plan view of the frame sections, illustrating the arrangement of the spring clip and the spring for actuating the catch or fastener.

In the drawings a and I) represent the usual pair of frame sections, (either channeled or angled), which are pivotally connected at their lower end portions by means of suitable pins or rivets c, or they may be pivotally connected with each other in any other well-known manner. Inasmuch as the catch members or fasteners employed are identical in shape, a description of one will suffice for both. Each of said frame sections is provided in'its upper surface with a centrally-arranged, suitable opening for the reception of an extension provided on the catch member to be presently described, and each frame section is further provided with a suitable nosing or projection (Z, which can be forced out from the metal from which said frame sections are made, or any other suitable means may be provided, designed to be brought into holding engagement with the under side of the catch member, to firmly secure the bag frame sections or members in locked position.

The catch member, :two of which are employed, may be of any desired form or configuration, and consists preferably of the chambered cap 6 formed from a single piece of suitable metal, said cap having secured to it a downwardly-projecting, spring-holding member f, said member having formed thereon holding means by bending the metal thereof to form a bearing or channel 9, for the reception of the spring to be presently described.

To provide a suitable finger piece or lift for the catch member, I have shown a flat piece of suitable material 72 provided with an integral extension 71, said extension passing through a suitable aperture in the cap 6 and Spring-holding member f, and closed down upon the under side of said member f in any convenient or desired manner. When the bag frame sections are closed, the nosing or projection (Z will be received into the cap 6 and firmly secure the bag frame sections in locked position. In order to hold said catch members in their normal initial positions, I provide each one with a suitable tortion spring 3', one end of which is passed through the bearing 9 of the spring-holding member, and rests against the under side of the frame section, and the other end of which is secured to the spring clip 70. This spring clip k in its preferred form, or when used in connection with a frame member of channeled crosssection, consists of a single piece of suitable material, channeled, and of a dimension and shape approximating that of the channeled frame section to which it is secured by being forced therein; This spring clip is provided with a centrally-arranged, depressed portion Z, said portion being further provided with openings m through which one end of the spring passes, in which it is firmly held and prevented from rotation or accidental displacement. When the spring has in this manner, been arranged in position and secured to the spring clip and catch member, it, together, with the spring-holding means on the catch member, will limit the oscillatory movement of said catch member. In this manner, the movable catch will be retained in proper locked or holding position. When the catch member is raised, the projection (i will become disengaged from the interior of the ca 6, thereby placing the spring j under sm cient tension that when the operator releases the hand from the catch, the spring will again cause the catch member to return to its normal position. The holding or locking operation of the catch member thus operatively connected with the frame section, is caused by snapping or forcing the edge of the cap 6 over the usual projection (Z upon the frame member, in the wellknown manner. When it is desired to open the bag, it is merely necessary to apply thumb and finger pressure in opposite directions to the finger pieces h to snap the caps 6 over the projections (Z, said pressure tending both to move the fasteners oppositely out of locking engagement with the frame sec-tions'and the frame sections away from each other. This opening operation is readily accomplished with one hand, and without any particular effort.

Experience has demonstrated that the organization above described is a practical and efficient one for accomplishing the ends sought by this invention. The construction may, however, be varied indetail by those skilled in such matters, without departing from the invention.

I desire to claim the invention as broadly as the state of the art will permit, and with members, a catch member mounted upon each of said frame members and having interlocking engagement with the other frame member, and a spring for each catch member, one end of which is secured to the catch member and the other end of which is secured to the frame.

3. In combination with a pair of frame members, a pivotally connected, springs actuated catch member mounted upon each of said frame members, disengaged from each other, and having locking engagement with the opposite frame member, adapted for receiving from the thumb and finger pressure tending both to move the catch members oppositely out of locking engagement with the frame sections and the frame sections away from each other and a spring for each. batch member, one end of which is secured to the catch member and the other end of which is secured to the frame.

This specification signed and witnessed this 11th day of November. 1915.

FRANZ 1 A. FULLER.

Witnesses FREDK C. FISCHER, W. H. CONKLIN.

Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

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