US1671928A - Bag - Google Patents

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May .29, i928. y 1,671,928

R. `C. GROH BAG Filed Deo. 27, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Babe@ C1 roh A May 29, 192s. 1,671,928 2 R. C. GROH BAG Filed Deo. 27, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 61H01 mm1 Patented May 29, 1928.

` UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE;

ROBERT C. GrROII, 0F ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA,

ASSIGNOB yOIF ONE-THIRD T GEORGE F.

GETSEY, OF MIN N EAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ANI) ONEeTHIRI) TO FRANK X. NOVAI, 0F

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

BAG.

Appiicaeon sled December 27, 1926. serial N0.,157,10.

The present invention relates to a shopping bag and more particularly to a shoppin-g bagvhavin'g a carrying cord extending around the bottom thereof and anchored thereto through openings in lthe bottom of said bag.

An object of the present invention is to make a shopping bag having a pair of carrying handles therefor extending downwardly through perforations in t-he sides thereof and aroundv the bottom of said bag toprovide a simple handle construction which will give a maximum degree of support for the contents of said bag, the carrying handles being anchored to each oth-er and to the bag t-hrough holes inl the bottom of said bag.

l In order to attain this object, there is provided, in accordance with one feature of the invention, a paper bag having a. folded bot-` tom portion and having a pair of carrying cords passed through perforations in opposite sides of the bag and brought up throughperforations in the bottom of the bag, being tied together' on the interior of the bag bot-V tomy to anchor the .cord against slippage.

These and other features of the invention will be more fully brought out in the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of an ordinary type of large paper bag having a pair of carrying handles constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a. View in lower elevation of the bag shown in Figure l.

Figure 3 is a View in perspective of a modified form of bag having the handles thereof constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional View on the line 4 4 of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of the carrying cords alone as they would appear when mounted on a bag.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a bag A is perforated on each side near the upper edge thereof as at 1 and 2, and also at 3 and 4, just below the lateral crease 5, at which point the bottom 6 of the bag may be folded parallel with either side of the bag in a well known manner. The bottom of the bag is perforated at 7 and 8 on each side, said perfor-ations being in line with the perforations 3 and 4 in the side of the bag, and 1 and 2 near th-e upper edge thereof. vSince the position of the openings for receiving the carrying cords, and the carrying cords theinselves are duplicated on opposite ysides of the bag, reference will be had to the structure of but one side of the bag. The perforations in the bottom of the bag arefprefer ably made through the maximum number of thicknesses of the bag material which occur on the bottom of the bag. One familiar with Ibag construction is aware of the fact that thea-ottoms off both types of bao's shown are folded in the manner shown in Figure 2, where two endfflaps `9 and 10, shovn 1indotted lines, are folded, and two side flaps 11 andI 12 are then folded across to overlap one another, as illustrated. Three thicknesses of the bag material are thus provided at the points where the perforations 7 and 8- are made in the bottom of the bag. After 'perfoifating the bag inl the manner illustrated and described, a pair ofV carrying cords 13 and 14 ar-e inserted, one for each sideof the bag, each cord being loopedj at its center and one side thereof passed" in through the top openings 1 and 2, thence downwardly along the inside fof the bag wall outwardly through the lower openings 3 and 4 and upwardly through the bottom vopenings 7 and 8. The ends of the cords 13 and 14 are drawn up a short distance inside of the bag to give them sufficient length to permit of their being knotted together as at 15 (F igures 4 and After knot-ting, the handles 13 and 14 are drawn taut to force the knots 15 down against the inner surface of the bottom of the bag. The knot firmly locks the cord against slippage and the passing of the cord through the openings in the bottom of the bag also firmly locks the cord against slipping outwardly over the ends of the bag. Since the perforations in the bottom of the bag are through several thicknesses of bag material, the carrying cords are anchored at points of maximum strength of the bag, which makes the point of anchorage one of the strong points of the bag. It also gives carrying support to the lower' edges of the bag which is lacking in constructions where the cord passes through openings adjacent said lower edge to pass inside of said edge.

A modified form of bag B is shown in Figure v3. This bag, of the type commonly referred to as sato/hel ybottom bag, has the! f hand bag.

sides thereof folded inwardly as at 16. The carrying cords and perforations in this modified form of bag all find their substantial equivalent in the construction shown in Figures 1 and 2. It will suffice, therefore, to number the parts of this bag in the saine sequence as the parts of the bag A, the parts of the bag B, however, being primed to distinguish from the identifying numerals of the bag A. rlfhe bag` B illustrated in Figure Z5, is intended to be made of heavier material than the bag A, such as a heavier grade of paper, or leatherette, to provide a carrier in the nature of a small valise or Since the sides of this bag fold inwardly instead this type, having the saine over all width when folded as the type of bag shown in Figure 1, would have a much larger carrying capacity.

By running' the carrying cords 13 and le below the creases or folds 5 before bringing them out through the openings 3 and 4:, these creases or folds are forced outwardly upon opening the bag and drawing the handles taut, which assists the bag in assuming its proper shape under a load and precludes the possibility of carrying the bag with the bottom folded against one side or the other, as frequently happens when carrying cord handles are employed passing around the bottom of a bag and entering the sides thereof above this line of fold.

I claim:

1. A shopping bag having a pair of perforations in each side thereof near the top of the bag, a second pair of perforations in of outwardly, a bag of' the side wall of the bag below the lateral crease at which the bottom of the bag falls against the side wall of the bag, and two pairs of perforations at the bottoni of said bag, each pair of said perforations being in vertical alineinent with the top and lower side openings in one side of the bag, and a pair of carrying cords, each of which is looped in the center and the ends of which are passed inwardly through the top openings, in the side wall of the bag, thence downwardly along the interior of the bag, outwardly through the openings in the lower side wall of the bag, around the lower edge of the bag, and thence upwardly through one of each pair of openings in the bottoni of the bag, the ends of opposite carrying cords being knotted together to secure them together and to hold the carrying cords against slippage.

A shopping bag comprising a collapsible bag having two pairs of perforations in the bottom thereof, the perforations of each of said pairs being closely adjacent each other, a pair of cords looped above the upper edge of said bag upon either side thereof to form handles and passing downwardly around the lower edge of said bag and upwardly through one of each of said pairs of openings in the bottoni of said bag,r the ends of said cords in each of said pairs'of openings being knotted together with a knot larger than said perforations in the bottom of said bag to anchor the cords against slippage.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT C. GROH.

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