US1621076A - Bag-handle connection - Google Patents

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March i5 1927. 1,621,076

w.`A. LoTz BAG HANDLE CONNECTIONl Filed Jan. 51, v1924 wvantoz m@ @M1 g Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

Wiriraiir A. itoplez, or; niiii'ynninirnfwfsnnsnv.,Assrenon rro man T a i; do., rito., 'on NEWARK; NEW Jansma. AconPonArroN or NEWJERSEY;

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.applicateurs-ed January 31,119.24; serial No. esame.'

This .invention .relates 'to :improvements in means ifor. attaching bag. handles to.l their frames and .has asi its main object to .'-provide an essenti'ally simple device.' tori accomplishing' this result,4 the f same fbeing.y .pleasing 'in appearance and of broad general applicatiene Another aimis inthe-.provisio'npt acarrying handleA attachingvmeans, comprised of onlytwo partslfinekpensive to manufacture, easy to apply and whichV is not readily liable to derangement in use.

These several aims and objects are attained by the novel design, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming an essential part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention illustrating its ap. plication to a fragment ot a conventional bag. Y

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the fastener, taken on the centerl of the 2.5 same, shown as applied.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same, the section being taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Figure l is a perspective View of the fixed or permanently applied bracket element looking from the lower side.

Figure 5 is aside View of the handle engaging loop prior to engagement. in the bracket.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view oit the same showing a minor modification.

Throughout the several views the numeral 10 is used to designate an element easily recognizable as an ordinary commercial carrying handle, such as is commonly used in connection With bags, valises and like hand baggage, the same being engaged in some manner with one of the members 11 of a frame here shown conventionally, and to which the bag body is secured.

In the present instance the frame is pierced to pro-duce narrovv.transverse slots 12, at about the center of its Width and suitably spaced to receive the fastening elements of the brackets by vWhich the handle 10 is secured. Y

These brackets, designated generally by Vments With considerable detail and With re the numeral 13, are obviously used in pairs, and consist of a flat rectangular plate 11i of appropriate dimension, having a central transverse, raisedportion'l-its curved .con` tour blending neatly. into the .smoothfsur-lafce of the at:portionsoffitheplate; Y

f 'If-he plate edgesuare' flanged ldownsvfardiy n on opposite sidesfof the 'elem'ent`15, to pre- 6o sentlside andend Walls, respectively '16 and 17|,.the latter having-central extensionsl, which :mayiterminate preferably in points 1 as fsh'rown, 'and which. f are'. :proportioned li yand adapted to .ente-rathe.rame'islots: 12 and l be 65 bent tightly against the inner surface ofthe frame, clinching the bracket firmly thereon.

The side. Walls 16 contain open recesses 19 y having parallel edges and concavely curved. bottoms as indicated, these recesses eXtendf ing into the sides to points equivalent to the axis of the curved raised eleinentsl, all of these elements being of unitary construction, being struck in dies from a single piece of sheet metal. L

The handle loops or eyes 2O are made from wire ot suitable diameter, the blank being shown in Fig. 5, in which it will be seen that the registering ends 21 are suited to be engaged in the recesses 19 andhave extending 80 from them convergingly curved elements 22, joined by a somewhat. flattened arc 2S.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 6, at the intersection of the ends 21 and side elements 22, a groove 24 is made, the same 85V being suited toengage the edges of the recesses 19, this arrangement avoiding any possibility oit' displacement of parts. I l

In assembling, the loop is passed through the Opening hrovided for it in the end ol the handle 10 and thereafter the end ele ments 21 engaged in the recesses 19 ot the bracket., at that time firmly secured on the bag frame.

Pressure is brought to bear on the outer sides of the elements 22, causing the ends 21l to turn upward, as seen in Figures 2 and clinching the loop Within the bracket but permitting it .to turn freely, the extreme ends of the elements 21 clearing the interior 100 of the central raised portion 15 of the bracket in Whatever angular position the loop may assume relative to it, and it may be furtherpointed out. that closing theV loop side inwardly, causes the flattened portion 23 to 105 assume its proper curvature.

Although I have described my improvespect to certain particular forms of my intenere] details since many changes and inodications therspirit and scope of my invention in its broad-est aspect.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A bag frame handle connection coinprising a bracket formed of Ysheet metal in the shape of an oblong rectangle having a curvedcentrally raised transverse portion, flanged siderand end walls formed on said plate, said side walls having open recesses extending into the raised portion, prongs on the end walls suited to engage openings in the bag frame and be clinched thereto,

and wire loops engageable with the handle,

the'ends of said loops being inturned to engage in the inentionedvrecesses and upturned clear of the upper Wall thereof whereby the loops are seated in the recesses and prevented from spreading.

2. A bag frame handle connection comprising a hollow bracket having an arcuately *i raised, transverse central portion, means inedge of the bracket recesses to pivot therein,

said loop ends being bent to extend angulaily into the space below the raised portion of said bracket'and clearing the upper Wall thereof.

This specification signed and witnessed this 24th day of January, 1924.

WILLIAM A. LeT-z.

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