US2739755A - Bag - Google Patents

Description

March 27, 1956 A. F. oTTlNGr-:R

BAG

Filed Oct. 2, 1952 l BAG August n. oranger, Strona, Mo., assigner to Bemis uw.

Bagompany, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation 'of Missouri e This invention relates to bags, and more particularly to a combination closure and handle construction for bags.

The principal feature of the invention is the provision of a bag with a combination closure and handle construction which is inexpensive to manufacture and by means of which a filled bag may be conveniently and comfortably carried. The invention is particularly applicable to window bags made of paper, such as are widely used for packaging produce for sale in grocery stores, though not limited to such use. Other features will be in part apparent and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the elements and combinations of elements, features of construction, and arrangements of parts which will be exemplied in the structures hereinafter described, and the scope of which will be indicated in the following claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, in which one of various possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a window bag especially made for carrying out my invention, prior to lling and closing of the bag;

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the bag shown in Fig. 1 opened for filling;

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the filled bag provided with my new combination closure and handle construction; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, Figs. l and 2 illustrate a window bag 1 made of paper and having a window 3 of open-mesh material in its front wall 5. The back wall of the bag is designated 7. The bag has gusset sides 9 and a square bottom 11. Bags of this general nature are well known, and full details of their manufacture will be readily understood by those conversant with the art. It will suice to say that these bags are generally made of two-ply construction (see Fig. 4) and that the window 3 consists of a patch of open-mesh material adhesively secured in position between the plies occupying a window opening formed by registering apertures in the plies of the front wall 5. The bag of this invention differs from prior window bags of this class in that each of the front and back walls and 7 has a notch 13'at the top. When the front and back walls are brought together at the top, the notches register with one another and provide a finger opening, as will be made clear.

Fig. 2 illustrates the bag 1 as opened for filling, and Fig. 3 illustrates the filled bag (lled with potatoes, for example) provided with a combination closure and handle construction according to this invention. As will be seen from Figs. 3 and 4, the filled bag is closed by a closure generally designated which extends across the top of the bag traversing the linger opening provided by the notches 13 in the front and back walls 5 and 7 and securing the front and back walls together on opposite ited States Patent 2,739,755 Patented Mar. 2'?, i956 fic Sides of the nger opening. The closure is so spaced from the bottom 17 of the finger opening yand the width of the finger opening is such that fingers of the hand (three fingers, for example) may be inserted into the opening beneath the central portion of the closure to utilize this portion of the closure as a handle for carrying the bag.

More particularly, the closure comprises a relatively thick textile cord 19 extending across either the front or the back of the bag (the front as herein shown) adjacent the top of the bag to traverse the finger opening at the requisite distance from the bottom 1'7 of the opening. The cord is secured to the bag at opposite sides of the finger opening by stitching 21, the stitching also securing the front and back walls of the bag together on opposite sides of the opening. A chain stitch or any other suitable stitch may be used. In stitching the closure, the needle strand is driven through the cord and tied down by the looper strand on the side of the bag opposite the cord. The stitching is continuous throughout the length of the cord. The finger opening is made sulciently deep that the cord and stitching may be located for enough from the mouth edge of the bag to resist pulling out the stitches when the filled bag is carried by the handle. ln any event, in the case of the two-ply gusseted bag herein illustrated, the stitches for the most part extend through eight layers of paper (two in the front wall, four in the gussets, and two in the back wall) so that a relatively heavy load may be carried without any danger of stitches pulling out.

The width of the finger opening in the filled bag is less than the distance between the inner folds 23 of the gussets. The mouth of the bag is completely closed by the closure 15 so far as relatively large items of produce are concerned, noting that the closure secures the front and back walls of the bag together on opposite sides of the linger opening, and that the central handle portion of the closure serves to prevent relatively large items of produce (potatoes, for example) from falling out through the finger opening. It will be seen that the portion of the cord which traverses the finger opening constitutes a handle member thick enough not to cut into the fingers when carrying a loaded bag, and enables the bag to be carried conveniently and comfortably. This handle member is firmly secured to the bag by the stitching securing the front and back walls together on opposite sides of the opening.

In view of the above, it will be seen that the several objects of the invention are achieved and other advantageous results attained.

As many changes could be made in the above constructions without departing from the scope of the invent tion, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

l claim:

1. A bag having front and back walls, side gnssets, and a bottom closure, and further having a finger opening at the top formed by registering recesses in the upper portions of the front and back Walls, said recesses being open-ended at the upper edges of said Walls, the width of the finger opening being less than the distance between the inner folds of the gussets and the finger opening being located between said inner folds, a handle member extending across the bag on one face thereof adjacent its upper edge and above the lower edge of the finger opening, said handle member having a portion traversing the finger opening, stitching driven through the handle member securing together the portions of the front and back walls on opposite side of the finger opening together with the gussets, said handle member being so spaced from the bottom of the opening and the width of the opening being dle member as a handle for carrying the bag.

2. A bag having front and back walls, side gussets, and a bottom closure, and further having a linger opening at the top formed by registering recesses in the upper por-v tions of the front and back walls, said recesses being open-ended at the upper edges of ysaid walls, the width of the linger opening being less than the distance between the inner folds of the gussets and the linger opening being located between said inner folds, a textile cord extending completely across the bag on one face thereof adjacent its upper edge and above the lower edge of the finger opening and having a portion traversing `the finger opening, a line of stitching driven through the cord continuously throughout the length of the cord and securing to gether the portions of the front and back Walls on Opposite sides of the linger opening together with the ygussets, said cord being so spaced from the bottom of the opening and the widthof the opening `being such that lingers of the handmay be inserted into the opening beneath the portion of the cord traversing the opening to utilize said portion of the cord as a handle for carrying the bag.

References Ctedill-ll .file of this patent UNITED PATENTS 2,482,848 Grant Sept. 27, 1949

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