US361718A - Strap-loop - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

C. REINISCH- STRAP LOOP.

N0. 361,71 8. i PatentedA 1". 26, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

CHARLES REINISOH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

STRAP LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,718, dated April 26, 1887.

Application filed December 20, 1886. Serial No. 222,036. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES REINIscI a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strap Loops and Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a fullclear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Thisinvention is designed to providea straploop for bags and satchels, to which the strap which encircles the bag is permanently secured, and which also receives and retains the tongue or free end of the strap when passed around the bag.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, in

which several views are shown illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a plan View of the top of a bag or satchel broken away in the center, having my improved strap-loop thereon. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the improved loop detached from the bag. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken transversely through the loop and a portion of the closed frame-sections. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a form of 0011- struction of the strap-loop in which the loop portions thereof are on about the same plane. Fig. 5 isatransversesection of the same, taken centrally therethrough; and Fig. 6 is a section of the strap-loop similar to that in Fig. 5, the inserted strap, and a portion of the closed frame-sections.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views.

The improved strap-loop, as indicated in said drawings, consists of the oppositely-projecting loops a and b, on which is formed a base-plate, c, by which the loop portions are secured to the frame-section d of the bag or satchel. Midway in or between the oppositely-projecting loop portions to b is a bar, 6, to which a catching-tongue, f, is pivoted, as indicated in the figures of the drawings, said tongue being thrown into engagement with either of said loops, particularly when formed as indicated in Fig. 4, 850. The loop portions a and b may section (2 by means of the rivets 9, formed integral with the base-plate or portions 0, or in any other well-known or suitable manner. In the plate or portions 0 may be formed grooves 71-, which are adapted to receive the ordinary pivoted catching device, *5, which holds the frame-sections of the bag together.

The relation and use of the strap that en'- circles the bag to the strap-loop is indicated more clearly in Figs. 3 and 6, one end of the strap being permanently secured around the bar 6, having a perforation therein to receive the catching-tongue f and permit the free movement thereof, and when said loop is formed as in Fig. 3, passes from said bar down underneath the loop portion I), then around the bag, and the free end of the strap is brought up through the loop portion a, where it engages the catching-tongue f, and then passes over the bar 6 and down again through the loop portion 1).

The arrangement of the strap in relation to the form shown in Fig. 6 is similar to that already described for the other form of loop, the strap being secured to the bar, passed through the loop I), down around the bag, up through the loop a, over the bar, and down again through the loop I). This latter form of loop has the advantage of a flat upper surface, projects to a less height above the frame-section, and, if desirable, may be used as an ordinary loop with the strap in common use having a buckle and leather loop thereon. The form of the strap-loop permits this latter use of the same, as considerable space is left between the bar 6 and the top of the frame-section (I, as is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, through which the strap may be inserted. This elevation of the bar and loop portions above the frame-section provides more room for the end of the strap, which is secured around the said bar, and also holds the said loop portions a and I) up away from the corners of the framesections, so that ample space is provided for the strap when inserted through the said loop portions. As shown in Fig. 5, the bar 6 is sunk or-formed at a point below the top of the loop, so that when the strap is over the same it will not project to any extent above the top of the loop.

When the catching-tongue is intended to be thrown into engagement with either of the loops a b, so that no particular care'is necessary in securing the strap-loops upon the bag,

the bar e is preferably formed centrally between the loops; but the said bar may be so arranged in the loop that the space between the said bar and the loop I), Fig. 6, is much wider, to receive two thicknesses of the strap, than the space intervening between said bar and the loop a, which receives but a single thickness of the strap.

By a strap-loop constructed as herein set forth the annoyance of catching the buckle end of the strap in the mouth of the bag when the same is being closed is avoided, and, furthermore, the straps are permanently secured to the bag and cannot be lost or misplaced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isi 1. Astrap-loop consisting of the oppositelyprojecting loop portions a b, a bar, 0, having a pivotedcatching-tongue, f, thereon, and downwardly-projecting portions 0, whereby, when the strap-loop is secured upon a bag, said loop portions and the bar are held up away from the frame-section, for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the V frame-sections of a bag or satchel, of strap-loops secured to said frame-sections, consisting of the oppositely-projecting loops at b, lying in the same plane or approximately so arranged, a bar, 6, having a pivoted tongue, f, thereon, said bar being sunk or formed below the top of said strap'loop, and downwardly-projecting portions 0, whereby, when the strap-loop is secured upon a bag, said loop portions or b and the bar 6 are held up away from the framesection, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of December, 1886.

CHARLES REIN I SCH.

Witnesses:

FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL, FREDK. F. CAMPBELL.

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