Cotton-picking sack.

Application filed November 22, 1910. Serial No. 593,689.

approximately its rear half with a flexible protector 2, constructed of duck, canvas, or other suitable. material and being of a width slightly in excess of the width of the sack and having its rear end 3 extended beyond the rear end of the sack. The side edges 4 extend upward at each side of the sack and are secured to the same by suitable fastening means, preferably consisting of straps 5 and 6, secured to the sack and to the protector, by rivets, or other suitable fastening devices and detachably connected by means of a buckle 7, but a snap hook and ring or equivalent devices may be employed 70 tor detachably securing the protector to the SftCK.

The front end of the protector is detachably, secured to the sack by a transverse row °t fastenings, arranged at intervals and preferably consisting of short straps 8 and 9, secured to the protector and to the sack by rivets 10 and 11, or other suitable devices and detachably connected together by a buckle 12, or other suitable device. The rivets 11, which, fasten the straps 9 to the sack, also assist in securing a flap 13 to the fecLClv.

The flap 13, which is made of flexible material, such as duck, or canvas, extends entirely across· the sack, and its attached edge 14 is folded inwardly beneath it to provide two thicknesses through which the rivets 11 pass. The flap is further secured in advance ♦ ·+v ^rive^^s U Fy a transverse row of stitches 15, arranged at a point intermediate oi the transverse edges of the flap and leaving a loose free portion, which is folded backwardly under the front end of the protector and under the fastening means for

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, William S. Hamm, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pocola, in the county of Le Flore and State ⁵ ji^ahoma., have invented a new and useful Cotton-Picking Sack, of which the folio wing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cotton picking sacks.

) The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of cotton picking sacks, and to equip the same with a flexible protector, adapted to increase the life of a cotton picker’s bag or sack, and capable also , of excluding mud and dirt from the same as the sack is drawn over the ground bv a cotton picker.

A further object of the invention is to provide a protector of this character, adapted to permit a sack to be arranged in any position to suit the convenience of the picker, and to remain on the sack when the same is not in use, and capable of being folded or rolled up with the sack without detaching it therefrom.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully, described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion,, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing:—Figure 1 is a reverse plan view of a cotton picker’s sack, con10 structed in accordance with this nation, securing to pg. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, partly of a length to extend rearwardiv bevond view, on the line 3—3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion of a sack, the flap being swung forward to show the end fastening means for securing the protector to the sack.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention, 1 designates . a cotton picker’s sack, con55

6C adapted to exclude dirt, sticks, weeds and other trash and prevent the same from accumulating between the protector and the sack. The flap is adapted to be readily swung forwardly to afford access to the fastening devices at the front end of the protector, and as.it extends rearwardly there 105 is no liability of it becoming displaced while the sack is being drawn over the ground by the cotton picker, as the frictional contact with the ground will maintain it in position.

100 structed _Of suitable fabricand provided at its Although thefe^^ front or open end with the usual shoulder ably connecting the protector to the sack are strap 1 , and equipped at the underside of shown located at the front end and at the

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1,010,901 rear portions of the sides of the protector, yet it will be readily understood that it may be arranged at any desired point along the sides and at the rear end.

The protector is impregnated or saturated with a solution of water-proofing material, which increases its strength and durability and enables it to exclude water and mud from the sack. The water-proofing material preferably consists of a solution of coal tar, English rosin and slaked lime in the proportion of two pounds of rosin to one gallon of coal tar and about one pound of slaked lime. The solution not only renders the pro15 tector water-proof, but it will prevent moths, rats, mice and other animals and insects from attacking the protector or the sack to which the latter is applied. The protector is rendered soft and pliable by the water20 proofing solution, and it will not curl up or get stiff when wet. The protector does not affect the pliability of the entire sack, which may be arranged flat upon the ground, or in any other position to suit the convenience of 25 the cotton picker.

A cotton picker’s . sack or bag equipped with the protector will outlast a large number of unprotected sacks, and should a sack become worn out, the protector may be re30 moved therefrom and applied to another

The sack while designed particularly for the use of cotton pickers will be found advantageous wherever it is desirable to pro35 tect a sack or bag, which is dragged over the ground or other surface.