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Application filed August 21, 1897. Serial Ho. 648,989. (Ho model.) Patented in England October 6, 1896, Ho. 22,138.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Selmar Reitzenbaum, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, have 5 invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Bags, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent of Great Britain, No. 22,138, dated October 6, 1896,) of which the following is a specification.

io My invention has relation to a hand-bag or satchel adapted to be converted by folding into varying sizes, and in such' connection it relates particular]}⁷ to the construction and arrangement of such a bag or satchel.

The principal object of my invention is to . provide a bag or satchel of simple construction which may readily and quickly be converted or adjusted in size to meet requirements ; and to attain this object my invention 20 consists of a bag formed of leather, cloth, or other flexible material suitably secured to a hinged frame, the bottom of the bag in its extended position being provided with a stiffening bar or brace, the frame and the bag ma25 terial having coacting fastening devices, of which those secured to the bag material are arranged in the side opposite to those on the frame and at varying distances from the top or frame of the bag, all arranged so that the 30 material of the bag may when folded once or twice be secured to the frame to form successive smaller sizes of bag.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following 35 description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in which—

Figure 1 is a front elevational view, partly broken away, of a bag embodying the main 40 features of my invention and illustrating the bag in its most extended condition. Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the bag, showing the same folded to substantially one-half the length shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear ele45 vational view of the bag reduced to one-third the length of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view illustrating in detail the construction and arrangement of the coacting fastening devices of the frame and bag ma50 terial.

Referring to the drawings, a represents the bag material, which is of leather, cloth, or other flexible material, having at its upper end the hinged frame b and at its lower end the distending-bar d. The bag is by prefer- 55 ence provided with the side wings a' a', which project beyond the sides of the frame and the ends of the bar d, as indicated in Fig. 1, which wings are adapted to be inwardly folded, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, so as to 60 form a bag the width of which corresponds to the length of frame b and bar d.

On one side of the frame b are secured the buttons or clasps e, and on the opposite side of the bag are secured the fastening-rings ff 65 and g g, the latter of which are secured, preferably, to the bottom of the bag, while the former, f f, are secured to the bag material above the bottom, preferably one-third of the length of the bag. 70

In operation, if the bag is extended to its full length and width, as shown in Fig. 1, the wings a' a! are first folded inward, the bar d serving to facilitate the operation. If now, as shown in Fig. 2, the bottom rings g g are 75 placed on the buttons or clasps e, the bag will be approximately half as long as it was originally. If the size shown in Fig. 3 is desired, the bag is folded three times to bring the rings ff into engagement with the clasps or 80 buttons e e. No matter what length the bag assumes its interior is not further decreased by infoldings of the bag,, since the folded portions always rest on the outside of one side of the bag and are not crowded or placed in 85 the interior of the bag.