Article-carrier for hand-bags.

Application filed January 19,1905. Serial No. 241,868.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

ings, forming part of this specification, where- 55 in like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which .

Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating a bag with a device embodying the invention applied thereto. Fig.. 2 is a sectional 00 view showing a fragment of the bag and. attachment of the article-holder. Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing a bracket for attaching the holder to a bag, which is a modification of the form shown in Fig. 2.. Fig. 4 is 65 an elevation of a further modification. Fig. ...5 is a sectional view thereof. Fig. 6 is a sectional view illustrating a further means tor attaching the article-holder to a bag and in the provision of slightly-modified means foi 7° pivoting .the arm. Fig. 7 is a view in elevation showing a further modification.. Figs. 8 and 9 show a side elevation and section view, respectively, of another form. Figs. 10 and 11 show an elevation and a vertical section ot 75 another form. Fig. 12 illustrates a fragment of an elastic which may in the same instance be substituted for the spring-band shown in the other figures. '

In the drawings, A denotes the bag, and B an arm which is pivotally connected thereto, so as to swing from the position shown in Fig. 1 to a position approximately at right angles thereto for the purpose of permitting the article to pass over the upper edge ot the »5 bao- into contact or engagement with the side thereof. The arm B in the form shown m Fig. 3 is stamped or otherwise formed from a single piece of metal and bent to form a socket C. The said arm is also provided 9° with ears D, which are designed to engage the yieldable band to prevent it from buckling and hold it against the surface of the bag. The inner end of the arm is apertured and lies against a washer E on the outer sur- 95 face of the bag, and a second washer F may be inserted in the bag against the inner wall in order that a bolt G or other like letaining member may pass through coinciding apertures in the bag and washers and. through a ¹⁰⁰retaining member H, here shown in the form of a ring-nut, which is threaded on the bolt G, the said ring-nut having on its inner face an annular shoulder I, which fits in the aperture of the arm B. The shoulder is of such width ^IO5 as to permit the face of the shoulder to bear, against the washer E before the inner face ot the nut binds the arm B. -This relation is esTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, John C. A. Riecke, a citizen of the United States of A.merica, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, 5 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Article-Carriers for HandBags, of which the following is a specification. , .

This invention relates to baggage, and parto ticularly to a subclass thereunder known as “hand-bags, article-carriers.”

An object of this invention is to provide novel means for holding articles such as umbrellas, canes, golf-clubs,. &c.~in contact with 15 a bag, suit-case, or the like, the said articles being movable from one side to the other ot the case without disengaging them from the holder or without in any way disconnecting the holder from the bag.

20' It is observed that the term bag will be used in a broad sense and will mean any article of baggage. .

This invention consists, broadly, in a yielding device for engaging an article for the pur25 pose of holding it in contact with the bag and in the provision of means for permitting, the article to be moved with relation to the sides of the bag.

In utilizing a bag and attaching articles to 30 it, especially with the ordinary permanentlyattached straps, it is necessary to remove the articles in order to gain access to the hasp or lock by which the sections of the bag are held together; but in this invention the article35 holder is yielding and is preferably pivoted in order that the article may be drawn out of contact with the bag and moved to one side and caused to engage the said side against displacement until manipulated.

In carrying out the invention I have illustrated a plurality of forms by which articles may be clamped to a bag, and these forms.are the preferred forms for the particular object to be gained; but it is understood that various 45 other means may be utilized, and. I therefore do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to any of the forms shown. . . _

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construc5° tion and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. .

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawI'

Q 798,531 sential in permitting oscillation of the arm on S' the shoulder when moved from the -position

H shown in Fig. 1 to the position at right an gles thereto or to any position intermediate. -- 5 In fact?, the said arm may be free to rotate on the shoulder in any direction and to any de gree.

The socket C is provided for the reception of the ends of the retaining-band J, which is _ ¹⁰ here shown in the form of a coiled spring hav- ingits ends seated and secured in the socket;

and the looped portion of said band being de signed for the reception of an article which is to be held in place.

As I have heretofore stated, this band may be of any material and of any construction, H and for the purpose of disclosing the inven-

I have -shown, in addition to the coiled

K spring, an elastic cord K, which may be sub ²⁰ stituted for the coiled spring, and it will be apparent that in carrying out this invention a portion of the band may be rigid and a porV tion may be elastic and yet the same result will be accomplished.

²5 In operation the device heretofore described may be attached to the ends of a bag and the article applied to the loops of. the band, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and when the user desires to gain access to the interior of the bag the

3° article may be swung from its normal posi-

I tion to a position against the side of the bag, where the action of the holder will bind it

I against the surface of the bag to retain it.

I In the form shown in Fig. 3 I utilize an arm B , the same as heretofore described, hav-

I ing a bracket b, with apertured ears c, by which the said bracket may be tacked or riv- eted or otherwise secured against the ends or the sides of a bag. The bracket b has an ap-

I 4° erture for the reception of the pivot /, which I passes through coinciding apertures in the

I arm and bracket, thus permitting the said

I bracket to oscillate on the pivot.

I In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5

I 45 an arm.],² is pivoted to the bag in the manner I shown in,Fig. 2, and the only difference be| tween this construction and that shown in

I— Fig. 2 is the attachment of the band to the | arm. In accomplishing the result the said

L ⁵⁰ arm is provided with a hole /, and the ends of the band J² are looped around the end of the arm in the manner shown. Where the coil is used as a band, it is desirable to have the convolutions of the wire interlock or in55 termesh for a short distance above or beyond the end of the arm in order to preventspreadp ing or disengagement of these interlocking parts. Hence a ferrule or tube / is inserted.

^m°difi^cation shown in Fig. 6 I do _ ⁰ away with the bolts and nuts and instead there-

- of utilize an arm B³, which is of the general construction of that illustrated in Fig. 4, and instead of the nut for pivoting it in place I utilize a cupped disk /, which has an aperθ5 ture for the reception of the split pin /, which is clenched on the inner surface of the bag for the purpose of pivotally attaching the arm to the bag. In this form a socket may be employed; but I have illustrated the said arm provided with an aperture /³ for the 70 purpose of attaching the band in the manner shown in Fig. 4.

In the device shown in Fig. 7 the arm B¹is bifurcated and terminates in ears /, which are apertured, as at /, for the reception of -75 the ends of the band 7⁴. In this form the bolt and nut are utilized, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

For the purpose of providing a more elaborate and ornamental arm and for the purpose 80 also of providing an attachment which cannot be tampered with from the outside the form shown in Figs. 8 and 9 is invented. In this device the arm B⁵ is provided with a series of ears /, each of which is apertured for 85 the purpose of receiving the ends of the retaining-band. In this form I utilize two retaining-bands J⁵ J⁵, with their ends secured to the ears, as stated. This form is desirable where an unusual number of articles are to 90 be carried, as it provides two bands instead of one, both of which, however, are moved together. I prefer that the coils of the two bands shall intermesh for a certain length and that a retaining ferrule or tube,/⁵ be in- 95 serted to.prevent spreading or disengagement of these interlocking parts.

In order to attach the arm to prevent disengagement from the outside, the screws / are inserted from the interior of the bag and 100 are threaded in the nut /⁵, which nut is provided with an annular shoulder similar to that heretofore described in connection with the disclosure of the illustration in Fig. 2.

The device shown in Figs. 10 and 11 is 105 similar to that disclosed in Figs. 8 and 9, with the exception that but one screw / is used, which is inserted through a central aperture in the bolt d^b, and there is also a slight difference in the configuration of the arm, though no in this form the two bands J^Gare employed.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that various modifications may be resorted to in the proportions and details of construction for successfully carrying the in- 115 vention into practice without departing from the scope thereof.