US1748491A - Closure fastener - Google Patents

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Feb; 25, 1930. E. c. MAY 1,748,491

CLOSURE FASI'ENER Filed Nov. 18. 1.92

IN V EN TOR.

BY )2. I w My 7 ATTORNEYS.

Patented Feb. 25, 1930 UNITED STATES.

EDWARD 0. MAY, or CAMPGAW, ivnw JERSEY CLOSURE FASTENER Application filed November 18, 1927. Seria1 No..234,l77.

This invention relates to closure fasteners for vanity cases.

A general object of the inventionis to provide a device which can be easily and econom- 5 ically manufactured and which will efliciently perform its-function.

Another object of the invention is to provide a closure fastener for vanity cases which is light and compact, and the operating mechanism of which is peripherally disposed with respect to each of said annular .m'embers whereby there isna minimum obstruction of the area enclosed by said members and which will form a smooth external peripheral union.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide a vanity casehaving a'closure'fastener, the operative means for which is substantially concealed. z Other objects of the invention will in, part be obvious and will in part appearhereinafter.

The invention accordingly. comprises-the several steps and the relation and order of one or more of such steps with respect to each of the others, and the article possessing the features, properties and the relation of elements which are exemplified in the following detailed disclosure, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a quartered elevational View of one embodiment of the device in open position;

Figs. 2 and 3 are similar views of other embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 4: is a vertical transverse sectional view of the form shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. i, of the form shown in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective elevational view of the parts of the device shown in Fig. 3 in assembling position.

Although, as indicated above, the principles of the present invention may be employed to advantage in numerous different associations, nevertheless they are particularly adaptable to vanity cases and the like, and, for the .purposeof convenience, in the drawings the invention has vbeensh own applied .to such devices,

. In the'embodimentshown in the drawing,

In thef ormlshown in 1- and 3, the member isgclosedat the bottomand hasan upwardly spun lip 15, which bears apair of diametrically opposed outwardly-projecting lugs 16 which are engaged by the closure operatingfmeans carried vby the swinging member 11, as will be hereinafter described; while in the form shown in Fig. 2 the lugs 16 are replaced by a pair ofbayonet-slots 17. As will readily be understood, either the slot or the lug-members may be disposed parallel to the member 10, as shown at 16, or may be inclined. as shown at 17, so as to tend to wedge the members 10 and 11 more tightly toward each other as the locking action is effected.

In each of the embodiments shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the upper swinging member 11 carries an internally-disposed annular ring 18, which bears internally-projecting lugs or pins 19 and is rigidly connected to a movable top 20 having a rim or edge 21 whereby when the top 20 is rotated in a counterclockwise direetion the members 19 are brought out of engagement with the locking members on the lip 15, thus allowing the swinging members 10 and 11 to be swung away from each other, and when the members 10 and 11 are brought adjacent one another, and the top 20 is retated in a clockwise direction, the locking members 19 are brought into engagement with the locking members on the lip 15,

whereby the members 10 and 11 are held in closed position.

It will thus be seen thatthere has been provided a closure fastener which occupies a minimum amount of space and the parts of which are so disposed with respect to the swingingly-mounted. -annular members that the area bounded by the same is obstructed only to a very small extent. This is desirrim 21. Also, if desired, in vanity cases this operating rim may bear a lug 21, which aids in the movement thereof and, in'certain as' semblages, serves to give the device a somewhat more distinctive appearance.

Although the embodiment shown in Fig. 3 may be made in a number of ways, a preferred method of making the same is as is shown in Fig. 6. First, there is f ormed the lower annular member 10 having the spun-up lip 15 and the projecting lugs 16 or bayonet-slots 17, as desired. Next, there is provided the ring-portion 11' of the swinging memberfll; both. this portion and thepreviously-men tioned portion being providedwith. the hingemembers 12' ultimately forming the hinge 12.

There is next provided a ring-member 22, which is cut away on the inside of its lower and upper edges to form shoulders 23 and 24 respectively, and which is adapted tofit somewhat loosely within the ring-member 11 which at its upper edge bears an upwardlyextending flange 25. A plurality of members 26, which are substantially U-shaped, are then mounted on that portion of the ring-member 22 which bears the shoulders 23 and 24, and the end-portions thereof are then turned inwardly as at 27, whereby the members 26 are securely but slidably held onto the ring-member 22. The members 26 are then distributed circumferentially of the ring 22, the assembly is placed within the ring 11, and the members 26 are welded, soldered or otherwise secured thereto. Thereafter, the top-member 20 is similarly affixed to the upwardly-extending flange 25, and the locking-members 19 are affixed to the lower edge of the ring 22, whereby the spaced members 26 coact with the mem bers 19 to limit the circumferential movement of the ring 22 and of the top 20 associated therewith.

In the form of device shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the assemblage-is more simple, in that the internally-disposed ring 18 is held within the ring-member 11', and the rotative movement between the same is limited by means of pins 27 cooperating with slots 28. Here, however,

as in the form shown in Fig. 1, the upper edge of the ring 18 is attached to the top 20 and is rotatively moved thereby.

By utilization of the principles of the pres ent invention, there may be provided a closure fastener for annularly-formed and swing ingly-associated members which may be easily actuated to effect an opening or closing of said members with respect to each other, and the operating mechanism for which is so constructed and disposed as to neither obstruct the area enclosed by said annular members nor to modify the external appearance of the assemblage. hen applied particularly to avanity case, the pres ent closure fastener gives a maximum capacity, an effective and easily operable closing and opening mechanism, and a refined internal and external appearance which is unencumbered by any bulky and unattractive mechanism for operating the same.

Although reference has been made to upper and lower members, etc., it is to be understood that these are merely relative terms and that a transposition" of parts is obviously within the spirit of the invention. Also, since certain other changes in carrying out the above process, and certain modifications in the article which embody the inventionmay be made, without departing from the scope thereof,.it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

g It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A vanity case, comprising, in combination, a shallow annular member closed at one end to provide a bottom, and at its other end having an extending lip carrying an outwardlyand radially-disposed projection; a second shallow annular member swingingly disposed on said first-mentioned annular member and adapted to mate therewith to form a smooth peripheral union, said second-mentioned annular member carrying an internally-disposed annular ring movable circumferentially with respect to said second-mentioned annular member and having an internallyand radially-disposed projection adapted to cooperate with said first-mentioned projection, and a top member operatively connected with said annular ring and movable with respect to said second-mentioned annular member.

2. A vanity case, comprising, in combination, a shallow annular member closed at one end to provide a bottom, and at its other end having an extending lip of smaller diameter than the annular member; a second shallow annular member swingingly disposed on said first annular member and adapted to mate therewith to form a smooth peripheral union, said second annular member carrying an internally-disposed annular ring movable circumferentially with respect; thereto and adapted to fit over said lip, and a top member operatively connected to said annular ring and movable with respect to said second mentioned annular member; said annular rin having an internallyand radially-disposed projection, and said lip being provided with means to cooperate with said projection when said annular ring is moved in one direction to hold the vanity case closed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWARD C. MAY.

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