US2324072A - Garment bag - Google Patents

Description

July 13, 1943.

B. J. FROST 2,324,072

GARMENT BAG I Filedvllay 1, 1941 Patented July 13, 1943 GARMENT BAG Bernard J. Frost, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Transparent Cover Company, Chicago, 111., a copartnership composed of Bernard J. Frost and Morris Simon Application May 1,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to containers and particularly to a novel and improved construction for a garment bag.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction for a garment bag whereby the garments may be quickly and easily inserted within the bag or removed therefrom.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction for a garment bag whereby the bag will be easy to assemble and disassemble.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction for a garment bag whereby the sliding closure means provided may be readily manipulated.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a novel construction for a garment ba which will enable bags to be cut from standard size material with a minimum of waste.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit companying drawing a preferred embodiment thereof, from an inspection of which, when considered in connection with the following description, my invention, its mode of construction, assembly and operation, and many of its advantages should be readily understood and appreciated.

Referring to the drawing in which the same characters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding or similar parts throughout the several figures of the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a garment bag showing my new invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of the garment bag taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and in the direction indicated.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken through the bag on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and in the direction indicated.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the upper framework of the garment bag with the outer covering shown in broken lines.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken through one of the means of the garment bag generally along the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

The garment bag is generally constructed in 1941, Serial No. 391,284

the well known maner, comprising a large substantially air tight bag which can be hung upon a rod or the like and having means whereby a plurality of garments may be accommodated and hung therein. The bag is intended to be used as a dust protector or even for the fumigation or moth-proofing of articles.

The reference character In designates gener ally the front wall of the bag which is identical with the rear wall I I in construction. Said front wall consists of two strips of material, a broad strip [2 and a narrow strip l3. The side walls I4 and 15 of the bag are constructed from the conventional rectangular strips of material. All edges of the bag are bound in tape and sewed in the usual and well known manner.

The bottom of the bag consists of an outer stiffening member N5 of oil cloth or the like which extends slightly outwards from the bag and to which the walls of the bag are attached at the bottom thereof with the usual taping, binding, and/0r sewing. Within the bottom of the bag and lying upon the lower portion I6, I provide a heavy cardboard or fibre-board I! for stiffening purposes. If desired, a rectangular wire frame may be inserted in the bottom of the bag.

The upper ends of the walls of the bag are generally fastened in the usual manner to a top stiffening member 20 of the same material from which the member [6 is constructed. The upper member is formed in two pieces, a larger portion I8 which is attached to the side wall M, the portion l2 of the front wall I0, and the portion of the rear wall I I which corresponds to the portion l2 of the front wall; and a smaller portion [9 which is fastened to the upper end of the portion I3, the side wall 15, and the narrow .portion of the rear wall H which corresponds to the portion l3 of the front wall. The member 20, and hence each of its constituent portions l8 and I9, is provided with downwardly depending portions 2I about the edge thereof and to which the body of the bag is fastened.

From the bottom of the bag to a point approximately a third of the way up the side, the portions I2 and 13 are joined by means of a narrow strip of material 22 which is held in place by the lines of stitching 23. The portions corresponding to l2 and 13 of the rear wall II are also provided with a similar strip. The width of the strip 22 is substantially the same as the width across the retaining straps of a slidable closure 24 which is installed in the bag as a continuation of the strip 22. The closure extends uninterruptedly from the upper end of the strip 22 on one face of the wall I!) up to the top of the bag, extends across the member 20, dividing it into its component parts l8 and i9 and continuing down the rear wall ll of the bag to the top of the strip on that wall corresponding to the strip 22 of the front wall l0.

When the sliding closure is in closed condition, the bag maintains the unitary parallelepipedal form, but when the closure 24 is opened, the entire upper side section of the .bag may be moved downward as shown in the broken lines of Fig. I giving immediate and complete access to the entire interior of the bag and its contents.

from or positioned within the bag with a minimum of manipulation.

The upper member 20 is provided with a rectangular frame or stiffening member 25 positioned interiorly thereof and substantially conforming to the shape thereof. The member 25 is preferably formed of wire. The longer sides 26 of the wire member 25 are provided with crimps or V-shaped indentations 2'! which are positioned at the point of the member 25 where the closure 24 passes over same. The crimps 21 extend downwardly and inwardly as seen from Fig. 3 so that the closure may be freely manipulated while the frame member 26 is maintaining its rectangular stiffening shape.

A cross member 28 is connected between the long sides 26 of the frame member 25 at the center thereof and is provided with a plurality of crimps or undulations 29 for the accommodation of garment hangers 30 within the bag. Preferably the free ends of the member 28 are curled around the sides 26, as shown at 3i. A pair of large hooks 32 are pivotally attached to the cross member 23 by means of the sleeves 33 which are fixed to the attached ends of said hooks and which are mounted on straight portions provided therefor on the cross member 28.

The entire bag is adapted to be supported from an appropriate overhead rod or the like by means of these hooks 32, hence the upper member 20 is provided with pair of large grommets 34 aligned with the bodies of the hooks 32 when same are in an upright position, the hooks being adapted to be inserted through said grommets 34.

By reason of the manner in which the bag can be widely opened, the entire frame member 25 and the attached hooks 32 may be easily removed, facilitating disassembly of the bag. It is also a simple matter to assemble the bag when desired.

The strip construction of my garment bag has enabled the bag to be constructed with a minimum of waste of material. For example, in the construction of bags of the size 20 x 8" X 60 it has heretofore taken from 38 to 39 yards of 36 wide material to construct one dozen bags. With my new strip construction and manner of opening the bag, the same number of bags can be constructed from about 34 yards of the same material.

As to the substance from which the bag is made, it may be formed of any fabric, cloth, paper, Cellophane, or acetate material. The only requirements of the material are that it enable sufficient protection of the garments to be afforded for moth-proofing, storage, dust-proofing, etc.

It is believed that my invention, its mode of construction and assembly, and many of its advantages should be readily understood from the foregoing without further description, and it Thus garments may be easily and quickly removedshould also be manifest that while a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described for illustrative purposes, the structural details are nevertheless capable of wide variation within the purview of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a garment bag comprising a rectangular parallelepipedal flat-topped container of substantially greater breadth than thickness, a slide fastener spaced from one edge thereof and extending uninterruptedly from a point on the front wall of the bag up to the top of the bag, across the top of the bag, and down the rear wall to a point thereon, whereby when the fastener is in aclosed condition the bag is maintained closed on all sides, but when the fastener is in an open condition the section of the bag defined between said slide fastenerand said edge of the bag may be moved awayfrom the remainder of the bag giving access to the interior of the bag and the contents thereof, the top of said bag having a frame member for stiffening same, said frame member having portions thereof indented at points where same is crossed by said slide fastener whereby said slide fastener may be freely operated.

2. A garment bag having front and rear walls, sidewalls, and top and bottom walls, said front and rear walls each comprising a pair of vertically arranged strips of flexible material joined to the bottom wall and to one another up to a point a given distance above the bottom wall, said bottom wall comprising a single member and having said strips attached thereto and the two side walls attached at ends thereof, the top wall comprising a pair of sections, one section having one strip of each pair and one of the side walls attached thereto, and the other section of the top wall having the other strip of each pair and the other side wall attached thereto, said bag being partially separable by moving one section of the top wall away from the other to thereby give access to the interior of the bag, the unattached portions of said strips and said sections of said top wall being normally fastened to one another by slide fastener means extending uninterruptedly from said point on the front wall up to the top wall, across the top wall, and down to the corresponding point on the rear wall, said top wall having a single frame member reenforcing same and having portions thereof indented adjacent points thereof which are crossed by said fastener whereby said fastener may be freely operated.

3. In a garment bag of the character described and having a substantially fiat rectangular top,

a slide fastener provided in said bag and adapted to pass from the front wall up to and across the top of the bag and down the rear wall'thereof to permit a section of' said bag to be moved to one side thereof for access to the bag when said slide fastener is opened, arigidintegral frame member of a shape conforming to the contours of said top of the bag and reenforcing same and maintaining same in constant planar disposition and having portions thereof bent inwardly where corners are crossed by said slide fastener to permit ready 'operation thereof, said portions being each bent in a plane askew to the top of the bag.

BERNARD'J. FROST.

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