US2338629A - Closure structure - Google Patents

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Jan. 1944- D. FELDE R ETAL CLOSURE STRUCTURE 'iled April 22, 1942 INVENTORS .Dam'd Rldeqfirilk'fiss ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 4, 1944 CLOSURE STRUCTURE David Felder and Emil W. Fiss, New York, N. Y.; said Fiss assignor to said Felder Application April 22, 1942, Serial No. 440,002

4 Claims.

This invention relates generally to closure or fastening structures, and especially to such structures adapted to either eiiect the closing of containers, or the joining of the ends of straps, belts etc.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a very simple and a relatively inexpensive closure structure, void of intricate instrumentalities, and therefore simple in its application and handling.

Another object of this invention is to provide a closure structure wherein is employed a fixed loop and a moveable apertured member adapted to engage such fixed loop, and wherein the apertured member terminates in an extension adapted to engage the loop after the movable member is placed into engagement with the latter.

The foregoing and further objects and important advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood from the ensuing de scription in combination With the accompanying drawing, in which latter:

Fig. 1 is a fragmental perspective illustration of a case or box equipped with one form of my closure structure;

Fig. 2 illustrates a non-metallic belt or strap equipped with my closure structure;

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 illustrates a side view of a metal strap equipped with my closure structure.

Referring now specifically to the figures, in Fig. 1 a box, a case or a container I0 is illustrated, preferably provided with a hinged cover I I, from which latter extends a fixed loop I2. At the bottom of the container there is attached at I3 a movable member M in the form of a strap, which latter is provided with an aperture l5,

which corresponds in length and width to the contour of fixed loop l2. Forming the terminus of the apertured end of member i4 is a reduced extension l6 of a width corresponding to the interior width of loop i2. This extension is adapted to be passed through the loop after the aperture I5 of member I4 is placed over the loop. The interior height of the loop approximates the combined thicknesses of member [4 and of extension l6. When the latter is placed through the loop, as indicated in Fig. 1, it holds member 14 against disengagement from the loop. The application of our closure structure illustrated in Fig. 1 is of course capable of being modified and is applicable for use with other articles.

, Thus in Figs. 2 and 3 We have illustrated a belt or strap structure, wherein an elongated body I! is provided at one end with fixed loop [8, while the other end terminates in reduced extension 19. This belt or strap is provided with a number of apertures 20, each corresponding in con-' tour and size to that of loop I8. In providing a plurality of apertures 20 the belt or strap may be readily adjusted about an article or the body to the proper peripheral dimension. When either of the apertures is placed over loop i8, reduced extension I9 is then slipped through the loop and prevents disengagement of the perforated end from the latter. The construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3 is particularly applicable for belts, and the double thickness of the material is provided for adequately strengthening the apertured portion of the structure.

In the constructions illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the relatively pliable loops l2 and I8, respectively, are preferably so constructed that the loop ends, extending from the elevated loop portions, are placed between two layers of the cover material, as in Figure 1, or between the plies of strap H, as indicated in Figure 3.

The device as illustrated in the first three figures is intended to be made of material other than metal. Obviously, however, the closure structure may be applied to metal straps, such as shown in Fig. 4. In this construction loop 2| may be struck from the strap material portion, indicated at 22, and of course the apertures, such as apertures 20 shown in Figure 2, adapted to pass over loop 2| may be stamped out from portion 23 of the strap. Reduced end 24 may be treated to render it sufiiciently pliable in order to facilitate its bending upon itself and it insertion through loop 2!, when the apertured end 23 of the strap has been passed over the loop.

While specific structures and applications are indicated in the drawing, it is quite obvious that the closure device may be employed in various other forms for different articles. Thus, for instance, the loop may be placed with its open ends parallel to the sides of the strap material, and the apertures in the latter may be correspondingly arranged longitudinally. By the same token, the loop and the apertures may be dis posed diagonally or in any other desired position. Also there may be employed more than one fixed loop in cooperation with a plurality of apertures in the perforated belt or strap portion,,and it is also obvious that the shape of the loop and of the locking extension may readily be altered in meeting special requirements. Such alterations being obvious and within the principle of my invention, specific illustrations are omitted, however, we reserve for ourselves the right to make changes and improvements in our invention, without departing from the broad scope thereof, as defined in the annexed claims:

We claim:

1. In an article closure, at least one fixed loop forming one closure portion, another closure portion adapted to cooperate with said loop and comprising a relative broad body terminatin in a reduced extension, said broad body having at least one aperture adjacent to the fixed end of the ex tension, the aperture being sufficiently dimensioned to accommodate the loop when placed thereover, the width of the extension substantially corresponding to the inner width of the loop, the inner height of the loop substantially corresponding to the combined thicknesses of the body and of the extension, said extension being adapted to be bent upon itself and its free end to pass through the loop when the body aperture is placed over the loop.

2. In a closure structure for belts, straps or the like, an elongated member provided at one end with at least one fixed loop and at least one aperture near the other end, such aperture corresponding in size and shape to that of the loop, and a locking element forming an extension of the member near its apertured end and being adapted to pass through the loop when the latter and the apertured portion of the member are in engagement with one another.

3. In a closure structure, an instrumentality having at least one fixed loop located in near proximity to one of its end edges, an elongated member forming a part of said instrumentality and being adapted to cooperate with said loop,

said member comprising a one-piece element having a relatively long, broad body portion terminating in a substantially reduced, elongated extension, said broad body portion being provided with at least one aperture near the juncture between its broad end portion and its reduced extension, the dimensions of the aperture being such as to-readily accommodate the loop when the aperture is placed over the latter, said re duced extension being adapted to be bent upon itself and to pass with it free end through the loop for preventing disengagement of the member from the loop, the interior height of the loop corresponding to the combined thicknesses of the broad body portion and of the reduced extension, the interior Width of the loop corresponding to that of the extension.

4. In a closure structure for covered containers or the like, a fixed loop near the edge of the cover, an elongated member secured with one of its ends to the container body and having an opening near its free end, said opening corresponding in size and shape to that of the loop and being adapted to be placed over and to engage the loop, the end of the member, adjacent to the opening, terminating in a reduced extension, the width of said extension corresponding to the interior width of the loop, the interior height of the loop corresponding to the combined thicknesses of said member and of its reduced extension, the latter being adapted to be bent upon itself and to pass with its bent-over end through the loop, when the opening of the member has been placed over and engages the loop, for preventing the disengagement of the member from the latter.

DAVID FELDER. EMIL W. FISS.

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