US291501A - Mail-bag - Google Patents

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H. C. EVANS & G. JONES.

. MAiIL BAG. No. 291,501. Patented Jan. '8,"i1884.

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H. CLAY EVANS AND GEORGE JONES, OF GHATTAXOOGI'X, TENNESSEE.

MAIL-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,501, dated January 8, 1884.

Application filed May 22,1883. (Xomodel) To all whom, it Hwy concern..-

Be it known thatwe, H. CLAY Evans and GEORGE JoNEs, of Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mail Bags; and we do hereby declare that the following-is a full, clear, concise, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, m akin g part of th is specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a front view of our mail-bag, the mouth being open, ready for filling. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same on line as x, the mouth being closed, ready for locking.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre sents the body of the mail-bag, which has secured to it near its mouth a re-enforce piece, 0, extending all around the bag, being riveted thereto, the front portion being completely riveted (the re-enforce piece and body of the bag) together by means of the conventional mail-bag rivets; but one or two rows of rivets are used to secure this flap re-enforce piece at and to the back of the bag, the back of the bag and said re-enforce piece being left separate from the lower portion, at which place it is riveted to the bag, (to the top of the said bag,) thereby forming a pocket, F, between the back of the bag and the said re-enforce piece, for a purpose hereinafter stated. This re-enforoe piece is extended upward at the back or rear portion, forming a flap, whereas at the front it is out considerably shorter than the body of the bag. The flapof the re-enforce is preferablymade double, for strength and security, the two thicknesses of leather being firmly I riveted together;'and it is provided with a metal-rimmed elongated eyelet or long slot,

E, and secured to the front of the bag A by means of a metallic plate, and passing through the re-enferce piece 0 is the one staple D. The mouth or top portion, B, of the bag A is adapted to be folded down, the line of fold being just flush with the top of the front portion of the re-enforce piece.

is very tortuous, and that it would be impos sible to insert the hand or any instrument into the closed bag, the hand or instrument having to make at least five sharp turns: first under the front of the outer flap on piece 0, then over the front of top horizontally, then down at back, then up between the mouth-fiaps B B,

then finally over the top between these flaps,

and then down into the bag, so that meddling with the contents of the bag when closed is absolutely impossible.

But one staple is used in securing our bag, thus saving the expense of many staples and of many metal-faced eyelets, and also saving much valuable time in doing up and undoing the mail-bag. The conventional lacing strap or chain is entirely dispensed with, also dispensing with many staples and the many metallic plates or rivets that commonly surround the eyelets or long staple-slots, thus quite materially reducing both the weight and the cost of mail-bags.

Mail-bags have been made with two flaps, (a front and a back fiap,) and these bags have been secured by folding down first one flap, and then the other over this first flap; but such construction is utterly unlike our invention, and we would not suggest it.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a mail-bag, the combination of the extended top of the bag, adapted to be folded down backward into a pocket, and means for securing the same in position, substantially as set forth.

2. In a mailbag, the combination of the ex tended top of the bag, adapted to be folded down backward into apocket formed between the rear side of the bag and the flap, the flap being adapted to be folded down forward over the folded-down top, and means for securing the same in position, substantially as set forth.

3. In a mail-bag, the combination of the downwardly and backwardly folded top, the pass through the eyelet to permit the bag to pocket formed by the flap and body of the bag, be looked, as herein described. the back flap being provided with an eyelet, In testimony that we claim the above we and the staple, substantially as described. have hereunto subscribed our names in the 5 4. The herein described mail bag, conpresence of two witnesses.

structed with an extended top, a pocket in the H. CLAY EVANS. rear of the top, an eyeleted flap, and a staple, GEORGE JONES. the extended top being adapted to fold down 1 W'itnesses: into the pocket, the flap being adapted to fold S. B. STRONG, 10 down over the folded-down top, the staple to i L. Boron.

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