AU2004200057A1

AU2004200057A1 - Universal bag

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Publication number: AU2004200057A1
Application number: AU2004200057A
Authority: AU
Original assignee: Martor KG
Current assignee: Martor KG
Priority date: 2003-02-13
Filing date: 2004-01-07
Publication date: 2004-09-02
Also published as: EP1447184A1; DE50307645D1; ES2289227T3; JP2004243517A; DE10306191B3; US20040173650A1; CN1520971A; EP1447184B1

Description

AUSTRALIA

PATENTS ACT 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION NAME OF APPLICANT(S):: Martor-Argentax E.H. Beermann KG ADDRESS FOR SERVICE: DAVIES COLLISON CAVE Patent Attorneys Level 10, 10 Barrack Street,Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2000 INVENTION TITLE: Universal bag The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us:-

TRANSLATION

Applicant: MARTOR-ARGENTAX E.H. Beermann KG Heider Hof 42653 Solingen Description of Invention: Quiver to accommodate hand implements, in particular hand tools, such as for instance knives The invention relates to a quiver to accommodate hand implements, in particular hand tools, such as for instance knives, in accordance with the preamble of Claim 1. Such a quiver is described in DE 25 05 366 Al.

The quiver known from DE 25 05 366 Al serves to accommodate a knife.

Adjacent to the knife insertion opening provided at its upper end region there is disposed in the quiver cavity at the inner surface of one wide quiver wall a leaf spring which, with its convex side, is directed towards the opposite inner surface of the other wide quiver wall. The upper spring end of the leaf spring features an angular deformation which is led to the outside of the adjacent wide quiver wall. The remaining portion of the leaf spring arrangement led to the outside is deformed such that it forms a clip for the detachable arrangement at an item of clothing such as for instance a boot leg.

The convex portion of the leaf spring projecting into the quiver cavity exerts a lateral pressure onto the blade of the inserted knife thereby preventing the knife from unintentionally sliding out of the quiver.

The quiver known from DE 25 05 366 Al is especially adapted to the size and the shape of a particular knife.

Based on the quiver in accordance with DE 25 05 366 Al it is the object of the present invention to provide a design for the known quiver in such a manner that the same can safely accommodate hand implements, in particular hand tools such as knives of different shapes and sizes and, in addition, permits a relatively simple configuration.

The solution to the task set is achieved by virtue of the features in the preamble of Claim 1 in conjunction with the characterising part of Claim 1 in that one leaf spring each, clamped with its upper spring end in the upper end region and with its lower spring end in the lower end region, replaces and/or forms a quiver wall region.

By the present invention in the first place a simple configuration is achieved since the leaf spring replaces at the same time at least one quiver wall region.

The leaf spring clamped in the upper and lower end regions of the quiver body, which in accordance with the invention replaces a quiver wall region and which therefore extends along the greatest linear extension of the quiver body, permits a great spring lift transverse to the longitudinal axis of the quiver body. This configuration permits hand implements to be held in place, in particular knives of different thicknesses.

Since the leaf spring of the quiver in accordance with the invention is clamped with its upper spring end in its upper end region and with its lower spring end in the lower end region of the quiver body, the inventive configuration, by virtue of the above mentioned advantageous great spring lift, provides a great elastic force which ensures that the hand tool received within the quiver cavity is securely held in place. Such a secure hold can also be achieved by form-closed or forceclosed engagement or by a combination of these.

In a further embodiment of the invention, several quiver wall regions, arranged at an angle towards each other along the quiver cavity and laterally spaced apart from each other by longitudinal gaps, bound the quiver cavity. Several or all quiver wall regions in this arrangement can each be formed by a leaf spring. By means of its leaf springs, a quiver of this type in accordance with the invention practically grips a hand tool received within its quiver cavity all around its longitudinal sides in a resilient, flexibly yielding manner. Therefore such a quiver is capable of securely accommodating hand tools of different shapes and dimensions.

A particularly preferred embodiment of the invention proposes that the upper end region, lower end region and quiver wall regions consist of an integrally produced one-piece injection-moulded plastic body, the quiver body, which with regard to its quiver wall regions has inherent elasticity characteristics. For the production of such an injection-moulded body relatively many plastic materials, such as for instance PP, are suited. In principle, the invention permits the holding power required for the secure accommodation of the hand tools in the quiver cavity to be specifically set by virtue of the material selection, by the form design of the leaf springs, in particular the depth of the convexly projecting leaf spring arch, and also by the thickness and width of the leaf springs.

On the other hand, the invention also permits to otherwise develop selected quiver wall regions, which do not have a convexly projecting leaf spring arch, such that they have resilient, flexibly yielding properties. It may for instance be useful for the quiver wall region, on the outside of which there are disposed the holding means for detachably fastening the quiver at an item of clothing or the like, to be of rectilinear extension and to be otherwise configured to be relatively geometrically inflexible.

One embodiment of the invention, which serves in particular the design of a quiver body in the form of a one-piece injection moulded plastic body, is characterised, as a further development of the invention, in that the upper end region of the quiver body forms a frame which mutually connects all quiver wall regions with each other and into which all leaf springs are clamped, and that the lower end region of the quiver body is formed by the quiver bottom, which also mutually connects all quiver wall regions and into which also all leaf springs are clamped. In this arrangement, the clamping of the leaf spring ends is achieved by the leaf spring ends being firmly and integrally bound with the material of the frame or the arch.

Preferred embodiments in accordance with the invention are shown in more detail in the drawings. Shown are in Fig. 1 a more schematic spatial illustration of a quiver showing the wide side serving to accommodate the fastening arrangement, Fig. 2 the quiver in accordance with Fig. 1 showing the wide side opposite the wide side designed for fastening, Fig. 3 a side view of the quiver approximately corresponding the arrow designated by III in Fig. 1, Fig. 4 a cross section of the quiver in accordance with line IV-IV in Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 and 6 showing examples of various functions in accordance with Fig. 2.

In the drawings, a quiver to accommodate hand implements, in particular hand tools such as knives M, is designated by the reference number The fastening wide side 11 of the quiver body K of the quiver 10 has a quiver wall region 13, whose lower part 12 with its inner surface 14 is of an approximately concave extension towards the quiver cavity 15, whilst the upper part 16 of the quiver wall region 13 is of an essentially rectilinear extension.

The quiver wall region 13 on its outside has holding means 17, which consist of primary parts 18 formed by the quiver wall region 13 and of a secondary part 19.

Primary parts 18 and secondary part 19 are in detachable form-closed engagement with each other. In this arrangement, the secondary part 19 is assigned to the fastening point on the clothing side, such as for instance a belt.

The holding means 17, not forming part of the present invention, are described in relation to a knife quiver according to DE 196 49 040 C 1.

The quiver body K has an upper end region 20 and a lower end region 21.

The upper end region 20 comprises a collar 22 which surrounds an insertion opening 23 for a hand implement, a knife in the present case. The insertion opening 23 is dimensioned such that it permits a plurality of different shapes and sizes of knives M to be inserted.

Below the collar 22 there is a frame 24 circumferentially disposed.

The lower end region 21 of the quiver body K consists of a bottom Three leaf springs 26, 27, 28 are disposed between the frame 24 and the bottom each of which leaf springs replaces a quiver wall region of the quiver body K and each of which forms a spring arch 29 convexly projecting laterally into the quiver cavity The primary parts 18 of the holding means 17, the quiver wall region 13, the collar 22 with frame 24, the bottom 25 and the leaf springs 26, 27, 28, which also represent quiver wall regions, together form an integrally produced one-piece injection moulded plastic part K made of PP or another suitable plastic material.

The plastic material is of a quality which provides inherent elasticity in particular to the leaf springs 26, 27, 28. In this arrangement, the upper spring ends 34* 1 of the leaf springs 26, 27, 28 are clamped by way of being firmly and integrally bound with the material of the frame 24 and their lower spring ends 33* with the bottom Between the regions 13, 26, 27, 28 there are longitudinal gaps Figs. 5 and 6 are intended to illustrate the operating principle of the quiver According to Fig. 5, the knife M is inserted from above via an insertion direction x into the insertion opening 23 of the quiver body K. During its progressive insertion, knife M laterally impacts upon the spring arch 29 of the leaf springs 26, 27, 28, whilst the inner surface 14 of the quiver wall region 13 acts as an abutment. The regions 27 and 13 on the one hand as well as the regions 26 and 28 on the other hand can alternatively and/or together act as clamping pairs. In this way the quiver 10 can be used for hand tools such as for instance knives M of a variety of cross sectional sizes and/or shapes.

In this arrangement, the leaf springs 26, 27, 28 are each forced outwardly and may rebound by a certain amount (see Fig. 6) when the front side 30 of knife M strikes the bottom surface 31 of the bottom 25. At the same time, the spring arch 29 of leaf spring 26 positively engages a recess 32 of knife M whilst the leaf springs 27, 28 bear against the outer surface of knife M in a flexibly yielding manner.

In this way, knife M is securely held within the quiver cavity 15 and can only be removed from the quiver body K when a certain withdrawal force is exerted in the withdrawal direction y. Thus, according to Fig. 6, the knife M is even then Translator's note: inconsistent usage of References 33 and 34 in Description and Claims still securely accommodated within the quiver body K even under certain impact loadings when the quiver body K is situated in an overhead operating position.

Furthermore, the arrangement is designed such that the knife M can be inserted into the quiver body K as well as removed from the latter by way of an advantageous one-handed operation.

Throughout this specification and the claims which follow, unless the context requires otherwise the word "comprise", or variations such as "comprises" or "comprising", will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated integer or step or group of integers or steps but not the exclusion of any other integer or step or group of integers or steps.

The reference to any prior art in this specification is not, and should not be taken as an acknowledgment or any form of suggestion that, that prior art forms part of the common general knowledge of Australia.

Claims

1. A quiver (10) to accommodate hand implements, in particular hand tools, such as for instance knives having a quiver body which on its outside has holding means (17) for fastening said quiver (10) at an item of clothing or the like, which quiver body at its upper end region (20) has an insertion opening (23) for the hand implement and at its lower end region (21) remote from said upper end region (20) has a quiver bottom and which between said upper end region (20) and said lower end region (21) has at least one quiver wall region (26, 27, 28) with at least one leaf spring laterally convexly projecting into the quiver cavity and with its longitudinal axis extending between upper (20) and lower (21) end regions and bearing against the hand tool, characterised in that one leaf spring (26, 27, 28) clamped with its upper spring end (33)*2 in said upper end region (20) and with its lower spring end in said lower end region (21) replaces and/or forms one quiver wall region.

2. The quiver in accordance with Claim 1, characterised in that a plurality of quiver wall regions (13; 26, 27, 28) disposed along said quiver cavity at an angle to each other and laterally spaced apart from each other by longitudinal gaps (35) bound said quiver cavity

3. The quiver in accordance with Claim 2, characterised in that a plurality of quiver wall regions are each formed by one leaf spring (26, 27, 28).

4. The quiver in accordance with any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that said upper end region said lower end region (21) and said quiver wall regions (13; 26, 27, 28) consist of an integrally produced one- piece injection-moulded plastic body which, with regard to its quiver wall regions (26, 27, 28), has inherent elasticity characteristics. 2 Translator's note: inconsistent usage of references 33 and 34 in Description and Claims The quiver in accordance with any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that said quiver wall region (13) which externally defines said holding means (17) is designed to be relatively geometrically inflexible.

6. The quiver in accordance with any one of Claims 1 to 5, characterised in that said upper end region (20) of said quiver body forms a frame (24) which mutually connects all quiver wall regions (13; 26, 27, 28) and into which all leaf springs (26, 27, 28) are clamped.

7. The quiver in accordance with any one of Claims 1 to 6, characterised in that said lower end region (21) of said quiver body is defined by said quiver bottom (25) which mutually connects all quiver wall regions (13; 26, 27, 28) and into which all leaf springs (26, 27, 28) are clamped. DATED this 6 t h day of January, 2004 MARTOR-ARGENTAX E.H. BEERMANN KG By Their Patent Attorneys DAVIES COLLISON CAVE