US728058A - Handle for valises, parcels, teapots, &c. - Google Patents

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110. 728,058. PATENTEDMAY 12', 1963;

. B. `WEBBR'. HANDLE PUB. VALISES, iPARGELS, TEAPOTS,A 6m.'

APPLICATION FILED snr'r'. 17, 1902.

N D `MODEL.

Nrrno STAT-ns@ Patented May 12, 1903.

BENJAMIN WEBER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES DITTMAR, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HANDLE FOR VALISES, PARCELS, TEAPOTS, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 728,058, dated May 12, 1903.

Application filed September 17. 1902. Serial No. 123,693. (No model.)l

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LBENJAMIN WEBER,a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore,

inA the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles for Valises, Parcels, Teapots, and Like Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in handles for valises, parcels, teapots, and like articles.

The object of the invention is to provide av handle which shallbe strong and'durable and at the same time simple in construction in order that it may be produced cheaply and, further, to provide a handle which may readily be attached or detached without the use of tools.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which v Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my improved handles. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the wire construction of the handle. Fig. 3 is a top view of the same. Fig. 4L is a perspective view of a modified form of wire construction, and Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate top views of two additional modifications of the wire construction.

In all the forms shown Vthe wire construction is of a single piece.

Referring now to Figs. 1,-2, and 3, one end, a, of the wirestarts in the form of a spring snap or tongue and then extends upward and forms a half-curved stretch a.' to the center of the handle, where it is bent back or doubled to form a loop a2. The wire then extends toward the starting-point,and the half-stretch a3 extends parallel with the half-stretch a',and

near the snap or tongue o, said wire forms one side b of the hookb. an arched curve b2 and then down and up again to form the other side of the hook b. Thus it will so far be seen that the arched curve h is over the tongue a. After the hook b is completed it will be seen by reference to Fig. 3 that the wire then forms a full stretch c, which extends from said hook b entirely across to the opposite side, where it curves down and forms one side cl of the hook d', then forms an arched curve d2 and down The wire then forms i again to form the other side d3 ofsaidlhook, and then extends up, forming the half-stretch e, and extends in a direction parallel with the stretches c and e and ends in the snap'fortongue f. When the wire is thus formed, it is the basis of the handle, and the same is covered with any suitable or desirable material, such as leather g, and at each end of= said leather sleeve is a ferrule h, having a slot h',

through which the snaps or tongues a and f 6o.`

pass and work freely.

In Fig. 4 the constructionof the wire is exactly like that in Figs. 2 and 3, except the stretches a and c', which form the snaps or tongues a. and f, are omitted and the ends i and vl are hooked together at the center.

In Fig. 5 the modilication consists in overlapping the ends jj and providing each with a loop 7'2 and js, which are wrapped around the other two strands. In Fig. 6 the ends 7c and k are merely overlapped, and these ends and the full stretch c are secured by a Wrap ping of Wire Z. v

In the several forms illustrated in the drawings it will be seen that there are several features common to all. First, all the hooks are .formed by an arched curve of the wire; second, allare provided with securing means at the center of the handle, and, third, all are provided with one full stretch c of wire extending from one hook b' entirelyacross to the oppositehookd. ag

All the forms may have a suitableeove'ring, although the covering may be omitted in some cases where the handle is to be made very cheap to enable merchants to give them away when attached to purchased articles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is p 1. A handle of the class described comprising a wire having a continuous stretch, c, from one side to the other, said wire being formed into au arched hook at each end 4of said continuous stretch and then extending back parallel with said continuous stretch and the two ends secured together between said hooks.

2. A handle of the class described comprising a continuous or full stretch of wire hav- IOO ing a hook at opposite sides and provided with interlocking loops between said two hooks.

3. A handle of the class described comprising a continuous Wire or full stretch having a hook at opposite ends and interlocking loops between said hooks and one end of said wire extending from the interlocking loops toward one of said hooks and the other end of said Wire extending from said loops toward the other hook. y

4. A handle of the class described comprising a Wire having a continuous or full stretch from one end to the other, said Wire being bent at each end of said continuous stretch to form an arched curved hook and a stretch extending from each of said hooks toward the center Where they interlock and an end of said wire extending to and coacting With each hook to form a snap or tongue.

5. A handle ot' the class described comprising a continuous Wire having a hook at opposite ends and also having interlocking loops between said hooks and an end of said Wire extending down to each hook and forming a snap or tongue and a covering over said wire between the two hooks but leaving said hooks and snaps uncovered.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence oi' two Witnesses.

BENJAMN YVEBER.

Witnesses:

THos. U. BAILEY, CHARLES B. MANN, J r.

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