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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
BLAKE FOREHAND, OF MULLEN, TEXAS.
MAIL-BAG.931,853.
Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 24, 1909.
Application filed March 1, 1909. Serial No. 480,669.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that 1, BLAKE FOREHAND, a
citizen of the United States, residing at
Mullen, in the county of Mills and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and
useful Improvements in Mail-Bags; and I
do declare the following to be a full, clear,
and exact description of the invention, such
as will enable others skilled in the art to
10 which it appertains to make and use the
same.
This invention relates to improvements in
mail bags.
The object of the invention is to provide
15 a mail bag constructed to be opened from
top to bottom thus facilitating the removal
of the mail from the bag and obviating the
possibility of any mail remaining therein.
A further object is to provide means
20 whereby the bag may be quickly opened out
and again brought to a closed position and
the-side edges thereof securely held together.
With these and other objects in view, the
invention consists of certain novel features
25 of construction, combination and arrange-
ment of parts, as will be more fully de-
scribed and particularly pointed out in the
appended claim.
In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1
30 is a perspective view of the bag supported in
position for opening; Fig. 2 is a similar view
of the bag opened out its entire length for
the discharge of the mail therefrom; and
Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same.
35 Referring more particularly to the draw-
ings 1 denotes the mail bag which may be
formed of any suitable material and is pref.
erably constructed from a single strip adapt-
ed to be folded upon itself to form the sides
40 of the bag. Along each edge of the bag are
secured fastening devices 2 which when the
strip of material is folded to form the sides
of the bag are adapted to be brought into
engagement to fasten the edges of the sides
45 together and thus form the bag.
Any suitable detachable or separable fas-
tening device may be employed for securing
the edges of the bag together, said fastening
device being here shown in the form of a
50 series of socket or link members 3 which are
arranged along the edges of one of the side
portions of the bag and a series of hook
members 4 arranged along the edges of the
opposite side portions, said hook and socket
55 members being so arranged that when brought
together by a suitable operating device willbe automatically engaged to fasten said
edges together thus forming tbe bag. The
operating device by means of which the fas-
tening members are brought together and. 60
engaged consists of a clip J having in its op-
posite edges curved channels 6 which engage
the fastening members on the opposite edges
of the sides of the bag whereby when said
clip is drawn upwardly or toward the mouth 65
end of the bag the edges will be brought
together and the hook members of the fas-
tenings engaged with the socket members
thereby securely fastening the edges to-
gether. In order to separate the fastening 70
devices and thus permit the sides of the bag
to be pulled apart and the bag opened
throughout its length, it is simply necessary
to hold or secure the upper end of one of the
sides of the bag and to grasp the upper end 75
of the other side and to pull said sides apart.
This operation will force the clip 5 down-
wardly along the fastening devices and at
the same time disengaging the fastening de-
vices along the edges of one side of the bag so
from those along the edges of the opposite
side thus permitting the bag to be quickly
opened throughout its entire length and all
of the mail discharged therefrom.
The upper end of one side of the bag is 85
preferably extended beyond the end of the
opposite side and is adapted to be folded
over the end of the shorter side thus closing
the open end of the bag. The folded over
end of the bag is secured to the opposite end 90
by the usual or any suitable fastening de-
vice 7. When the open ends of the bag have
.thus been fastened together it will be imupos-
sible to separate the edges of said sides. In
the upper end of the short sides of the bag 95
I preferably form eyelets 8 whereby when
the bag has been unlocked and the upper
end opened said eyelets may be engaged
with suitable hooks or supporting devices
and thereby held while the opposite side is 100
pulled away and the edges separated in the
manner herein before described. To the
lower end of the bag may be secured the
usual loops 9 to facilitate the carrying or
dragging of the bag. 105
From the foregoing description, taken in
connection with the accompanying draw-
ings, the construction and operation of the
invention will be readily understood with-
out requiring a more extended explanation. 110
Various changes in the form, proportion
and the minor details of construction may be
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Forehand, Blake. Mail-Bag., patent, August 24, 1909; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514727/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.