AN ARRANGEMENT IN A PURSE OR BAG SECURED AGAINST THEFT

Abstract: An arrangement in a purse or a bag secured against theft, for safe-keeping of securities, with a fastening means for fastening on the inside of a garment (2). Said fastening means consists of a magnet affected body (5), and a permanent magnet (10), and said two members (5, 10) are provided with means (12) for mutual engagement which prevent relative displacement. Said magnet affected body (5) or magnet (10) is fastened to said purse (1). On the purse (1) an electric oscillating circuit is provided comprising a sound generator with a tongue or a diaphragm of a magnet affected material which is provided to be checked against a contact by the aid of the magnetic field of magnet (10) and which automatically generates a signal when the influence from the magnet stops.

Description: An arrangement in a purse or bag secured against theft. The present invention relates to an arrangement in a purse or bag that is secured against theft for safe-keeping of securities, with a fastening means for fastening on the inside of a garment. Theft of money and securities from persons carrying such securities is becoming more and more common. Pickpockets get more and more ingenious, and especially tourists are vulner¬ able to thefts of money and securities. It may be a question of travel cheques, bank notes, credit cards, and the like, and passports are also much sought-after these days, thousands of passports are stolen and forged to be sold illegally. It is a problem for tourists and other travellers to keep such securieties safe. Often one does not trust any place for safe-keeping at one's temporary living quarters, and as mentioned above, it is hazardious to carry securities about. There is, thus, an evident demand for a purse or bag secured against theft for keeping such securities, which purse or bag may be carried inside a garment, if desired, in contact with a person's skin. Such purses or bags are known, with the fastening means for securing to the inside of the garmend con¬ sisting of a means to pierce the garment to be locked by a snap-on or screw-on button outside the garment. In the most simple case the fastening means may be a safety pin or the like. These known means, however, will damage the garment onto which they are secured. It is an object of the present invention to provide a purse or bag secured against theft of the kind as mentioned above, which may be attached to the inside of a garment without leav- ing a permanent mark or damaging the garment. It is a further object of the invention to provide a means which givs a warning in case of unauthorized removal of the purse or bag from the garment it is attached to. According to the invention this is achieved by a purse or bag that is safe against theft, of the kind mentioned above, and which is characterized in that the fastening means "" comprises a body that is influenced by a magnet, and a permanent magnet, and that said magnet affected body, and the magnet are provid¬ ed with means for mutual engagement preventing relative dis- placement, with either the magnet affected body or the magnet being fastened to the purse. A further development of the invention is characterized in that associated with the magnet affected body is an electronic oscillating circuit with a sound generator in the shape of a toungue or a diaphragm of a magnet affected material which is mσvably arranged and is, thus,lockable against a contact by the aid of the magnetic field of said magnet, and which autom¬ atically sounds an alarm when the influence of the magnet ends. Further features and details of the " invention appear from the succlaims and from the following description in conenction with the drawing, where Figure 1 shows an example of how the bag og purse may be carried, and Figure 2 shows an embodiment of the purse or bag according to the invention. The purse 1, shown in a dotted line in Figure 1, is placed on the inside of a person's 2 shirt. The purse or bag 1 is made from a soft material, e.g. a textile, to become pliable and comfortable to wear against one's skin and to conform with a garment. The bag has an opening 2 for insertion and is provid¬ ed with internal compartments. Opening 2 may be provided with a zip. On the outside surface of the bag a disk 3 is provided. On the outside of the disk there is a button 4 onto the outsid of which a disk 5 of a material that is affected by a magnet, e.g. a disk of soft iron is attached. On the disk dere is also attached an oscillating circuit with a battery 6, an electron¬ ic unit 7, and a signal generator 8. As will appear from Figure 2, purse 1 may be provided inside shirt 2 iTr such a manner that button 4 with disk 5 is placed inside an outside pocket 9 of garment 2. In pocket 9 a strong permanent magnet lo is inserted and is enclosed by a plastic cup 11 extending below the lower limit of magnet 10 with a collar 12. Disk 5 has a slightly larger diameter than button 4, so that the disk forms a head. Collar 12 has an undercut portion 13 which may be snapped down over the head formed by disk 5. In this manner a snap-fastener like device is formed. Said snap fastener-like device is, however, not necessary. It is sufficient to provide means to prevent mutual displacement of magnet 10 and disk 5. Such prevention of displacement may consist of a collar without any undercut arrangement. The sound generator 8 is of the kind having a metallic tongue or a diaphragm which is oscillated when current is conencted with the oscillating circuit. When said tongue or diaphragm is subjected to strong magnetic influence the tongue or magnet is defelcted and checked against an edge so that the signal ends and the current is broken. This is a known device and, thus, does not per se form part of the invention. The invention is not limited to the embodiment shown in the drawing and described above. In stead of a collar 12, e.g. lugs may be provided along the periphery, or a hole/pin conenction, or the like may be provided. Even though a snap fastener-like shape of disk 5 and cup 11 is advantageous this is not necessary since the magnet per se is so strong that it will form a strong connection with iron disk 5, even when there is textile between the parts. In practice, it will, thus, not be possible to tear the purse from the garment without destroying the latter. If the purse is removed from the magnet in an unauthorized manner, there will automatically be an alarm signal. The electronic circuit may be provided with a delay permitting the user to remove the button, take the purse out of the pocket, and assemble the parts again with¬ out any alarm signal being triggered.

Claims: CLAIMS: 1. An arrangement in a purse or bag (1) that is secured against theft, for safe-keeping of securities, e.g. a pass¬ port, tickets, a cheque book, credit cards, bank notes, and the like, with a fastening means for fastening the- purse on the inside of a garment, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that said fastening means comprises a magnet affected body (5) and a permanent magnet (10), and that body (5) and mag¬ net (10) are provided with means (12,13) for mutual engage¬ ment to prevent relative displacement, either the magnet affected body (5), or the magnet (10) being fastened to the purse (1 ) . 2. An arrangement as defined in claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that associated to the magnet affected body (5) an electronic oscillating circuit (7)' is arranged and provided with _a signal generating tongue or a diaphragm of a magnet affected material which is arranged to be checked against a contact by the aid of the magnetic field of said magnet, and which automatically gen¬ erates a signal when the magnetic influence stops. 3. An arrangement as defined in claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the magnet affected body (5) is fastened to the purse (1). 4. An arrangement as defined in one or several of the pre¬ ceding claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the members for mutual engagement, in order to prevent mutual displacement, consist of an annular collar (12) on one part (5 or 10), said collar enclosing the outer free portion of the other member (10 or 5). 5. An arrangement as defined in claim 4, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that collar (12) is provid¬ ed on magnet ( 10 ) . 6. An arrangement as defined in claims 4 and 5, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the collar is flexible. 7. An arrangement as defined in one or several of the pre¬ ceding claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the magnet affected body (5) has an annular bead, and -that the collar (12) on magnet (10) is provided with a circular under¬ cut (13), so that a snap fastener effect is provided when the members are combined.

Inventors: NILSEN MORTEN NOLDUS, NILSEN, MORTEN, NOLDUS
Applicants: NILSEN MORTEN NOLDUS, NILSEN, MORTEN, NOLDUS
Application year: 1987
Main classification: G08B13
IPC codes: A45C13, G08B13