Improvements in Bags, Knapsacks, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1898-Accepted, 24th Sept., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Bags, Knapsacks, and the like.
I, GEORG SCHINDLING, of 28, Walramstrasse, Wiesbaden, in the German Empire,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed,. to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
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This invention relates to bags, knapsacks and the like which are made of two or
more layers or thicknesses of suitable woven material or other tissue or fabric
placed and connected together face to face. Such material is preferably of unspun
vegetable fibre, but fabrics of thread, yarn, and the like, or knitted or crochetted
work would however answer the purpose. The size of the meshes of the tissue
or other fabric is such that the air can easily circulate through the said meshes
in order to free the bag or the like from odour after it has been employed for the
transport of objects having an unpleasant smell.
In the accompanying drawing is illustrated, by way of example, a hand-bag
constructed in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 being a perspective view,.
Figure 2 a transverse section, and Figure 3 a longitudinal section.
a is an outer, and an inner layer or thickness of woven material or other
tissue or fabric. Both layers or thicknesses are shaped to the form of the bag,
and, as they are arranged one within the other, they make a very strong receptacle.
The handles care for holding and carrying the bag, and consist, in the example
shown, of broad bands or straps going quite round the bag. The bag may be made
of several thicknesses of the tissue or fabric instead of two as shown. The size
of the meshes of each layer or thickness of tissue or fabric may be different from
that of the others. The layers or thicknesses may be quilted together in order
to give them mutual connection and support. The carrying bands c may be
made of strong web, leather, or other suitable material.
To the outside of the bag may also be sewn or rivetted a small side pocket d for
the reception of various articles; and in the inside of the bag there may be secured
a small pocket e for the reception of a purse or the like. The pocket e may be
made direct out of one or more of the thicknesses of the material composing the
side of the bag, or it may be made of separate material and fastened to the side of
the bag if preferred.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;-
First. A bag, knapsack, or the like, made of two or more separate layers or
thicknesses of woven material or other tissue or fabric connected together, substan-
tially as described.
Second. A bag, knapsack, or the like, of the kind forming the subject matter
of the first claiming clause hereof, in which the size of the meshes of each of the
thicknesses of material employed differs from that of the others.

page_text: Third. A bag, knapsack, or the like, of the kind forming the subject matter of
the first claiming clause hereof, in which the separate layers or thicknesses of
material are connected together by quilting.
Fourth. A bag, knapsack, or the like, of the kind forming the subject matter of
the first claiming clause hereof, in which one or more pockets de are stitched,
rivetted or otherwise fastened either on the outside, or in the inside, or both on
the outside and in the inside thereof, substantially as described.
Fifth. A bag, knapsack or the like of the kind forming the subject matter of
the first and fourth claiming clauses hereof, in which the pockets de are made out
of one or more of the thicknesses ab forming the sides of the bag, knapsack, or
the like, or are made separate therefrom and fastened thereto, substantially as
described.