Improvements in Package Handles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
Improvements in Package Handles.
I, ALEXANDER WALKER BEERS, residing at No. 72 West 32nd Street,
Bayonne, in the County of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, United States of
America, Salesman, 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 :—
This invention relates to handles for packages, and the object thereof is to
provide a simple and effective device of this class which can be readily attached to
a string or cord with which the package is bound, and with this and other
objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, hereinafter, described
and claimed.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which ;-
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of my improved handle, applied to a package ;
Fig. 2, a plan view of a blank from which the handle is formed; and,
Fig. 3, an edge view thereof.
In the practice of my invention, I stamp from any suitable material, preferably
paper board of any desired kind, a blank A, provided with ends or head pieces. B,
adapted to be bent or folded at right angles, to the main part or body of the
handle, on the dotted lines C.
The ends or heads B, are each provided on opposite sides with notches or
recesses D, and extending inwardly from said notches or recesses are slots E, which
extend preferably about half way across, and are turned backward and outward
as shown at F, at about the centre of the end portions or the heads B, as clearly
shown in Fig. 2. The handle is applied to a package as shown in Fig. 1, by
inserting the string or cord with which the package is bound through the slots E,
and F, and in this position, the device constitutes a convenient handle for the
package as will be readily seen.
It is evident that the blank A, need not be of the exact form shown and
described. The notches or recesses D, may be omitted if preferred, and the
slots G, and F, may be of any desired form, and it will thus be seen that
I accomplish the object of my invention by means of a device simple in
construction and operation, and comparatively inexpensive.
I also prefer to make the handle of two separate similar parts G, as shown in
Fig. 3, and in this event I place between the separate end pieces or heads B,
strengthening strips or plates H, which are shown in heavy black lines in said
figure, and these strengthening strips or plates may be composed of any desired
material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A handle for packages, consisting of a body portion, and end portions
adapted to be bent at an angle thereto, said end portions being provided with slots
into which the string or cord with which the package is bound is inserted,
substantially as shown and described.

page_text: 2. A handle for packages, comprising a body portion and end portions adapted
to be bent at right angles thereto, said en portions being provided with slots, into
which the string or cord with which the package is bound may be inserted,
substantially as shown and described.
3. A handle for packages, comprising a body portion and end portions adapted
to be bent at right angles thereto, said end portions being provided on one side
with notches or recesses, and with slots formed in said notches or recesses which
extend into said end portions, and are directed backwardly and outwardly,
substantially as shown and described.
4. A handle for packages, comprising a body portion and end portions adapted
to be bent at right angles thereto, said end portions being provided on one side
with notches or recesses, and with slots formed in said notches or recesses which
extend into said end portions, and are directed backwardly and outwardly, said
handle being composed of two separate similar parts which are secured together,
and between the ends of which are placed strengthening strips, substantially as
shown and described.
Dated this 25th day of March 1897
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.