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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Theodore S Stark, Montclair, NJ (US);
Assignee:
M & M Luggage Co., Inc., Jersey City, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C / ; A44B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
150 42 ; 24197 ; 2420 / ; 2420 / ; 24225 ; 2423 / ; 2423 / ; 190 / ;
Abstract
A closure for securing the flap of a bag to the front wall thereof comprises a link having a thru-opening, means for hingeably securing the link to the flap, a strap dimensioned to pass through the opening, and means for securing one end of the strap to the front wall of the bag, the strap being comprised of an elastic, semi-rigid material biased to a folded position. In the closed position, the strap is in the folded position, the portion of the strap between its free end and the bight of the fold extends through the opening and the portion of the strap between the bight of the fold and the secured end overlies the edge portion of the flap.