US1594989A - Tobacco pouch - Google Patents

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' Aug. -3 192s. 1,594,989

- L. AUSTER ET AL ToBAcco POUCH Filed April 8. 1925 Patented Aug. 3, 1926.

LOUIS AUSTER AND MARIE AUSTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOBACCO POUCH.

Application led April 8, 1925.

This invention relates to tobacco pouches of the flexible type which are adapted to be carried in a pocket.

In all forms o-f pouches, whether fieX- ible or of the semi-flexible type, where a mouth is provided between the free edge Of the front wall and the adjacent portion of the rear wall and closed by a flap forming an extension of said rear wall, great difficulty has been experienced in preventing loss of the granules of tobacco from the pouch, due to the fact that the free edge of the front wall fails to coact with the rear wall normally to form a closure, and the flap can not aid in forcing said free edge into engagement with the adjacent wall ot' the pouch. Furthermore, the walls are usually formed of relatively thin material, for lessening the weight of the pouch, and Athis factor tends rather to lessen the efficiency of the device since the relatively thin free edge at the mouth will flare outwardly from the adjacent wall at points and permit escape of the tobacco, even when the closure flap has been secured in place.

It is an object of the present invention to provide not only a reinforcement for the relatively thin edge of the front wall of a tobacco pouch, but a. member which may be forced into frictional engagrnent with the rear wall of the pouch by the usual closure flap and seal the mouth of said pouch against loss of its contents.

A. further object of the invention is the provision of a reinforcing rib extending the the length of the mouth of a tobacco pouch and carried by the free end of the front wall, the ribv being adapted to be forced into frictional contact with the adjacent portion of the rear wall and maintained in such contact at all times by the flap folded over' said free edge and secured in place at points on the outer face of the front wall.

lith the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in t-he appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein, to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claim is expressed.

Serial No. 21,608.

of the pouch taken along' the line 2 2 of F l;

Fig.y 3 is a transverse vertical section talren along the line 3-3 of Fig. l; and

Fig. t is a transverse vertical section similar to the section shown in Fig. 3 but disclosing a modified form of the pouch.

Referring' more particularly to the draw-v ings, l designates a front wall and 2 a rear wall which has an extension 3. which.y is

adapted to be folded over the outer face of the front wall and forming a closure for the pouch. The front and rearwalls are joined together by side walls 4t and a bottom wall 5. The upper edge 6 of the front wall l terminates at points along the rear wall where the closure flap 3 lis connected to the rear wall and thereby providing a mouth through which the contents of the pouch may be discharged or whereby the pouch may be filled with granules of tobacco. The front wall is provided with the member 7 of a snap fastener, while the closure flap is provided with a complementary member 8 of the snap fastener, so that when the flap is placed in contact with the front wall l and the members 7 and 8 are forced into engagement with each other, the snap fasteners will lock the closure in position.

The construction ust described will, when the flap is in closed position, permit granules of the tobacco to escape from the pouch at points where the flap 3 is connected to the rear wall 2, and since the rear wall and front wall are spaced from each other the flexibility of the material will further aid in forcing the granules from the pouch at these points.

In order to prevent the contents from being occasionally discharged from the pouch, we have provided a rib 9 at the upper edge 6 of the front wall and connected to the inner face of said wall. As shown in Figsf l to 3, this rib is not only secured to the front wall l but is connected'at its eX- treme ends tothe side walls i, so that the front wall is free of the rear wall throughout its width. The rib depending from the front Wall normally engages the inner face of the rear wall in rictional contact and prevents the gradual discharge of the granules of tobacco from the pouch. When the 'flap is closed and locked by the members of the snap fasteners, the portion of the flap designated by the numeral l0 Will exert pressure on the raised upper edge 6 of the front Wall l and force the free edge of the rib in frictional contact With the inner 'face oi the rear Wall and eliminate all possibility of the escape of the granules of tobacco.

ln the modified form shown in Fig. 4, the construction is identical in all respects With the pouch shown in Figs. l to 3 inclusive, with the exception that the rib 9 is secured. 'for a portion of its lengtha as shown at ll, to the rear Wall and adjacent the opposite ends of the rib. The closure flap 3a will force the free portion of the rib likewise into rict-ional Contact with the rear Wall 2a and thus prevent the Oradua-l discharge of the tobacco. The rib is connected to the Vupper edge 6a of the frontivall 1L and is of suiicient depth to provide for the thickness of the side Walls 4a which space the iront wall l from the rear Wall, as shown in the preferred form. Complementary members 7 and 8 of snapA 'fasteners are connected to the front Wall and fiap 3a in the sameinanner as has been described with reference to Figs. l tol 3.

What We `claimV is n A rubber tobacco pouch including front and rearwalls, side and bottom Walls connecting the front andy rear Wallstogether and spacing them apart at their bottom and side edgesy the rear wall extending beyond 'the free edge of the front Wall to define aclosure Hap oldable upon the front Wall, an integral solid rib of rectangular cross seetion projecting inwardly from the free edge of the front wall, said rib corresponding to the thickness of the bottom and side Walls, whereby all edges of the front Wall are main- Vtained in spaced relation to thefrear Wallg anu a pocket is defined, the rib frictionally engaging the rear Wall to prevent the zgradual discharge or the contents of' the pouch.

Louis fiestras; MARIE ilustres.

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