claim: 1. The method of making a shopping bag consisting in indenting, impressing and autorjaatically forming sl-ieet material into a bag with a decorttive indented surface extending so throughout the eiitire body of the bag2. The method of mav!nu a paper shopping bag consis;ting in iini7ressing into the sheet material a fi-qish t6 simulate f abric or leather, and automatical.ly making it into 35 ,t bag with sides and bottom portions. 3. tlle method of mali:ing decorative bags from a contini-ious sheet of material which consists in decoratiiig and indenting the said sheet to stiffen the same, and then forming 4o the same into bags having an outer decorative indented finish. 4. The metl-iod of mali:ing a decorative ba-g which coiisists of indenting and impressing ,,t mnterial and then forming the same into a 46 bag. 5. The method of making a shopping bag which cons!-sts first in impressing a continuous sheet of material, and then forming the ' to a bag ha-ving sides and bottom porsame in 50 tion wherein the decorative surface extends over tlie entire body of the same. 6. The inethod of mal@ing a shopping bag Avhich consists of impressiiig and indenting 56 a coi)-tinuous sheet of material, to sti:ffen the saine ,tnd then formi-Tig the same into a bag -with side,-, and bottom portio.-is having an impressed stirf ace over the entire bag, said steps being continuo-Lis and synchronized. 60 7. The method of making a shopping bag consistiT-io-, of dyeing a decorative finish to simlilate f abric, or leather on a continuous sheet from a roll and then forming a bag thereof, wlierein the sides and bottom por65 tioiis have an outer decorative finish. S. The method of inalcing bags which cons-'Lsts of the followin- synchronized steps; first indeni@ing and im5ressing a, material and then forming tl-ie saiiie into a baly. WALTER H. DEVBENER. 75 so 00 51, 12( 125 130

Patented Feb. 17, 1931@ l@7939163 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALTER H. DEUBENER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA XFTHOD OF MAIKING BAGS Original application filed August 18, 1927, Serial No. 213,789. Divided and this application filed Tune 9, 1928. Serial No. 284,229. This inventi-oii relates to shopping bags a,-icl, the iiiethod of m,@i]3:ing the. same to i)rovicle a pa.per bag with a decortitive otiter i'ace over the entire Suri'ace to@provicle a utilitIT of a -jesirable i-iat-Lire. An importaiit, feature o'L the iiivei,ltioii resides in I)rov-!diD-ff a shoppin@@ bao,@ wliieh can be.solcl, @it v v@-ry reasoliable price and ye'u givinp-, an co.-iimer,surate with a hi,,o@h o, '7rad.e arti-,Ie, 'hei-eby pro10 vidin a shoppino,- bao@ of a higl@ily desirable 9 :@. e @ 'icatiot nature. This is a division o-L iiiy appi -i Serial Number 213,789. it is a fe,,t@t-,ure of the ipvention to -Drovide means for embossi,.ncr the paper ancl decorat15 ing the same on the f ace t-her@eof atitoiiiaticaflv as the flat sheets are fe,@l through ti.ie inaciaines ancl iii forming the same info a b,,iZ, as it passes on throuoh into the finishecl forin, thus decorating -the entire outet surface of 20 th@e bao- without dela- in niaki-nff '- e s, uh ime owins@ to the fact that the clecorative meaiis is applied by the i-netho,l 1-iereiii set forth in such a maiiner as to accomplish , res -Lt with practically little or no iiierease in c6st in the 25 manuf act' ure of the finishecl bag. The inven tion includes the metl-io--l of mticing a sliopping bag with a decor-ative buter si-irf ace -which is embossecl ipto the sui-ef a(,,e oibody of t-he paper as the sanie 'UravC,s througli 30 the apparatus which forms the saine ilito t'Lle finished bau. TI-iis method i-n,-IiiOLes qp- a,,itomatic means of runnip-g a conti.iiuolis P'll a (-IP-C(L sheet of paper throli-h a deco@,iti-,io, an-J embossing meaps apd tl-ien passin(y the same 35 throu(,Yli the ipparatLis adapted to fold and glue the eclges so ,,.s to 'Orovide t b,,iF@ witl-i a decorated f,,ice al.Dpe-aring on the outside 6'L the same. The,n-i@-,thod is carried o-Dt. r,.ipid]-y and the decoratiny ,tnd embossil.,iu r-,ieaiis i--i 60 adapted to be synefiro-o-ize,-! with tl@e bag mal@@ip-g Mee',-ienism so tl-iat the ba s come out ulli9 f orinly finished ,ind decorated, -,@,Ni-th the clecoioi-i eiiibossed right into the'boclv ,ind sur rat face of the bags. A i,ery in-iportant featL,,r2 45 resides in the ecoiiomic,,illv embossi--ig a--nd simultaneously decorgtirig the bod,7 or su-rf ,,.ce of ttie pa-oer f orminz the bag ip- such ,t manner as to simulat,- 6r heive the appe,,trtiice of a leather bag, th"reby p-oviding -,i hic@h 00 grade and very attr:ictive ''finished artic I I I e. An essential part of my met',-iod ;Is in e.,Onomicall.yprovi@ding the clecoratecl fii-ii-,hec', article, other-wise it -would be prohibitive as -,i. finishecl pr6d-tict for the reason tbalo- articles of this i-iatiire must sell very reasonabl6. Tllese features, together -%-ith other of the method together with the stiffepii-ig aild reinforeino, of 'uhe side walls of the bl cr by reason of the ein@oossed (lecorative fin-isth' therein -without extra cost tlle maiiuf,-.c- Co u eof, Av-'Il be ore T-Lilly aiid clearly t re ther I M, set forth toe,-eth,,r ivith other objects in tl-ie sliecificatioil Pncl claims. Fi@,yure I ilIListrates my iie-w bag as it -wolil.d appe,,ir in us-.. (35 Fl.gure 2 illustrates my bag ii-i folded position. Figure 3 is an eiilarged detail of a 1:)ortion of the bag. e Figure 4 is ,t s etioi,- oii the lir@e 4--4 of Fioure 3. Figtire 5 is a si-ii,,ill Otetail showip.(r a t,,@!ztile surf ace iiiclentecl 'n- f.0 the bocly of the shee'u ,, d, , ipted to iiiake my bag. FigLire 6 is a diq raiiimatic si-de vi-ew o' a iiiachine f or c,,tri@yinv@ o,.it my inf-,th bd. My shopping bao- A is macle'preferably of pa-per having @l strol-i-(, t6xture Adapted to ivithstand wear and oi 9,- constrliction havin(y the side -walls 10 and 11 whic-h fold flat agtinst each other while the bottom 12 malv fold over onto eitlier side. Tliis structure of b,,to-, -permits the foldii, q ig of the same iii a flat compact state so that the baos may be pack6d together in sbilpmeiit or displ@yed folded so a to take'up a, small amo-Lint of room. The foldin of the bag in a flat state is also important to the u ser as when the bag is i-iot bein6 used as a shoppino, bag to carry articles @Oori.,i-n it is preferred to have the pio bae@ s thit it will fold flat. 0 M-v bag.A is proi,i-ded with carry handi iT es'B which are a,clapted to carry tl e load of tl-ie bag and these handles may e connected to the loop portions 14: which extend co 5 over and around the bottom 12. A suitable retaining meraber 15 may be employed across the bottom 12 to hold the I-oops 14 in place in relation to the bott6m. My bag A is made up bf p er or thiii 'S@(O *p

2 l@,793,163 sliect-, inat(,,i-itl C i-@,liieli is illtistratec, iii ll,ir@ve@L forlillitloll ir@ Figtires 3 aiicl 4. Tlils iii,tuei-ial %" is -,iclal)te(-" to be fecl III slieet fori-ii into ,t bag iiiakiii a iiitclliiie D tilis sliee'LL liial ei@ial is pi@eferably stipplied ii-i rolls sliel, -ig LA @,@o tb(,it the saii-ie be -.@e(I t,-.i,oi,igll the iiiachi,.ae D rapidly to iiiake t@ic ba-s -A n as the slieet i-iiatei,ial C piss-.-s tIlro-Ll(yh the 10 The slieet ii-ia'Le,.i,ial C is fecl iii'u-o tli,- i-iia-. chiiie D at" oiie end a-@icl com-'s oli'u @,'iiiished a' 'Ulie o'ulier eii@t i-.i the foriii of the sliape iiio eLe,sig--i of 'Ulie sliopl)ii@,y bao- A ill-Listra'ued ill Fi(,tires I aiid 2 exceptiii g t@-iat ttie ii i,n(Ile,, 15 aii(l, tlie, loops are iiot ,,,t'Lached 'Ltievoto. Tlii-, is i-ii-iport,,iiit feittire in consicier;ll.iieiv z, ba(y as the ba- is l'oriilecl with a decora 'tili-e oi,,te,. sii,7face F oi,er 'Llie ci-itii@e bocly oT tl,o ba,)- s-Lieli ,is the sides 10 ,ircl 11 and 'ulie -1 2o bottoiii II-) to i)rovide @t very ati@ractive bag. @i@iv iiiethod of makiiio- the 'r,,ag iiot o-@iiy pi,o-,7ie,es Pn oiiter Otecor,,ifli-c -,aiiish bu'Ll ii-iciticles the cml)oss;.ii,-, of- 'Ulie i-nto tl,,-e l@o.,-Iv of tile iiiater-Lal ii-litis"rate,-l inore cl,.arl)7 25 by tlo indeiitat,"ons 10 ii-i Fi(yiire 4 -,vhic'il iii,ilzes the clecorative siii,--fvce F oTi the bao-s otit itery cleirly. iN,I-v i-iietliccl is carriecl out iii a prictiev,,! ii-iaii,aei- b3, t ai)parattis G 30 for decorat@i-i(- tiici embossi@-i's.i tl-,-- C is it passes from the roll E to tli,-- decoratiii(- ii-ieins 18 a,-id from there throu(,h the n eiitbossin(- iiieii.-ibers 19 -,iici Lip over the 'Uop o'L the @- tpp,-,ra'uiis G under the S.-)7nc',-tronizill.0- 35 roller 20 aii(I ii-ito the macliiiie ' D. TL,-, syiichron'ziiig roll 20 cirried ii,, gu.lcle frtliie 21 ivliieli permi'Ls it to ra-ise and lov@-er ancl is lielcl bv the yoke 22 i-n I,rol-)er @,)os-itioii. The yo'-,z:e 21-) is coiineeled by the 40 ct'olr,, 2,3 to the wel,-Iit 24I so ti-,at the i-o'l-I 20 is Iliel.d balqncecl @ind liaay be easily oil)er@,tec'l o,, dov,,i-i by -lie toi-isioii of the sheet C over the saiyie. T'il,e D is a@Lap@.---O@ to be opoi:ated 45 la@), ,i s,,ilta,ble mo'tlor 25 ivhile the iii,,tcliine G '@-S OI)eralued, by t-I'le iiioltlor 26. It is iiiipor'utnt tli,-,t tlies,- machines ri-iri -.n syncliroiism so the slioeu-s C ivill be '@ed throuo-ii properly 'II iiot b'jici -,-ainst the opera'ioii ef u cl 50 ci@.-Iler iiiacbii-io. By m-,ans of my synchrollizil)O' i-oll 20 iihicli is con,,-iectecl to ti-i-I rlieost'at 2'i2'@vblc'Li coiitro'Ls the i-iiotor 2o, the motor 26 is ,id,-i)te,-! to be c)perated -t 'Llhe proper sl)ecd to l@7eel) t'@ie aidparatus of the macliine G oi)- 55 tlirciio-11 tl-Le b-@@l'u- 1)8 in tl-ie P,,-,op'er S,)'IIClironisiii -Nvitli the ol)eration of the 1-iiacbi.,ie D iyhlch m,,tl@:es the bt(ys into the proper T-orii-i aiid sliape. Tlitis me'Lllio@L of iiial.:iiao- 1-ii-i, @-i,-,iv b-a-,-y A C, vtit'i the @Lecor@-,tive tiid emb@sse4 finisl, oi,er the ejitire stir'Lace o'L the stme co--isists in passin(y sheet t,ii-ou(yll decorttin-- a-Lid LI tn ep,abossiiio- oi, iiicie@iitino; a-iid then -.ee-clin!c_y the same into the bao- iiial--ilag m-,lchine C,5 ai@O@ aut(-,m-@tically @yi-i@hrori-izin- the operation ol@ iiiachiri(,,s to pei-iiiit the fililsll(,(] bigs to I)e (',- Ise',iar(,-eci froin ei@d 29 o-L' the D. (1(,corat-le(I aii(I ip(lelite(i to iiial@(@ oii "lie @4u-,-face s'Liiicl o!it, ,Iil(l fol(Icci gi,(Ies qlll bot'@,OITI POI--t"f)-@i,; 4,-o 'LLe carryiiig iiieiii'@)ei@s to 7i( e i, shoppiii(T ba,(,),. - n M sliopl)ing b,,i- iia,,iy be pi-ovicled with y n Itisi@ t n c-, B at the top Nvhich c,,ii-i be ,ttiel-ie n any s,,,iital)le m,,inner so as to p-,-oi,ide a sl-iopping bag 1-iaving carryiii,- haii(Iles ex'ueiidin(y the toi? of the sa,.,ne. It -is Ilso obvioii@'tliat iiiy bag , m,-.)Tbe usecl -withoii' t' e liandles ivborein a decorative ba(y of L 11 4u-!-iis 1-i,,tiii-e is clesired. so The decori'Li-ve meaiis F on the outer face of ii) bay caii be iiiii)ressed so as to be indeq'@-ecl ii-i'to tl-io body o-f- the material or sl-ieet C o,.- placecl on the smooth surface of the slieet IL-o provicle the desirecl decorative outer to the ba--s. The clecoratioii F is appli--,,l by the i.-I,)I)aratus G iii ,i manner to dye ii-iaterial C passing througli this appaor to impress the s,,ime on the stirface i@7itli iiik or siiit,,ible inaterial to o,ive the @-o @te,,@'re-d @@,estilt in the decorltin- of the surface oT- the slicets C. It is also obvious that the in-ipressioii of the decoration in different colors iiiay be appliecl ai-id the impressing oT the shoot C Lo eii-iboss or inclent the same 95 ii-ia- I)e apl)lie,-l -witl-i the decorating of the @@,l ' @,eet or septrately. -i@Tv method of m,-Icin(r my bay A provides an a"rtiel.@ of Litility ",hich may be offered at 11 -%7 er.)7 reasonable price to the etistomer but loo 1-i,,).vir;E@ a natui-@o far superior to an ordiiiary l@aper'b,,ig. It has become coinmon practice to use t),-tgs for hopl)ing of a nattire as covs ered b@7 i-nv Pateiit No. 1,305,198, alid I have pi,odu'ced "i-i this bag ,in en I tirely new ide,,t o5 in so far as T kno,,w ii-i providin(y a ba(r hiving ari ecoiioiiiieil coiistructioii yet of an attracti-ve closian - ",herein the user i-ii,,ty obtain the s,,ii-iie at tl-ie saii-ie cost as heretof-@re bi-it of a miich n-iore desirable nature. Fl,-ure 6 illtistrates dia-ranimatically the iiipcliiiie for carryin- out my method and the flill Iii-les o'L the drawing indicate where direct current is used ancl t-wo motors 25 and 26 tre -Lised t'o clrive the machine. If it is iiecessasry to Lise alternatiiig curreiit to drive the machiiie, 'ul-ien the motor 25 is connected to the autoni,,itic speecl re(yulatoi- I illustrateci in dotted outline. From@' this regulator the Ciii,e ll,,clt 2S ill @o'u-i-@ect outline is "?9 aclapted to extencl to thc- machiiie G to operate the s,,tme. The equalizer I maintains the decoi@atino- ajici embossing machine G in synchronism with the machine D. Wheii this eqiializer 1 is used then the motor 26 is not 2 3 '-@-'Iie equ,,ilizer I is provid,,,-[ wit'@i t i-eaula't'ii-i- arm 30 ii7hich is connected to the iiiember 23L'so as to connect the equalizer with 'lie i,egulating roll 20. I-Iere'Lofore there has been no reason for

1,793,163 illo@kiiio- bags of the n,,iture that I have herein descri]7ed but it will now be readily appreciated that a bag of this nature is of extreme iinportance and will provide to the customer ar, attractive shoppiiig bag at the saine @ost as 1-ias been paid heretof or- and yet haviiicy the siitiil-itticle of textile material, leather or other similar materials applied to the p,,iper shoppin bag aiitomatically in the 10 iii,,t,nuf actiire of the s,.ime to produce a new article of manufacture. In ,tecordance with.the patent statutes I have described the princil3les of my invention in prodtici-.q,- a new a-rticle of manufac15 ture in a, low cost shopping bag and while I have illustratecl a particular meth6d of inlltkino, m)7 btc, and a particular design for the body ancl surf ace of the same, I desire to have it understood that this is only illus20 trative and that the invention may be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the f ollowing claims without departing from the spirit of my in-vention. 915 1