The invention relates to security luggage bags.
In U.S. Pat. No. 6,026,662 a security bag and a device for closing an opening in the bag is disclosed. A steel wire netting is used that may be covered with fabric or actually surround a fabric luggage holder (or bag). The netting has an upper opening where the netting can be drawn by a draw wire to close off the opening. In some situations this arrangement is cumbersome and the bag is difficult to use comfortably if it is to be left open, such as when clothes or other articles in the bag need to be simply stored while retaining easy access into the bag.
It is an object of the invention to overcome or at le/st least reduce this problem.
According to the invention there is provided an upright open-topped security bag for storing articles, a top closure that can be drawn closed to close off the top and secure it closed, in which the top closure comprises a separate metal wire netting attached around the top of the bag, a draw line that is threaded through looped wire ends of the netting, forming an inner periphery of the netting, arranged to draw the loops together towards a centre of the open top, and a releasable lock to hold the draw line taut. The bag may be reinforced by another netting that is attached to the separate netting around the top surface of the bag.
A cover may be included that fits over and supports the separate netting when it is folded to lie around a top region of the bag.
A security luggage bag according to the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Referring to the drawings, in
It will be observed here that the general plane of the netting 12 is horizontal when the netting is secured by the taut draw line. More important, the individual wires of loops of the netting 12 generally or naturally extend “along” the netting, rather than across the netting. This allows the netting 12 to be more easily folded or pressed in a relatively small core with the attached wires of the netting running side by side. This can be appreciated in
The described bag has the ‘security’ netting 12 attached in readiness when needed or for use during camping or travelling when the bag is mounted on a motorcycle for example. Advantageously when the described bag is not required to be securely closed, the netting 12 can be conveniently stored or at least pushed aside to facilitate usage of the bag without tangling with the netting 12 as articles are packing into or removed from the bag.
The netting 12 may be used with other forms of bag, where the bag itself may or may not be reinforced with metal or other wire nettings. The nettings 11 and 12 may be formed as ‘one’ netting. However, the configuration of the netting part 12 must be arranged generally as shown with the runs of wire passing around and along the netting and not ‘across’ the netting. Otherwise the natural resilience of the wire makes the netting difficult to fold away for storage as illustrated in
The draw wire may be held taut where required by a lock in the form of a releasably brake.
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