Hasp lock, zipper and cover assembly for portfolio

In a leather portfolio having generally rectangular side panels, a closed bottom, closed end, a lock embedded in one end and an open top which defines a security compartment for holding papers which are to be guarded against unauthorized entry, that improvement consisting of:

• a unitary three piece combination of a sewn-together zipper assembly, a leather zipper cover and a locking hasp which unitary combination is additionally sewn between the inner upper edges of said side panels of said leather portfolio;
• said zipper assembly comprising two rows of interlocking slide fastener elements, a pull member with said locking hasp for engaging said lock at said one end, a tongue fastened to the other end and a leather strip adjoining each of the rows of fastener elements and each strip being sewn to a respective side panel;
• said leather strip adjoining each of the fastener elements and the cover for the zipper assembly extending along the entire top of the security compartment and extending downwardly at the ends on each side of the portfolio to terminate on said one end at the lock and at a fastener at the other end of said portfolio, said cover at the lock end of said portfolio concealing from view the connection between the lock and the zipper assembly;
• said hasp being attached to the pull member of said zipper assembly by means of a loop member connecting an end of said hasp to the pull member of said zipper assembly;
• said leather zipper cover being sewn to one of said side panels with an edge thereof remote from the sewn edge overlying the slide fastener elements to project only slightly beyond the far edge of said slide fastener elements to thereby hide the slide fastener elements from view;
• the strips of said zipper assembly which are sewn to both side panels and the zipper cover sewn to one of said side panels being of the same material as said side panels to provide the appearance at the top of the portfolio of a unitary cover matching the sdes of the portfolio with no visual indication of opening mens viewed from the top;
• the pull member of said zipper assembly constituting the sole means of opening and thereby entering the central compartment of said portfolio after the lock hasp is detached from said lock to pull the zipper fastener elements open starting from the end where the lock is located to the other opposite end at the tongue where the tongue is fastened to said other end and said tongue being fastened to said other end of said leather portfolio with a snap fastener and wherein said side panels, ends, bottom and zipper cover of said portfolio are constructed of leather.