US 10,092,070 B1Granted

Handbag and associated method

AssigneeCole Haan LLC

InventorsJack Boys, Ann Bono, Anna Lu

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Abstract

A handbag includes a bottom portion and a sidewall portion. The sidewall portion extends up from the bottom portion and includes at least a first knitted element. The first knitted element is of a unitary one-piece construction formed during a knitting process on a knitting machine, and the knitted element includes at least first and second knitted regions. The first knitted region of the first knitted element is seamlessly knitted with the second knitted region of the first knitted element. The first knitted region of the first knitted element is of a first type of knit structure. The second knitted region of the first knitted element is of a second type of knit structure. The second type of knit structure is different from the first type of knit structure.

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Dependent claims

A handbag comprising:

a bottom portion;
a sidewall portion, the sidewall portion extending up from the bottom portion, the sidewall portion comprising at least a first knitted element, the first knitted element being of a unitary one-piece construction formed during a knitting process on a knitting machine, the knitted element comprising at least first, second, and third knitted regions, the first knitted region of the first knitted element being seamlessly knitted with the second knitted region of the first knitted element, the third knitted region of the knitted element being seamlessly knitted with the second knitted region of the knitted element, the first knitted region of the first knitted element being of a first type of knit structure, the second knitted region of the first knitted element being of a second type of knit structure, the third knitted region of the first knitted element being of a third type of knit structure, the second type of knit structure being different from the first type of knit structure, the third type of knit structure being different from the first type of knit structure and different from the second type of knit structure, the first type of knit structure being a jersey stitch, the second type of knit structure being a pointelle stitch, and the third type of knit structure being a pointelle stitch, the third type of knit structure being more tightly knit than the second type of knit structure.

A method of constructing a handbag, the method comprising:

attaching a bottom portion to a sidewall portion substantially near a bottom edge of the sidewall portion such that the sidewall portion extends up from the bottom portion, the sidewall portion comprising at least a first knitted element, the first knitted element being of a unitary one-piece construction, the knitted element comprising at least a first knitted region, a second knitted region, and a third knitted region, the first knitted region of the first knitted element being seamlessly knitted with the second knitted region of the first knitted element, the third knitted region of the knitted element being seamlessly knitted with the second knitted region of the knitted element, the first knitted region of the first knitted element being of a first type of knit structure, the second knitted region of the first knitted element being of a second type of knit structure, the third knitted region of the first knitted element being of a third type of knit structure, the second type of knit structure being different from the first type of knit structure, the third type of knit structure being different from the first type of knit structure and different from the second type of knit structure, wherein the first type of knit structure is a jersey stitch, the second type of knit structure is a pointelle stitch, and the third type of knit structure is a pointelle stitch, the third type of knit structure being more tightly knit than the second type of knit structure.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.