US 10,575,613 B2Granted

Interchangeable handbag carry system

AssigneeID Bag, Inc

InventorsSusan Pace, Laurie McFadden

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Abstract

An interchangeable handbag system includes a stand alone foundation handbag having an inner storage accommodating surface and an outer decorative surface. The foundation handbag may have regions, such as a hollow interior, front panel, a rear panel and a bottom panel connected by at least one edge to form a hollow container open at a top end thereof. Alternately the foundation handbag may be a flexible open-top container with a closed bottom, where the hollow interior, front and rear regions are part of the continuous container. The handbag system includes one or more reversible and/or non-reversible outer bottomless band trim covers that fit over a portion of the foundation bag in a nested arrangement. The bottomless band trim covers may fit over a portion of the foundation bag and/or another bottomless band trim cover. The bottomless band trim covers and foundation bag are connected by one and/or multiple fastening structures.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A handbag system, comprising:

a foundation handbag having an inner storage compartment and an outer surface;
wherein
said foundation handbag having an interior, front, rear and bottom regions connected by at least one edge to form a container open at a top end thereof having a fastening closure for enclosing said open top end;
and wherein said handbag system comprises:
at least one zipper on said outer surface of, and extending around, said foundation handbag;
at least one outer suspended bottomless band trim cover having a plurality of freely suspended trim elements cantilevered downward at bottom edges therefrom, said at least one outer suspended bottomless band trim cover extending generally horizontally around at least a portion of said outer surface of said foundation handbag, said at least one outer suspended bottomless band trim cover having an interior, front, rear and side regions connected by at least one edge to form said at least one outer suspended bottomless band trim cover being open at both a top end and a bottom end thereof;
and
said top end of said at least one outer suspended bottomless band trim cover having a zipper portion engageable with said at least one zipper on said outer surface of said foundation handbag.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/485,957Filed 12 Apr 2017 · continuation
Priority: 15 Jun 2004
Published: US 2017/0273419 A128 Sep 2017
Granted: 3 Mar 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A45C 13/08
Details; Accessories: decorative devices for handbags or purses
A45C 3/001
Flexible luggage; Handbags: flexible materials therefor
A45C 3/08
Ladies' handbags: handbags provided with removable or washable covers
A45C 7/0068
Comprising an integrated expansion device: with slide fastener strips

Family

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Application11/637,436Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Dec 2006
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Application12/779,684Parent of this division · filed 13 May 2010
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Application13/356,149Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 23 Jan 2012
Application14/480,433Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Sep 2014
US 2017/0273419 A1Pre-grant publication · published 28 Sep 2017
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Application14/480,433Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application13/356,149Parent of this division
Application12/779,684Parent of this continuation
Application11/637,436Parent of this continuation-in-part
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US 10,575,613 B2This patent

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