Convertible strap handbag

A convertible strap handbag comprising:

• a receptacle having a top flap connected to a back panel and extending over a top of the handbag, a bottom panel extending to meet a front panel and extending to meet the back panel;
• a secure belt strap attached to the back panel extending centrally along a vertical direction from the back panel and over the top flap to a free end;
• a domed frame having an arched top end, a secure strap hole, and a base end, wherein the secure strap hole is closer in distance to the base end than to the arched top end, a width of the domed frame widens around the secure strap hole then narrows toward the base end, wherein the domed frame is attached to the front panel at the base end and aligned vertically with the secure belt strap, such that the secure strap hole is configured to receive the free end of the secure belt strap;
• a right panel connecting right side edges of the front panel to right side edges of the back panel and a left panel connecting left side edges of the front panel to left side edges of the back panel, wherein the right panel and the left panel each flare out beginning from a bottom of the handbag to a widest end at the top of the handbag, each widest end of the right panel and left panel extending horizontally beyond respective side edges of the top flap;
• a single removable strap having a first end, a second end;
• a plurality of spaced apart rings attached to the back panel, through which the removable strap is reversibly engaged, wherein the first end is engaged through a ring of the plurality of spaced apart rings and secured in a loop upon itself using a stud mating with an opening and the second end is engaged through another ring of the plurality of spaced apart rings and secured in a loop upon itself using a second stud mating with a second opening,
• wherein the removable strap is convertible from a backpack carrying configuration to shoulder or cross-body carrying configuration without disconnecting the removable strap after engagement through the rings and securement to the handbag.

A method of converting a carrying position of a convertible strap handbag comprising a receptacle having a top flap connected to a back panel and extending over a top of the handbag, a bottom panel extending to meet a front panel and extending to meet the back panel;

• a secure belt strap attached to the back panel extending centrally along a vertical direction from the back panel and over the top flap to a free end;
• a domed frame having an arched top end, a secure strap hole, and a base end, wherein the secure strap hole is closer in distance to the base end than to the arched top end, a width of the domed frame widens around the secure strap hole then narrows toward the base end, wherein the domed frame is attached to the front panel at the base end and aligned vertically with the secure belt strap, such that the secure strap hole is configured to receive the free end of the secure belt strap;
• a right panel connecting right side edges of the front panel to right side edges of the back panel and a left panel connecting left side edges of the front panel to left side edges of the back panel, wherein the right panel and the left panel each flare out beginning from a bottom of the handbag to a widest end at the top of the handbag, each widest end of the right panel and left panel extending horizontally beyond respective side edges of the top flap;
• the method comprising:
• holding the removable strap at the center section and releasing the handbag to extend a length of the removable strap for an over a shoulder or a cross-body carrying setting.