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US 11,452,363 B1Granted
Transformable and wearable utility article
OwnerGerardo Fetermaninventor
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Abstract
A wearable article that is transformable between a garment configuration and a bag configuration. A writing instrument holder and an eyewear holder may be included to add utility to the article. The bag configuration has two forms: a handbag form and a backpack form depending on the number of straps and their selected attachment points. Handles of the bag configuration are concealable and may have a thru-design for adding strength to the bag configuration.
Claims18
A wearable article that is physically and selectively convertible between a garment configuration and a bag configuration, the article comprising:
- in adopting either of a selected one of the garment configuration or the bag configuration, a carrying arrangement in the form of a concealable handle, for carrying the wearable article selectively adopting either of the garment configuration or the bag configuration;
- wherein the wearable article includes at least one of a pair of sleeves and a collar in a garment configuration and wherein the at least one pair of sleeves and a collar are concealed in a bag configuration;
- wherein the carrying arrangement includes two handles that are oppositely located such that when the article is folded along a waist line into the bag configuration, the handles meet such that the handles are usable to carry the bag configuration;
- wherein the handles are each located at end portions of an inner strip, the inner strip passing through an underside portion of the article in the bag configuration to add strength to the bag configuration;
- wherein the handles are each concealable in a pocket in a rear surface of the garment configuration, each pocket having a closable opening on an outer rear surface of the garment configuration, and each closable opening is also on an exterior of the bag configuration;
- the handles being connected directly to one another via the inner strip;
- wherein the inner strip is a sub-surface strip such that the inner strip runs through a surface of the article;
- and
- the handles having a through-design such that they include the sub-surface strip attaching opposing handles together, configured such that the sub-surface strip adds strength to lower areas of the bag configuration due to the bag configuration having the sub-surface strip extend from handle-to-handle and, under tension, having been configured to support to the contained items.
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A wearable article that is physically and selectively convertible between a garment configuration and a bag configuration, the article comprising:
- in adopting either of a selected one of the garment configuration or the bag configuration, a carrying arrangement in the form of a concealable handle, for carrying the wearable article selectively adopting either of the garment configuration or the bag configuration;
- wherein the wearable article includes at least one of a pair of sleeves and a collar in a garment configuration and wherein the at least one pair of sleeves and a collar are concealed in a bag configuration;
- wherein the carrying arrangement includes two handles that are oppositely located such that when the article is folded along a waist line into the bag configuration, the handles meet such that the handles are usable to carry the bag configuration;
- wherein the handles are each located at end portions of an inner strip, the inner strip passing through an underside portion of the article in the bag configuration to add strength to the bag configuration;
- wherein the handles are each concealable in a pocket in the rear surface of the garment configuration, each pocket having a closable opening on an outer rear surface of the garment configuration, and each closable opening is also on the exterior of the bag configuration;
- the handles being connected directly to one another via the inner strip;
- wherein the inner strip is a sub-surface strip such that the inner strip runs through a surface of the article;
- and
- the handles having a through-design such that they include the sub-surface strip attaching opposing handles together, configured such that the sub-surface strip adds strength to lower areas of the bag configuration due to the bag configuration having the sub-surface strip extend from handle-to-handle and, under tension, having been configured to support the contained items.
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A wearable article that is physically and selectively convertible between a garment configuration and a bag configuration, the article comprising:
- in adopting either of a selected one of the garment configuration or the bag configuration, a carrying arrangement in the form of a concealable handle, for carrying the wearable article selectively adopting either of the garment configuration or the bag configuration;
- wherein the wearable article includes at least one of a pair of sleeves and a collar in a garment configuration and wherein the at least one pair of sleeves and a collar are concealed in a bag configuration;
- wherein the carrying arrangement includes two handles that are oppositely located such that when the article is folded along a waist line into the bag configuration, the handles meet such that the handles are usable to carry the bag configuration;
- wherein the handles are each located at end portions of an inner strip, the inner strip passing through an underside portion of the article in the bag configuration to add strength to the bag configuration;
- wherein the handles are each concealable in a pocket in the rear surface of the garment configuration, each pocket having a closable opening on an outer rear surface of the garment configuration, and each closable opening is also on the exterior of the bag configuration;
- the handles being connected directly to one another via the inner strip;
- wherein the inner strip is a sub-surface strip such that the inner strip runs through a surface of the article;
- and
- the handles having a through-design such that they include the sub-surface strip attaching opposing handles together, configured such that the sub-surface strip adds strength to lower areas of the bag configuration due to the bag configuration having the sub-surface strip extend from handle-to-handle and, under tension, having been configured to support the contained items.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.