US 2003/0116243 A1Published application

Ultimate organizer handbag

OwnerArline Cooperinventor

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Abstract

The present invention provides a handbag equipped with a zipper for opening a section of the bag located between the front and interior walls thereof. When this section of the bag is unzipped, the faces of said front and interior walls are exposed and permit a user to obtain various handbag items from pockets attached to said faces. The bag may be carried in the hand or over the shoulder as a result of a loop and ring arrangement which are connected by an adjustable strap and buckle arrangement. Other sections of the bag contain loop and ring arrangements for rapidly obtaining keys, a pager, a cosmetic pouch or the like. By virtue of the present invention, all contents of the inventive bag can be easily and quickly accessed by a user with one easy motion, while the bag is on or off his shoulder, without placing the bag on a flat surface. The inventive bag contains a foldable flap located at the bottom of the bag which provides a bottom wall to the bag when the zipper is unzipped. This flap may be equipped with rigid and/or hinged inserts to prevent the front and interior walls of the bag from collapsing shut while the zipper is unzipped and the bag is in an open position. Alternatively, these inserts likewise maintain the front and interior walls of said bag in an open or closed position as desired so that the contents of the bag may be easily obtained and the bag may be easily zipped or unzipped. A rigid and/or hinged insert may also be fitted within the front and/or an interior wall of the bag to further maintain the front and interior walls of said bag in an open or closed position as desired.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A carrying bag containing at least five walls including a front, back, and bottom wall and a first and second side wall further comprising:

(a) a first and second face located on opposite sides of the front wall of said bag;
(b) a third and fourth face located on opposite sides of the back wall of said bag;
(c) a ninth and tenth face located on opposite sides of the second side wall, whereby said second side wall is attached to the front and back walls of said bag;
(d) an interior wall of said bag containing a thirteenth and fourteenth face, whereby said interior wall is located between the front and back walls and is attached to the bottom and two side walls of said bag;
(e) a fifth and sixth face located on opposite sides of the first side wall of said bag, whereby said first side wall is attached to the interior and back walls of said bag;
(f) an eleventh and twelfth face located on opposite sides of the bottom wall of said bag, whereby said bottom wall is attached to the two side walls and the interior and back walls of said bag;
(g) loops attached to the interior and back walls of the bag;
(h) rings fitting through said loops;
(i) an adjustable, flexible strap fitting through each of said rings;
(j) a male zipper section attached to at least two of said interior, first side and bottom walls of said bag;
(k) a female zipper section attached to the bottom and front walls of said bag, such that when the male and female zipper sections are zipped, the first side wall and bottom wall extend from the front wall to the back wall of said bag;
(1) a generally triangular shaped flap located between, and attached to, a portion of the bottom end of the front and interior walls, such that when the male and female zipper sections are unzipped, the first side wall extends from the back wall to the interior wall of the bag and said flap provides the bottom wall of the bag between the front and interior walls thereof;
and
(m) first insert means attached to said flap and hinged adjacent said second side wall of the bag for providing support to said bottom wall of the bag to permit said front and interior walls of said bag to remain in an open position when the zipper sections are unzipped.

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A carrying bag containing at least five walls including a front, back, and bottom wall and a first and second side wall further comprising:

(a) a first and second face located on opposite sides of the front wall of said bag;
(b) a third and fourth face located on opposite sides of the back wall of said bag;
(c) a ninth and tenth face located on opposite sides of the second side wall, whereby said second side wall is attached to the front and back walls of said bag;
(d) an interior wall of said bag containing a thirteenth and fourteenth face, whereby said interior wall is located between the front and back walls and is attached to the bottom and two side walls of said bag;
(e) a fifth and sixth face located on opposite sides of the first side wall of said bag, whereby said first side wall is attached to the interior and back walls of said bag;
(f) an eleventh and twelfth face located on opposite sides of the bottom wall of said bag, whereby said bottom wall is attached to the two side walls and the interior and back walls of said bag;
(g) loops attached to the interior and back walls of the bag;
(h) rings fitting through said loops;
(i) an adjustable, flexible strap fitting through each of said rings;
(j) a male zipper section attached to at least two of said interior, first side and bottom walls of said bag;
(k) a female zipper section attached to the bottom and front walls of said bag, such that when the male and female zipper sections are zipped, the first side wall and bottom wall extend from the front wall to the back wall of said bag;
(l) a generally triangular shaped flap located between, and attached to, a portion of the bottom end of the front and interior walls, such that when the male and female zipper sections are unzipped, the first side wall extends from the back wall to the interior wall of the bag and said flap provides the bottom wall of the bag between the front and interior walls thereof;
and
(m) second insert means attached to said flap adjacent said first side wall and zipper sections for providing support to said bottom wall of the bag to permit said front and interior walls of said bag to remain in an open position when the zipper sections are unzipped.

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A carrying bag containing at least five walls including a front, back, and bottom wall and a first and second side wall further comprising:

(a) a first and second face located on opposite sides of the front wall of said bag;
(b) a third and fourth face located on opposite sides of the back wall of said bag;
(c) a ninth and tenth face located on opposite sides of the second side wall, whereby said second side wall is attached to the front and back walls, of said bag;
(d) an interior wall of said bag containing a thirteenth and fourteenth face, whereby said interior wall is located between the front and back walls and is attached to the bottom and two side walls of said bag;
(e) a fifth and sixth face located on opposite sides of the first side wall of said bag, whereby said first side wall is attached to the interior and back walls of said bag;
(f) an eleventh and twelfth face located on opposite sides of the bottom wall of said bag, whereby said bottom wall is attached to the two side walls and the interior and back walls of said bag;
(g) loops attached to the interior and back walls of the bag;
(h) rings fitting through said loops;
(i) an adjustable, flexible strap fitting through each of said rings;
(j) a male zipper section attached to at least two of said interior, first side and bottom walls of said bag;
(k) a female zipper section attached to the bottom and front walls of said bag, such that when the male and female zipper sections are zipped, the first side wall and bottom wall extend from the front wall to the back wall of said bag;
(l) a generally triangular shaped flap located between, and attached to, a portion of the bottom end of the front and interior walls, such that when the male and female zipper sections are unzipped, the first side wall extends from the back wall to the interior wall of the bag and said flap provides the bottom wall of the bag between the front and interior walls thereof;
and
(m) third insert means attached to said second and thirteenth faces of said bag for providing support to said front and interior walls of said bag to permit said front and interior walls of said bag to remain in an open position when the zipper sections of said bag are unzipped.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/908,701Filed 20 Jul 2001
Priority: 15 Feb 2000
Published: 26 Jun 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A45C 3/06
Flexible luggage; Handbags: ladies' handbags
A45C 13/02
Details; Accessories: interior fittings; Means, e.g. inserts, for holding and packing articles
A45C 13/1046
Of flexible ties: of strings or cords
A45F 3/02
Travelling or camp articles ; Sacks or packs carried on the body: sacks or packs carried on the body by means of one strap passing over the shoulder