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US 4,995,436 AGranted
Anti-theft handbag
OwnerJoseph L. Cantorinventor
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A method and means of safely securing valuables in the form of a break-away handbag. Removable reattachable adjacent bag segments are mounted to each other by means of snaps, VELCRO or the like. One or more bag segments act as a decoy and are positioned facing out and away from the body of the handbag holder while other adjacently placed bag segments designed to hold valuables are positioned more proximate to or up against the handbag holder's body. A shoulder strap is attached to a decoy bag segment and is hung over the user's shoulder. Cavities created between each of the adjacent bag segments are capable of enveloping the handbag holder's hand. When an extraordinary pulling force is exerted upon a decoy bag segment or segments, they will separate from the adjacent valuables bag segment or segments and said valuables bag segment or segments will be retained against or between the handbag holder's hand and body.
An anti-theft handbag device comprising two adjacent handbag segments, one handbag segment being larger than the other handbag segment and a means for detachably securing a side of the larger handbag segment to a side of the other handbag segment so that said means mate with each other in between the adjacent handbag segments wherein a cavity means is located between the adjacent handbag segments when they are joined together, said cavity means being capable of receiving and enveloping a hand of the holder of the anti-theft bag and said larger handbag segment having a carrying strap mounted thereon so that upon extraordinary pulling of either the carrying strap or the larger handbag segment, the carrying strap and larger handbag segment will separate along a generally horizontal direction from the other handbag segment.
An anti-theft handbag device comprising at least two adjacent handbag segments, wherein one of the adjacent handbag segments has a carrying strap mounted thereon, wherein the carrying strap is comprised of a means for being removably and reattachably mounted at at least one end whereby upon extraordinary pulling the strap will separate from said one of the adjacent handbag segments at the point of the removable and reattachable mounting means, said handbag device further comprised of means for detachably securing an exterior side of one of the handbag segments to an exterior side of the other so that said means mate with each other in between the adjacent handbag segments whereby upon extraordinary pulling said handbag segments will separate along a generally horizontal direction.
An anti-theft handbag device comprising at least two adjacent handbag segments and means for detachably securing an exterior side of one of the handbag segments to an exterior side of the other so that said means mate with each other in between the adjacent handbag segments such that a cavity means is located between each adjacent segment which they are joined together, said cavity means being capable of receiving and enveloping a hand of the holder of the anti-theft handbag, whereby upon extraordinary pulling said handbag segments will separate along a generally horizontal direction.
A method of securing valuables which comprises (1) removably attaching adjacent bag segments to one another so that a cavity is created between each adjacent bag segment;
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