Convertible handbag
OwnerThelma J. Fromminventor
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Abstract
A handbag assembly is provided with separable inner and outer members which allow easy conversion into a variety of different styles and configurations. Specifically, the outer member comprises an envelope suspended from a carrying strap and having an open top closable by a conventional fastener. The inner member comprises a lining pouch sized to be closely received within the envelope. In one embodiment, the inner member is removably secured to the outer member by strips of hook and loop type fastening material which can also be used to seal the top edges of the inner member to one another when removed from the outer member.
Claims8
A handbag assembly comprising:
- a) an outer envelope having inner and outer surfaces and a top opening;
- b) closure means secured to said outer envelope for closing said top opening;
- c) an inner lining pouch removably carried in said outer envelope, said inner liner lining pouch having an open top and a pair of flexible top edge walls formed along opposite sides of said open top;
- d) mating elements of a first detachable interconnection provided along said top edge walls of said inner pouch, said mating elements including
- i) a first fastener extending along one of said top edge walls, and
- ii) a second fastener extending along the other of said top edge walls;
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- e) mating elements of a second detachable interconnection provided on said inner surface of said outer envelope along opposite sides of said top opening, said mating elements including
- i) a third fastener, and
- ii) a fourth fastener,
- wherein said top edge walls of said inner lining pouch are foldable from
- a first position in which said first and second fasteners face outwardly for mating with said third and fourth fasteners, respectively, to secure said inner lining pouch to the inner surface or said outer envelope, to
- a second position in which said first and second fasteners face inwardly for mating with one another to seal said open top of said inner lining pouch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.