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US 5,314,102 AGranted
Handbag assembly
OwnerMelinda S. Royinventor
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Abstract
A handbag including various fasteners which enable the handbag to be unfastened and reassembled so that it can be worn by the user, for example around the ankle.
Claims7
A handbag, comprising:
- an inner pocket,
- an outer pocket, said inner and outer pockets each having a free side edge and a common side edge, each said pocket having an opening providing access to the interior of said pocket, the lower edges of said inner and outer pockets forming an oblique angle with the apex of said oblique angle at said common edge, the upper edges of said inner and outer pockets forming an oblique angle with the apex of said oblique angle at said common edge,
- one of said pockets including first free side edge fastener means, the other of said pockets including second free side edge fastener means engageable with said first free side edge fastener means for fastening together the free edges of said inner and outer pockets to form a space between said pockets which comprises the interior compartment of said handbag with both pocket openings being accessible from the exterior of the handbag, and
- complementary bottom edge fastener means attached to the lower portions of said inner and outer pockets for fastening the interior lower portions of said inner and outer pockets together to close the bottom of said interior compartment so that articles can be stored in said interior compartment, but whereby said first and second free side edge fastener means and said complementary bottom edge fastener means can be unfastened and said inner and outer pockets wrapped around a part of a wearer's body and secured in place on the wearer's body by said first and second side edge fastener means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.