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Accessory for clutch bag

USPTO Application #: 20090129705
Title: Accessory for clutch bag
Abstract: A pouch receives an item to be hung on a support member, the pouch including a substantially enclosed receptacle having an opening dimensioned to selectively receive an item within the receptacle and to allow removal of the item from the receptacle. The receptacle is formed of a flexible material that can be compressed into a reduced volume when an item is not contained within a receptacle and to an expanded volume when an item is received within the receptacle. An attachment member on a receptacle is provided that is suitable for placement on a hook or other support member. The receptacle is preferable formed of a compressible material, such as a stretchable fabric, or a netting material. The pouch can be collapsed, stored when not in use, and can be expanded to receive the item within it for hanging or supporting the item in the pouch on a hook or the like. (end of abstract)



Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP - Scarsdale, NY, US
Inventors: Susan SIMONSON, Allison Marchese
USPTO Applicaton #: 20090129705 - Class: 383 22 (USPTO)

Accessory for clutch bag description/claims


The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090129705, Accessory for clutch bag.

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This application claims the priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/988,280 filed on Nov. 15, 2008, which provisional application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

This invention relates to ladies\' handbags and, more specifically, to an accessory for clutch bags that do not include straps or handles, or for other similar portable items that cannot be hung on a hook or the like.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Ladies\'s handbags typically have straps or handles for holding the bags or slinging them over the shoulder of a user. One such handbag is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,799,326. Conventional bags with straps or handles can be hung on a hook or the like. This may be desirable or necessary in certain instances, such as when the bag must be set down in a restaurant, a rest room, and the like and it is not desired to place the bag on the floor or ground. However, a category of ladies\' bags known a clutch bags are designed and intended to be clutched under the arm. Some clutch bags have handles or straps, such as in U.S. Pat. Nos. D 283,082 and D 411,764. These clutch bags, while intended to be clutched under the arm are also provided with small handles or straps that can be held by the hand or can be used to hang the bag on a hook or the like, although the handles or straps shown are too small or too short to hand over the back of a chair, such as in a restaurant.

Most clutch bags, however, have no handles or straps at all, such as the clutch bag disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,677,317. Bags of this type are the more traditional clutch bags and for these types of bags a woman has no way of letting the bag out of her hands without resting it on a surface, including a floor or on the ground. Attention is directed, in this connection, to U.S. Pat. No. D 256,198 which discloses a clutch bag display unit. It will be noted that this display includes no hooks or other devices for hanging the bags from handles or straps. Instead the display consists of a plurality of surfaces on which the clutch bags can be set down and displayed.

It has been a real disadvantage and a problem for women who carry clutch bags when they need to set it down for any one of a number of different purposes. Setting the bags on the ground or a floor of a ladies\' room is not a viable option because of the possible unsanitary conditions that may exist in some of these environments or because they may create a hazard by becoming an obstacle over which someone may trip and fall.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an accessory for clutch bags that can be sold in combination with clutch bags, or independently thereof, that allows a clutch bag without straps or handles to by hung up on a hook or the like.

It is another object of the invention to provide an accessory as in the previous object that is simple in construction and economical to manufacture.

It is still another object of the invention to provide an accessory of the type under discussion that is compressible to occupy a significantly smaller volume when compressed and not in use than when expanded and in use.

It is yet another object of the invention to provide an accessory as in the previous objects that can be stored within the clutch bag, when not in use, and removed from the clutch bag and have the clutch bag placed within the accessory, that has handles or straps, so that the accessory and the clutch bag may be hung on a hook or the like, or on the back of a chair, etc. when the user needs to set the bag down in a public facility, restaurant or the like.

It is a further object of the invention to provide any suitable material for such accessory as in the previous objects that requires a very small volume when compressed, such as netting material, so that the accessory does not take away any material amount of space from typically small clutch bag interior spaces.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other aspects of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are part of this disclosure and which illustrate, by way of example, the principles of this invention.

FIG. 1 is an elevational view of an accessory for a clutch bag in accordance with the invention, shown in a compressed state to occupy a very small volume to fit within a relatively small compartment of a clutch bag without consuming too much of the interior space in the bag, and an associated loop or strap;



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