Purse with intrchangeable front and top panels

Abstract

The purse having a rear panel including an upper edge and the body having a front panel, a region proximal to the upper edge of the rear panel including a longitudinal element formed internal to the upper edge of the rear panel, the element having an inner side wall and an outer sidewall; a linear plurality of fasteners secured upon the inner wall of the pocket proximal to the upper edge of the rear panel. An interchangeable closure flap removably attachable to the rear panel of the purse, the flap having a longitudinal edge of a width slightly less than the width of the longitudinal pocket of the rear panel of the purse, the flap having a longitudinal length slightly less than a length of the element; and a linear plurality of fasteners secured upon an inner side of the interchangeable flap and proximal to a rear edge, each fastener of the linear plurality of fasteners of the interchangeable closure flap corresponding in location to an opposing fastener of the plurality of fasteners within the longitudinal pocket, and an internal connection element of each fastener of each opposing pair of the pluralities of fasteners mechanically or magnetically press-fittably complemental to a connection element of its opposing fastener, in which a combined width of opposing fasteners, when secured to each other, does not exceed the width of the longitudinal element.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to the area of ladies' handbags or purses and, more particularly, to clutch purses having interchangeable outer or closure panels thereof.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]Efforts to produce a viable method and system of construction of ladies handbags and purses having interchangeable components inclusive of outer and closure portions thereof have existed for many years. Such art is represented by U.S. Pat. No. 5,503,204 (1996) to Byers; U.S. Pat. No. 6,029,723 (2000) to Baquero; U.S. Pat. No. 6,971,424 (2005) to Angevine; and U.S. Pat. No. 8,403,011 (2013) to McKendry.[0005]While the aforementioned prior art constructions are adequate for their basic purpose and function of providing handbags and / or purses with interchangeable components, they are, nonetheless, uniformly deficient with respect to their inability to provide a simple, efficient and practical purse having integrated u...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0007]It is an object of the invention to provide a purse having interchangeable closure flaps capable of conferring varying aesthetics to a purse as may be dictated by changes of fashion, style or preferences of the user.

[0008]It is a further object to provide a purse capable of reducing or minimizing time spent in searching for a particular purse compatible with a given outfit contemplated for a particular occasion or to make an individual fashion statement.

[0009]It is accordingly another object of the invention to minimize the number of handbags, purses, clutch purses or the like otherwise necessary to address colors and materials associated with changing styles and the like.

[0010]It is a still further object to provide a purse or handbag having an interchangeable closure flap which employs simple to employ hardware for both securement and release functions of the operative mechanism.

[0011]It is still a yet further object to provide a purse of the above type which is operative without changing the external appearance of the purse.

[0012]It is another object of the invention to provide a handbag or purse of the above type which takes advantage of state-of-the-art improvements in fasteners.

Problems solved by technology

While the aforementioned prior art constructions are adequate for their basic purpose and function of providing handbags and / or purses with interchangeable components, they are, nonetheless, uniformly deficient with respect to their inability to provide a simple, efficient and practical purse having integrated upper or closure panels thereof.

Images