Pocketbook protective device

Abstract

A protective device for shielding a bottom portion of a pocketbook is provided. The protective device having a cavity defined by a plurality of sidewalls and a flat base, wherein the sidewalls and base are interconnected by fold lines. The sidewalls extend to a peripheral flange that defines an opening communicating to the cavity. An elastic band may be connected along the peripheral flange so that when a bottom portion of the pocketbook is slid into the cavity, a user may selectively cinch the elastic band, securing the peripheral flange against the pocketbook. The protective device folds along the fold lines between an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration, wherein the folded configuration is dimensioned to be retained with the pocketbook the unfolded configuration is dimensioned to support.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to pocketbook accessories and, more particularly, to a device for protecting the bottom of pocketbooks.[0002]Pocketbooks can be extremely expensive and are continuously exposed to dirt, grime, and many germs, when placing down on any surface. Many times, women have no choice but to put their pocketbooks down on the floor, when in the car, or bathroom, or restaurant, or friends house, or park. Even in the grocery store, the cart can be dirty and full of germs, and a danger to one's pocketbook. Really everywhere and anywhere one goes, there is no great way to protect the pocketbook. The pocketbook gets dirty, and grimy, and germy. This is very disappointing after spending a lot of hard earned money on a beautiful pocketbook, just to have it ruined, when having no choice but to expose it to all of the unclean surfaces there are out there in the world.[0003]Currently, there are no devices for preventing this travesty. If som...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention is related to a protective device for pocketbooks or other similar items. The device includes a folded housing with an opening and a fold line that connects the housing to the base and the sidewalls foldable between the unfolded and folded positions. The device also includes a waterproof or water-resistant material, an elastic band, and a clamping device for securing the device in the unfolded position. The protective device can be easily stored in a pocketbook and easily used to protect the book during reading or writing.

Problems solved by technology

Pocketbooks can be extremely expensive and are continuously exposed to dirt, grime, and many germs, when placing down on any surface.

Even in the grocery store, the cart can be dirty and full of germs, and a danger to one's pocketbook.

Really everywhere and anywhere one goes, there is no great way to protect the pocketbook.

The pocketbook gets dirty, and grimy, and germy.

This is very disappointing after spending a lot of hard earned money on a beautiful pocketbook, just to have it ruined, when having no choice but to expose it to all of the unclean surfaces there are out there in the world.

Currently, there are no devices for preventing this travesty.

If someone improvised and used material made of some sort of paper to lay their pocketbook on (toilet paper, hand towels, napkins, tissues, newspaper), liquids would permeate such makeshift solution, and onto the pocketbook itself, causing a stain.

Furthermore, paper is also very thin, and not a sufficiently protective layer, whereby dirt, grime, stains and germs can penetrate and attach themselves to the pocketbook.

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