Aug- 5, 1958
G. ARDEN
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'HANDBAG COVER
Filed Dec. 31. 1956
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United?tates. Patent
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2,845,974
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present invention with‘ ‘the"‘upperf?aps"in
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generally-the purseor handbag ‘of the ‘present invention.
The handbag comprises 'a‘ body member "11 which is‘ con- ‘
venien'tly‘made of ariy‘rigid material'so that the ‘handbag .
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will hold its shape.‘ 'The" bottor'n112 of the 'handbag is
10 closed‘by an ovate end‘mem'berl" 'As shown in the .draw
ings, member 11 is an ovatee‘cylindrica‘l shape and is ter
minated at the upper'end'with‘two"?aps 13 and 14." A
handle 15 is‘secured'at'each'end'to the'upp‘er'corners‘ of
the handbag as shown in Fig. 1. It is readily seen that
The present invention relates to handbags or purses
and more particularly to a novel cover for ladies’ fashion
the handbag may be conveniently closed merely by bend
ing ?aps 13 and “toward each other.
handbags.
Because the handbag is susceptible to wear and soiling
The almost universal use of ladies’ handbags or purses
during its normal use, a cover member 16 is provided
which will conveniently ?t over the purse 11. The cover
is preferably of a ?exible cloth like material and com
is well known and because they are carried about and
continually come into contact with other objects, hand—
bags are particularly susceptible to soiling and becoming
worn.
prises an ovate-cylindrical body portion 17 closed at the
bottom by end member 18. The body portion 17 may
Since handbags are generally of non-washable
material, they must be discarded after becoming soiled.
Also, the worn handbag is of little value and is quickly
discarded. It is to these and other disadvantages of con
ventional handbags that the present invention is directed.
Accordingly it is an object of the present invention to
.
Referring now- to the drawings; numeral 110 indicates
be made of one piece of material sewed along a seam 19,
or it may be made of two pieces of material sewed along
25 two seams.
The upper end of the cover 16 terminates
in extensions 21 and 22, each of which serves as one side
of a pocket. ' An inner ?ap 23 is of the same size and
provide a new and improved type of handbag.
Another object of the present invention is to provide
contour of extension 21 and sewed along the upper edge
24 thereof so that a pocket 25 is formed. Similarly an
a combination of a cover and a ladies’ handbag.
inner ?ap 26 is sewed along the upper edge 27 of exten
Another object of the present invention is to provide
sion 22 to provide a pocket 28.
a cover for handbags which is made of a washable ma
It is readily seen then that the cover member 16 may
terial.
be conveniently slipped over the purse or handbag 10
Another object of the present invention is to provide
and ?aps 13 and 14 inserted within pockets 25 and 28
a cover for ladies’ handbags which is of simple construc 35 respectively of the cover so that the cover is held snugly
tion and which may be readily and conveniently slipped
in place around the handbag. Thus, as the cover be
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over a handbag.
Another object of the present invention is to provide
. a novel handbag and a cover therefor which is of an
improved construction.
In accordance with the above and other objects, a
comes worn or soiled during the normal use of the hand
bag it may be conveniently removed and either washed or
replaced by another cover. Another advantage of the
40 present invention is that a number of covers 16 of differ
ent colors or having different designs thereon may be
provided. Thus if an owner desires to change the color
or appearance of her handbag she need only slip off one
member at the bottom end thereof. The upper end of
cover and replace it by another cover of the desired
the handbag body member terminates in two extensions 45 appearance.
which can be bent inwardly or toward each other to
Though the present invention has been described by
serve as upper ?aps one over the other. Thus a handbag
reference to a speci?c embodiment thereof it is under
is provided which is of simple construction yet attractive
stood that this is not to be considered as limiting the in
in appearance. A cover member made of a washable
vention as set forth in the appended claims.
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material is made to ?t over the handbag. The cover is
I claim:
also of an ovate-cylindrical contour closed at the bottom
1. A handbag comprising a body member of relatively
end. The upper end of the cover has two extensions or
rigid material, the upper end of the body member termi
?aps similar to the handbag body member. - Each of the
nating in two ?aps adapted to be bent over to close said
side extensions on the cover has a piece of lining material
handbag, a cover made of ?exible material comprising a
on the inner side thereof and sewed along the upper 55 body member, the upper end of the cover body member
edge of the cover so that, in effect, a pair of pockets are
terminating in two extensions of substantially the same
provided at the upper end of the cover member. These
size and shape of said handbag body member ?aps, each
pockets conveniently ?t over the ?aps of the handbag
of said extensions forming the outer side of a cover
and serve to maintain the cover in place in a snug ?t
pocket, a cover ?ap secured along the edge thereof to
around the handbag. Also, this construction provides
each of said cover extensions whereby a pair of pockets
a convenient arrangement for removing the cover.
are formed, said cover adapted to ?t snugly over said
The invention will be more fully understood from the
handbag whereby each handbag ?ap is received within
following description of a speci?c embodiment thereof
one of said cover pockets.
handbag is provided which is made of an ovate-cylindri
cal body portion of semi-rigid material having an end
taken with the drawings in which:
2. A handbag comprising a body member of rigid
Fig. 1 is an exploded view of the handbag and cover 65 material, a ?at end member secured along the outer edge
of the present invention,
Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of
thereof to the bottom of said handbag body member,
the upper end of the body member terminating in two
?aps adapted to be bent over to close said handbag, a
Fig. 1,
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of 70 cover made of ?exible material comprising a body mem
Fig. 2,
Fig. 4 is a side view of a handbag and cover of the
ber, an end member secured along the outer edge thereof
to the bottom of said cover body member, the upper end
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body member flaps, each of said extensions forming the
the upper end of the cover body member terminating in
two extensions of substantially the same size and shape
of said handbag body member ?aps, each of said exten—
outer side of a cover pocket, a cover ?ap secured along
sions forming the outer side of a cover pocket, a cover
the edge thereof to each of said cover extensions whereby
a pair of pockets are formed, said cover adapted to fit
?ap secured along the edge thereof to each of said cover
extensions whereby a pair of pockets are formed, said
cover adapted to ?t snugly over said handbag whereby
each handbag ?ap is received within one of said cover
of the cover body member terminating in two extensions
of substantially the same size and shape of said handbag
snugly over said handbag whereby each handbag ?ap
is received within one of said cover pockets.
3. A handbag comprising an ovate-cylindrical body
member of rigid material, a ?at ovate end member se
cured along the outer edge thereof to the bottom 'of said
handbag body member, the upper end of the body mem
ber terminating in two ?aps adapted to be bent over to
close the upper end of said handbag, a cover made of
washable material comprising an ovate-cylindrical body 1
member, an ovate end member sewed along the outer
edge thereof to the bottom of said cover body member,
pockets.
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