GB2438825A

GB2438825A - Bag convertible to a garment

Info

Publication number: GB2438825A
Application number: GB0620797A
Authority: GB
Inventors: David Campbell
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-06-11
Filing date: 2006-10-19
Publication date: 2007-12-12
Anticipated expiration: 2026-10-19
Also published as: GB0620797D0; GB2438825B

Abstract

A bag convertible to a garment comprises a shoulder bag, clutch bag, handbag or beach bag or the like that converts to a garment, the garment being reversible and the bag having a central compartment having a removable and changeable cover that can be worn separately as a sarong 16. The garment may have adjustable shoulder straps and the whole device may be fully washable. When in garment form, the device can be worn over other items of clothing such as jeans or beach wear and may be spilt up the sides so as not to restrict the movement of the wearer.

Description

1 2438825 Handibag

Description:

Most handbags and shoulder bags are used by females in a variety of situations as a way of keeping all there everyday items that they need in one place, where they can be easily found and reached, everyday female necessities such as make-up, purse, hairbrush, diary (ect).

The problems with handbags is different bags are needed for different occasions some younger females don't even bother with a handbag and cram all there necessities into there pockets because they do not want to be holding anything or have anything dangling from there shoulder, they like to have there hands free all the time, holding a handbag to them its uncool. Another problem with handbags is that when ever you have to put them down it becomes acceptable for theft, but with the handibag you simply put it on around the waist, and for extra security if needed simply turn it around so the pockets are on the inside.(see figures 8 to 14) The handibag is a handbag that solves the above problems and more, it transforms from a handbag or shoulder bag to a clutch bag and beach bag as well as a garment in seconds and back again (as shown in figures 1 to 7), it can be worn over existing clothing, anything from jeans to beachwear, it is also reversible and can be worn with or without shoulder straps (as shown in figures 8 to 14), so no need to ever leave your handbag laying around or to have to dance round it at a night club, simply put it on and take it off when needed, and also with the help of a series of fasteners and flaps you can change the look of your outfit as the handibag has a cover that comes out and can be replaced with one of your choice that can be made Out of a multiple of fabrics with any colour, style or design you want so it can go with any outfit you are wearing at the time, the cover can also be used as a sarong (as shown in figure 15).

The handibag can be used as a regular handbag or shoulder bag with adjustable straps, inside and outside pocket compartments and a large central compartment, and also be used as a reversible garment that can be worn over existing clothes with or without shoulder straps, also it has interchangeable covers so that one side of the garment can be changed to a style, colour and design of your choice. To change the handibag into its different types of bag it's a simply case of moving around the four strap fasteners (40) to the different body and wing strap fasteners (33) (34) (37) and (38), apart from the clutch bag where the strap would just be removed (see figures 3,4,5,6,16 & 17) The handibag is fully washable and can be made from a multiple of different fabrics such as leather, denim, cotton (ect) as well as a multiple of different fastening devices, and it should be appreciated that the handibag could also be more rounded or squarer shaped or a less symmetrical shape and still be within the scope of the present invention.

The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying figures, it should be kept in mind that the following described embodiments are only given as an example and should not be construed as limiting the inventive concepito any particular physical configuration.

The key to the bag assembly is that both the wings (4) and (6) are slightly smaller to the body (2) so that when the inner wings (3) and (5) are brought together and placed into (1) the inner body (see figure 18) they sit in the centre of the inner body so that (26) the body fastener can be seen around the edge (see figure 5) and along with (31) the side fastener the bag can simply be brought together with no trouble.

The side split (see 46 in figure 8) is there so that the person wearing the garment has no restriction in movement so that things like dancing even running will not be restricted in anyway, the side split is just an empty space but could just be a slit up the sides, or it could be filled in with a stretchy kind of fabric so that its level of restriction still remains.

The outer shell and straps (see figures 16 and 17) can be made from a multiple of fabrics but are best made from a fabric which is rigid enough for the bag to maintain its shape but at the same time flexible enough to provide a comfortable garment.

There are a number of fastening devices used in the characterization of this bag and garment, fastening means and devices such as buttons, zips, hook on fasteners, Velcro, and press-stud fasteners, all used in the appropriate places, but arrange of other fastening devices can be used such as D-ring fasteners, hook and loop fasteners, buckles, magnetic fasteners and many other fastening types of devices.

A specific embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 16 -shows the two straps which each are comprised of two strap fasteners (40) which are used for fastening the strap on and off the bag and the garment, (41) shows the strap adjuster which is used for adjusting the length of the strap, (42) is the strap suspension and is there for comfort on the shoulders when movement is made with the garment on, (43) is the strap flap and is used for removing the strap fastener at one end and the strap adjuster so the strap (39) can be turn around so both sides can be used, (44) and (45) are the upper and lower strap flap fasteners which are used for connecting on the strap fastener by fastening together.

Figure 17 -shows the outer body shell which is comprised of, (2) which shows the central outer body shell, (4) shows the outer left wing and (6) shows the outer right wing, (8) shows the outer band which is securely fixed to the top of the central outer body shell and both outer right and left wings, (33) (37) and (38) are strap fasteners and are used in conjunction with the strap fasteners (40) in figure 16 to construct garment with shoulder straps, (25) shows outer band end fastener which is used with the inner band end fastener (24) in figure 18 to secure garment around the waist, (22) shows outer left wing fastener which is to be used in conjunction with (23) in figure 18 the inner right wing fastener to bring the front of the garment together, (34) shows the lower body strap fasteners which are used in conjunction with (33) the upper body straps fasteners along with (40) the strap fasteners in figure 16 to configure the straps on the bag, (19) and (20) are the left and right wing pocket fasteners which become the inside pockets of the bag and the front pockets of the garment, (21) are the body pocket fasteners which become the outside pockets of the bag and the back pockets of the garment, (13) and (15) are outer wing strips that are securely fixed, (11) is the outer central body strip and is also securely fixed.

Figure 18-shows the inner body shell without changeable cover which is comprised of, (I) the central inner body shell, (5) shows inner right wing, (3) is the inner left wing, (7) shows the inner band flap, (32) (35) and (36) are inner strap fasteners to be used in conjunction with strap fasteners (40) as shown in figure 16 to assemble second garment, (31) shows side fastener, (24) shows inner band end fastener that is to be used in conjunction with (25) the outer band end fastener as shown in figure 17. (23) shows the inner right wing fastener that is to be used in conjunction with the outer left wing fastener (22) shown in figure 17, (9) shows the right wing flap, (14) shows the removable inner right wing strip, (10) shows the removable inner body strip, (12) shows the removable inner left strip, (26) shows the body fastener, (29) shows bottom fasteners which work in conjunction with (30) top fasteners, Figure 19 -shows the construction of the interchangeable covers into the inner body shell, (7) shows the inner band flap that is securely fixed partly across to the inside of the outer band (8) in figure 17 to make a flap that goes all the way across the top of the inner body shell, see figure 18, (30) shows top fasteners that run all the way along the under side of the inner band flap and are used in conjunction with (29) the bottom fasteners that run along the inside of the outer band, (47) shows top central band end fastener that is to be in conjunction with (48) the bottom central band end fastener to bring the two band ends together, (9) shows the right wing flap with a number of top fasteners (30) running up it, they are to be used in conjunction with the corresponding (29) bottom fasteners running parallel along side, (14) shows the removable inner right wing strip, (30) on the inside of the removable inner right wing strip shows a number of top fasteners that are to be used in conjunction with (29) the bottom fasteners located at the bottom of the inner right wing, see (5) and (14) on figure 18, (27) shows a inner right wing strip hole that is to be used in conjunction with (29) and (30) the top and bottom fasteners located at the bottom of (9) the right wing flap, (10) shows the removable inner body strip and (30) on the inside of the removable inner body strip shows a number of top fasteners that are to be used in conjunction with (29) the bottom fasteners located at the bottom of (1) the central inner body shell, see (1) and (10) on figure 18, (26) shows the body fastener with runs along sides and the bottom of the central inner body shell, (12) shows the removable inner left wing strip, and (30) on the removable inner left wing strip shows a number of top fasteners that are to be used in conjunction with (29) the bottom fasteners located at the bottom of (3) the inner left wing, see (3) and (12) on figure 18, (28) shows the fastener peep holes.

Figure 20-shows the front of the changeable cover that is comprised of(l6) body of changeable cover, (17) left wing of changeable cover and (18) right wing of changeable cover, (16) (17) and (18) are formed on three piece of fabric that can be of any colour, style or design of your choice with or without pockets, (28) shows the fastener peep holes which are located all the way along the top of the changeable covers, down the side of the right wing and along the bottom, then also along the bottom of the body and the bottom of the left wing, these fastener peep holes are to be used in conjunction with (29) bottom fasteners and (30) top fasteners that are spread around the inner shell as shown in figure 19, using (7) inner band flap (9) right wing flap and removable strip (14) (10) and (12) in figure 19 the changeable cover simply falls into place and snapped in through (28) fastener peep holes, the changeable cover can be wrapped around the waist and worn as a sarong as seen in figure 15, by using the (50) bottom sarong fasteners in conjunction with (49) top sarong fasteners on figure 21.

Figure 21 -shows the underside of the changeable cover which is comprised of the underside of (16) (17) and (18) which are the body of changeable cover and the left and right wings of the changeable covers. (49) top sarong fastener to be used in conjunction with (50) the bottom sarong fasteners as seen in figure 20. (30) shows the top fasteners that are to be used in conjunction with (29) the bottom fasteners that are along both sides of (1) the central inner body shell as shown in figure 18, (29) shows the bottom fasteners that are to be used in conjunction with (30) the top fasteners that are located on the left and right wings in figure 18. (28) Shows the fastener peep holes which are holes in the fabric to be used in conjunction with (29) and (30) the top and bottom fasteners to secure the changeable cover in the inner shell see figure 1 8.all three pieces (16), (17) and (18) of the changeable cover are put together as one piece as shown in figure 19 by clipping (49) and (50) sarong fasteners together in the appropriate places, or they can be kept together by a string of elastic that runs through a channel all the way along the top of (16) (17) and (18) giving the sarong an expandable waist, or a small piece of stretchy material connecting (17) to (16) and another piece connecting (16) to (18), alternative methods can also be used to connect covers together.

Figure 22 -(51) of figure 22 shows the inner band suspension device which allows unrestricted movement for the wearer and also enables the garment to fit most people as well as go over existing clothing.

Although the garment opens up from the front it can be made to be opened up from either side or anywhere else, as long as the right fastening device for the job have been used, Key to Drawings 1. Central inner body shell 45. Lower strap flap fastener 2. Central outer body shell 46. Side split 3. Inner left wing 47. Top central band end fastener 4. Outer left wing 48. Bottom central band end 5. Inner right wing fastener 6. Outer right wing 49. Top sarong fastener 7. Inner band flap 50. Bottom sarong fastener 8. Outer band 51. Inner band suspension 9. Right wing flap 10. Removable inner body strip 11. Outer central body strip 12. Removable inner left wing strip 13. Outer left wing strip 14. Removable inner right wing strip 15. Outer right wing strip 16. Body of changeable cover 17. Left wing of changeable cover 18. Right wing of changeable cover 19. Left wing pocket fastener 20. Right wing pocket fastener 21. Body pocket fastener 22. Outer left wing fastener 23. Inner right wing fastener 24. Inner band end fastener 25. Outer band end fastener 26. Body fastener 27. Inner right wing strip hole 28. Fastener peep holes 29. Bottom fasteners 30. Top fastener 31. Side fastener 32. Inner body strap fastener 33. Upper body strap fastener 34. Lower body strap fastener 35. Inner right wing strap fastener 36. Inner left wing strap fastener 37. Outer right wing strap fastener 38. Outer left wing strap fastener 39. Strap 40. Strap fastener 41. Strap adjuster 42. Strap suspension 43. Strap flap 44. Upper strap flap fastener

Claims

Claims: 1. A handbag that can be used as a shoulder bag, clutch bag and

a beach bag as well as a reversible gannent with adjustable suspension shoulder straps, central garment has an interchangeable cover that can be removed and changed for a multiple of other covers with the design, colour and style of your choice, and covers can also be worn as a sarong that can be worn a multiple of different ways.

2. The bag as claimed in claim I can be made from a multiple of different materials and fabrics as well as a multiple of different fastening devices.

3. The bag as claimed in claim I and 2 has an inner shell that hostess interchangeable covers by means of flaps and fastening devices.

4. The bag as claimed in claim 1 has multiple pockets along with centre compartment.

5. The bag as claimed in claim I and 3 has a split up each side when in garment form so that movement is not restricted in anyway.

6. The bag as claimed in all the above claims has removable straps by way of fastening devices 7. The bag as claimed in claim 1 and 6 has straps that can be adjusted to make hand bag or shoulder bag.

8. The bag as claimed in claim 1 has removable suspension devices on straps so that body movement is not restricted in anyway when worn in garment form.

9. The bag as claimed in all the above claims is fully washable.

10. The bag as claimed in claim 1 goes over existing clothing, anything from jeans to beach wear, when in garment form.

11. The bag as claimed in all the above claims has suspension devices in waist band for comfort and also makes one size fit all.

12. The bag as claimed in claims 1, 5 and 10 acts as a security unit when in garment form.

Amendments to the claims have been filed as follows Claims: 1. A bag that is capable of changing into four different bag types (1) a handbag (2) a clutch bag (3) a shoulder bag and (4) a beach bag, the bag can also be worn as a garment that is also reversible with adjustable suspension shoulder straps, the reversible side of the garment has an interchangeable cover that can be removed and changed for a multiple of other covers with the design, colour and style of your choice, and the covers can be removed and worn separately as a sarong that can be worn a multiple of different ways.

2. The bag as claimed in claim I can be made from a multiple of different materials and fabrics such as leather, denim and cotton ect, as well as a multiple of different fastening devices such as zips, buttons, press studs, hook and loop fasteners ect, 3. The bag as claimed in claim I and 2 has an inner shell that hosts interchangeable covers by means of flaps and fastening devices. * bSS

s...' 4. The bag as claimed in claim I has multiple pockets along with a large centre compartment.

:.: 5. The bag as claimed in claim 1 and 3 has a split up each side when in garment S....

form so that movement is not restricted in anyway.

6. The bag as claimed in claim I has removable straps by way of fastening devices so that the straps can be removed from the rest of the bag and the garment when needed.

7. The bag as claimed in claim I and 6 has straps that can be adjusted to make hand bag or shoulder bag.

8. The straps as claimed in claim 1 and 6 has a small removable suspension device on the end of each strap so that body movement is not restricted in anyway when worn in garment form, when in bag form the small suspension devices can be removed until needed, 9. The bag as claimed in all the above claims is fully washable.

10. The bag as claimed in claim I has suspension devices in waist band for comfort and also makes one size fit all.

11. The bag as claimed in claims 1, 5 and 10 acts as a security unit when in garment form.