The object of the present invention, as the title of the invention suggests, is a handbag which not only can be transformed into a suitcase, but also into a trolley bag. That is to say, it refers to a handbag which has got all the appropriate structural and dimensional qualities of a handbag, and also has the peculiarity of being able to become a suitcase with the appropriate characteristics of a suitcase, i.e. a larger volume, and it can also be converted into a trolley bag.
This invention is characterized by its special and thought-out structural features, in particular because of the possibility of enlarging its inside volume, thanks to the extendable lateral sides and to the bottom of the bag which can also be unfolded, which allows to enlarge its volume across the full width of the bag.
Additionally, it is also a characteristic of this invention the fact of including a deployable handle by means of some telescopic extendable sections, which can be kept in a compartment prepared for them on the outer rear side.
Therefore, the present invention belongs to the field of handbags, especially referring to its structural features, and, in a specific way, to those features which allow the enlargement of its inside volume.
In the existing state-of-the-art, there are known suitcases in which some of their dimensions allow to increase their inside volume, by means of the liberation of part of the material from their sides, which would be folded, such material is liberated by the opening of a zip or a similar closing device.
There are also some handbags that can partially increase some of their dimensions, also by the liberation or unfolding of a part of the closing material of the handbag, which would be folded.
However, it is not known in the existing state-of-the-art handbags which due to their constructive characteristics allow conversion into a suitcase or a trolley bag with all the characteristics implied, including larger inside volume and an extendable telescopic handle to enable better transportation.
Therefore, the object of the present invention is a convertible handbag into suitcase and into trolley bag, which overcomes the limitations of the suitcases and handbags existing up to now, regarding the possibility to enable increasing their inside volume. The following description further describes the design of the handbag introduced above and the essence of the said handbag is stated in claim 1.
The convertible handbag into a suitcase and a trolley bag consists of a proper handbag structure, with two frontal sides—a front part and a back part—corresponding with the larger surface sides of the handbag, and with two lateral sides. It has also got handles so that it can be held by hand.
The handbag, however, in addition to all the previously described characteristics, is equipped with means for keeping, unfolding and covering certain lateral folds, made on the sides of the bag which, once unfolded and extended allow an increase in the volume inside the bag regarding its transversal dimension, that is to say, its width.
Likewise, it is equipped with means for keeping, unfolding and covering certain means by means of which the bag can be pulled when converted into a suitcase.
At the bottom or base, the handbag is fitted with a retractable or extendable section in the transversal sense related to the larger dimension of the bag, so that when the width of the handbag is increased by the unfolding of the lateral folds, the bottom of the bag changes accordingly, that is to say, the transversal dimension increases in a similar manner to the increase of the width of the bag.
With the aim to carry the handbag once it has become a suitcase, apart from the extendable telescopic handle, the handbag has wheels at its bottom, which can be fixed or collapsible, depending on the use of the object at the time as a handbag, a suitcase or a trolley bag.
Optionally, an extra feature of the handbag is that it can be further equipped with means for increasing its height, which results in a larger inside volume, having, in a possible embodiment with means for keeping, unfolding and covering certain folds made around the perimeter of the bag.
Thanks to the features described, a bag is achieved that can be used as a handbag with all the components thereof, and which can be converted into a suitcase, by unfolding or extending its lateral sides, and optionally of its frontal sides, further having a telescopic extendable handle and rolling means, which may at least be collapsible.
To accompany the description which follows, and with the aim of making its characteristics clearer, the present descriptive statement is accompanied by a set of plans whose figures represent the most significant details of the invention, and are illustrated in a non-restrictive way.
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A preferred embodiment of the invention follows, in accordance with the figures.
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In the area where the frontal parts (1) join the lateral sides (2), the frontal parts have folds (8) arranged inside the lateral sides, and closed by closing means which, in a possible embodiment can be a zip (9). The said closing means are covered by a closing flap (10) which is fixed at one of its ends, and can be shut at its other end by another kind of closing means (1.2) based on a hook and loop fastener commercially known as Velcro ®.
In order to strengthen the lateral sides, there can be some reinforcements (11) on such lateral sides, which may totally or partially cover the back part of the bag where the extendable telescopic handle (5) is located, with the purpose of giving this side a greater strength.
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Both the wheels (14.1) and the wheels (13.1) can be collapsible or fixed, adapting to the most appropriate configuration.
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Both the wheels (13.1) and the wheels (14.1) can additionally be folded, for which purpose both wheels have got a folding axis (13.4) and (14.2), respectively, which axis allows the wheels to be folded so that they can be left as unobtrusively as possible at the bottom of the bag.
The bottom of the bag, where the extendable wheels and the fixed ones are hidden, is closed using any closing means as has been already described, or also by a zip on the outer surface of the bottom and which is not visible.
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Additionally, the zips (18) and (19) can remain covered by some closing flaps (18.1) and (19.1) respectively, as it is shown in
As it can be seen, the fact that it is equipped with closing zips on its lateral sides does not stop the bag from unfolding to increase its height, therefore thanks to the combination of the zips (15), (18) and (19) the bag can be extended both in width and height.
The invention, considering its essential design, can be made using alternative construction techniques that differ in detail to the one described here, which should be taken as an example of the description, and to which the protection claimed would equally apply. Likewise, it can be made in any shape and size, with the most appropriate materials, as all these possibilities are covered in the spirit of the claims.
The terms in which this statement has been described must be always taken in a wide and non-restrictive sense.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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U20110620 | Jul 2011 | ES | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/ES2012/000181 | 7/3/2012 | WO | 00 | 12/31/2013 |