Patent Application
20120186709
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a small purse and more particularly to a small handheld sized purse that can be handheld or attached to a regular purse or handbag or allow a key chain to attach to it.
2. Description of Related Art
There are currently a lot of larger carrying purses and handbags that provide plenty of carrying space, but are disadvantageous in that it is hard to find items in large bags. Sometimes, even though the handbags have compartments to help organize stuff, they are over compartmentalized and still make finding stuff a challenging task. Getting those credit, gift or other retail shopping cards, including driving licenses and other identification cards out of pockets, purses or wallets whenever requested or wanted to use has never been easy, not to mention the time spent to do so. The same is true with other daily used items, mainly cosmetics, pills, sanitizers, mouth fresheners, keys, etc. Also there are the difficulties of carrying big purses, leaving keys on store counters and the hassle of searching and trying to remember the whereabouts of the keys. Therefore there is a need to have a purse that can provide instant access to the daily used items and cards. There is also a need to have a purse that allows the key chain to be attached to it so that the key chain won't be misplaced. There is also a need to have a purse that can be attached to a typically large purse or handbag so that the purse, the items inside the purse, and the attached key chain won't be misplaced or difficult to find.
Moreover, handbags or purses are designed or used on different occasions. One individual may have multiple handbags for different occasions. However, the daily used items and cards that are normally carried inside a handbag or purse for each individual are almost the same every day. Thus an individual will need to transfer these daily used items and cards from purse to purse when they change purses. It is troublesome to remove the daily used items from one bag and transfer to the other bag. Therefore, there is a need to have a purse of a compact size, which can collectively hold daily used items, cards and can be easily put in a handbag or attach to a handbag so that such transfer process is hassle free. Or this compact sized purse can be easily carried around by the hand strap.
The primary object of the invention is to provide an instant access to daily used items such as chap sticks, pills, first aid items, chewing gums, sanitizers, lip sticks, nail polishes, and identification cards, credit cards, driver license, etc. whenever needed, at home, in the car, at work or wherever it may be.
Another object of the invention is to provide access to an integrated mirror that helps whenever it is needed such as when putting on makeup, cleansing faces, etc.
A further object of the invention is to provide means for connecting a key chain for holding a set of keys.
A further object of the invention is to provide a hassle free means to collectively transfer daily used items and cards from one handbag to another.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide a small hand held purse that holds daily used items and cards so that the purse can be hand held alone or put in a garment or a jacket for easy access.
The present invention is related to a small purse and more particularly to a small handheld sized purse that may be attached to a keychain or a lady's bag/regular purse or handheld. The purse comprises five panels, front panel, back panel, two side panels, and a bottom panel, as well as a first flap. For each panel and flap there is an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner walls of the five panels define the body of the purse for holding daily used items. The first flap is designed to form the top of the purse to cover the body and the front cover of the purse. The front panel and the back panel are equal in size.
In the preferred embodiment, a male and a female turn locks are separately located on the first flap and on the front panel, when engaged, to close the purse. Other locking mechanisms known in the art may also be used.
The purse further comprises a sleeve pocket on the back panel, which can hold credit cards and other cards and is secured via a fastening mechanism on top of itself and on a second flap. The fastening mechanism when mated will be hidden from view (i.e., the fastener structures are completely covered by the second flap). A magnet locking mechanism or other locking mechanisms known in the art may be used.
In the preferred embodiment, the purse further comprises a D-ring located at the center of the edge connecting the back panel and the top of the purse. The D-ring gives the user the option of hooking the purse to a key chain. In other embodiments, this D shaped ring can assume any other shapes.
The purse further comprises a hand strap with a hook and a D-ring at one of the ends. The hook can be used to hook the D-ring on the purse. The hand strap helps carry the purse by hand and to hook it to the outside of lady's bags or a regular purse. In a preferred embodiment, this hook is a snap hook. The D shaped ring can also assume any other shapes.
The purse further comprises a mirror or a lighted mirror on the inside of the top. It may further comprise a flash light, or a digital clock either on the front or side of the body.
The purse can be made of leather, PVC, fabric or any other materials known in the art. The purse may be made in different sizes. It may assume different design features and appearance other than what is indicated in the drawings.
Other aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following detailed description, the appended claim, and the accompanying drawings in which similar elements are given similar reference numerals.
a is a right side view of an embodiment in a closed position according to the present invention.
b is a left side view of an embodiment in a closed position according to the present invention.
a is a top view of an embodiment in a closed position according to the present invention.
b is a bottom view of an embodiment in a closed position according to the present invention.
A purse comprises five panels, front panel, back panel, two side panels, and a bottom panel, as well as a first flap. For each panel and flap there is an inner wall and outer wall. The inner walls of the five panels define the body of the purse to hold daily used items. The first flap is designed to form the top of the purse to cover the body and the front cover of the purse.
The outer wall of the front panel of the purse contains a female end of a turn lock located at the center of the width and about a third of the length of the front panel from the top edge.
The outer wall of the back panel of the purse contains a sleeve pocket with an open slot for easy access to put or remove the credit card and identification cards into and from the sleeve pocket. On the outer wall of the sleeve pocket, there is a female end of the lock. A second flap is about one third of the width of the back panel extending from the center of the upper edge of the back panel and folds toward the outer wall of the sleeve pocket to allow the male end of the lock on the edge of the second flap to engage to the female end of the lock on the outer wall of the sleeve pocket. A magnet locking mechanism or other locking mechanisms known in the art may be used.
The first flap, which has the same width as the back panel, extending from the upper edge of the back panel is divided horizontally into two sections. The first section connected to the upper edge of the back panel when folded inwards forms the top of the purse to cover the body. The second section is folded downward and perpendicular to the first section (top) towards the bottom of the purse and overlapped the top portion of the outer wall of the front panel to allow the male end of the turn lock on the second section to engage with the female end of the lock on the front panel to cover the front panel for securing the daily used items stored inside the body.
There is a mirror located on the inner wall of the top, which is the first section of the first flap, of the purse. The mirror could be a lighted mirror. The integrated mirror helps whenever it is needed, such as when putting on makeup, cleansing faces, etc. A D-ring is located at the center of the edge connecting the back panel and the top of the purse. The D-ring gives the user the option of hooking the purse to a key chain. This D shaped ring can assume any other shapes.
The purse further comprises a hand strap with a snap hook and a D-ring at one of the ends. The snap hook can be used to hook to the D-ring on the purse. The hand strap helps the user to carry the purse by hand and to allow hooking onto the outside of lady's bags or a regular purse.
The front view of an open purse is disclosed in
a and 4b show both a right and left side views of the purse 100 respectively, wherein the right side panel 3 in
The top view of an embodiment is shown in
A perspective view of the purse is disclosed in
The key chain purse can be made of leather, PVC, fabric or any other materials known in the art. The key chain purse can be made in different sizes. It may also assume different design features and appearance other than what is indicated in the drawings. A digital clock and a mini flash light may be incorporated into the purse either in the front or side of the body (not shown in the drawings). The inside of the body may be divided into compartments to organize the items put in the purse.
While there have been shown and described and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention and not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Obvious modifications or variations are possible in light of the above teachings. The embodiments discussed were chosen and described to provide the best illustration of the principles of the invention and its practical application to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated All such modifications and variations are within the scope of the invention as determined by the appended claims when interpreted in accordance with the breadth to which they are entitled.
