U.S. patent application number 14/130367 was filed with the patent office on 2014-06-05 for handbag convertible into a suitcase or a shopping cart.
This patent application is currently assigned to ALPASOBAGS SOCIEDAD LIMITADA. The applicant listed for this patent is Elias Ortiz Diaz. Invention is credited to Elias Ortiz Diaz.
Application Number | 20140151172 14/130367 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 44487179 |
Filed Date | 2014-06-05 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140151172 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Diaz; Elias Ortiz |
June 5, 2014 |
HANDBAG CONVERTIBLE INTO A SUITCASE OR A SHOPPING CART
Abstract
The invention relates to a handbag having concealed elements
which, when revealed, transform the handbag for other uses. The
essential features of the invention can be implemented in
alternative embodiments with details that differ from the
embodiment indicated in the example of the description while still
falling within the scope for which protection is sought. Likewise,
the invention can be manufactured in any shape or size using the
most adequate materials, since all of the above is in line with the
claims. The terms used in the description should always be
interpreted in the broad, non-restrictive sense.
Inventors: |
Diaz; Elias Ortiz; (Madrid,
ES) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Diaz; Elias Ortiz |
Madrid |
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ES |
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Assignee: |
ALPASOBAGS SOCIEDAD
LIMITADA
Madrid
ES
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Family ID: |
44487179 |
Appl. No.: |
14/130367 |
Filed: |
July 3, 2012 |
PCT Filed: |
July 3, 2012 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/ES2012/000181 |
371 Date: |
December 31, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
190/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45C 13/22 20130101;
A45C 7/0068 20130101; A45C 2009/007 20130101; B62B 3/02 20130101;
A45C 5/146 20130101; A45C 3/06 20130101; A45C 9/00 20130101; B62B
5/067 20130101; A45C 5/14 20130101; B62B 2206/006 20130101; B62B
2205/12 20130101; B62B 2206/02 20130101; A45C 7/0077 20130101; A45C
3/04 20130101; A45C 7/0063 20130101; B62B 2202/26 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
190/1 |
International
Class: |
A45C 9/00 20060101
A45C009/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jul 6, 2011 |
ES |
U20110620 |
Claims
1. A convertible handbag, convertible into a suitcase and/or into a
trolley bag, which has two frontal parts (1), a front part and a
back part, corresponding to the handbag larger surface sides, also
having two lateral sides (2) located between the frontal parts, and
having closing means on the upper part (3) of the bag, and with a
fixed piece (13) and another extendable one (14) at the bottom,
also having handles (7) for holding the bag, characterised in that
it comprises: means for enabling placement, unfolding and covering
some lateral folds (8) made on the sides of the bag, which allow,
once they are unfolded and extended, to increase transversally the
inside volume of the bag, that is to say, its width; means for
enabling placement, unfolding and covering means by which it is
possible to pull the bag once converted into a suitcase; a
retractable or extendable section, in a transversal sense to the
larger dimension of the bag, said section being arranged in its
bottom or base.
2. The convertible handbag according to claim 1, characterized in
that the means for enabling placement, unfolding and covering along
some lateral folds (8) from the lateral sides (2) consist of a zip
(9) which is covered by a closing flap (10), fixed at one of its
ends and which it closes at the other end by some closing means
(12) based on a hook and loop fastener.
3. The convertible handbag according to claim 1, characterized in
that the extendable handle (5) is equipped with several extendable
sections (5.1), (5.2) and (5.3), situated on the side of the bag,
which remain stored in a housing (6).
4. The convertible handbag according to claim 3, characterized in
that it has got a flap (5.4) to cover the access to the housing
(6), which hides the extendable handle (5) once it is stored in the
housing (6), said closing flap (5.4) being fixed by closing means,
which can be based on a plurality of loops on which are engageable
a plurality of little hooks located on an opposite part (5.5) where
it has to be closed.
5. The convertible handbag according to claim 2, characterized in
that in combination with the lateral sides folds (8), there is some
material (8.1) which covers the separation or enlargement of the
width of the bag that is stored, which when it is folded is next to
the folds (8) in the lateral sides (2), and it is covered by the
zip (9).
6. The convertible handbag according to claim 1, characterized in
that on the fixed bottom section (13) there is an extendable piece
(14), which can be hidden under the fixed bottom section (13).
7. The convertible handbag according to claim 6, characterized in
that both the fixed bottom piece (13) and the extendable piece (14)
have at least two rolling means, such as wheels (13.1) and (14.1),
respectively.
8. The convertible handbag according to claim 7, characterized in
that both the wheels (13.1) and the wheels (14.1) are collapsible,
for which purpose the wheels have a fold-away axis (13.4) and
(14.2), respectively.
9. The convertible handbag according to claim 6, characterized in
that the extendable piece (14) has a support piece (13.3).
10. The convertible handbag according to claim 1, characterized in
that it has means for storing, unfolding and hiding folds (16)
associated to a piece of material (17) that covers the folds (16)
made on the perimeter of the frontal parts (1) of the bag, said
folds being hidden by a zip (15).
11. The convertible handbag according to claim 1, characterized in
that it has reinforcements (11) on the frontal back part where the
extendable telescopic handle (5) is kept, and these reinforcements
totally or partially cover the back part of the bag.
12. The convertible handbag according to claim 2, characterized in
that the zip (9) on the lateral sides is split in two sections, an
upper zip (18) and a lower zip (19), and each one of them is
covered by its own closing flap (18.1) and (19.1), respectively.
Description
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 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.
[0002] 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.
[0003] 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.
[0004] 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.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0005] 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.
[0006] 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.
[0007] 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.
[0008] 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.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0009] 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.
[0010] 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.
[0011] 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.
[0012] 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.
[0013] 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.
[0014] 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.
[0015] 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.
EXPLAINATION OF THE FIGURES
[0016] 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.
[0017] In FIG. 1, the representation in perspective of the handbag
object of the invention can be seen, before it has undergone any
change, and when used as a handbag.
[0018] In FIG. 2, a detail of the section obtained by cutting one
lateral side by plan AB, is shown.
[0019] In FIG. 3, the bag has been represented in perspective, with
the telescopic handle unfolded, and some details of the lateral
sides.
[0020] In FIG. 4a a lateral side is shown in detail, partially
opened and at the beginning of the extension process.
[0021] FIG. 4b shows the same previous figure with the lateral
sides almost in full extension.
[0022] In FIG. 5 the bottom of the bag is shown before it has been
unfolded.
[0023] In FIG. 6 a front view of the bottom of the bag is shown,
with the retractable section totally unfolded.
[0024] In FIG. 7, a lateral view of the bottom of the bag is shown,
where the wheels are displayed.
[0025] In FIG. 8, a representation of the bottom of the bag is
shown, seen from outside, where the relative position adopted by
the two parts that make the bottom of the bag can be seen.
[0026] FIG. 9 shows a further embodiment of the bag which allows
increasing its height.
[0027] FIG. 10 shows a detail of the means for keeping, unfolding
and hiding the folds of vertical extension of the bag.
[0028] FIG. 11 shows the bag with its extendable telescopic handle
totally extended, and also the unfolding of the bag according to
its height.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
[0029] A preferred embodiment of the invention follows, in
accordance with the figures.
[0030] In FIG. 1, it can be seen that the bag has got two frontal
parts (1): a front part and a back part, corresponding with the
larger surface sides of the bag. It also has two lateral sides (2)
which are located between the frontal parts. It has got closing
means arranged on the upper part (3) of the bag, which in the
Figure have been represented by a zip (4), and handles (7) to carry
the bag.
[0031] In broken lines in FIG. 1 a housing (6) for the retractable
handle (5), which is covered by a flap (5.4), is shown.
[0032] In FIG. 2, a possible way to make the means for keeping,
unfolding and covering the folds (8) in the lateral sides (2) is
shown.
[0033] 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 .RTM..
[0034] 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.
[0035] In FIG. 3, the handbag can be seen with its extendable
handle (5) totally extended, in which it can be seen that it has
got three extendable sections (5.1), (5.2) and (5.3), but it could
also have a different number of extendable telescopic sections.
These sections are kept retracted in the housing (6) which has been
represented by broken lines, and are arranged at the bottom back
part of the bag. The flap (5.4) which hides the extendable handle
(5) once it has been retracted into its housing (6) is also shown,
said closing flap (5.4) being fixed by closing means, which can be
based on a plurality of plurality of loops on which are engageable
a plurality of little hooks located on an opposite part (5.5) where
it has to be closed.
[0036] In this FIG. 3 the closing flap (10) partially opened on
both sides can be seen, and on the upper parts of both sides the
closing means can be seen, which in the case shown is a zip
(9).
[0037] In FIGS. 4a and 4b the process of unfolding or expansion of
the lateral sides is shown, where it can be observed that in
combination with the folds in the lateral sides (8) there is some
material (8.1) which covers the separation or expansion of the bag
width. When the bag is folded in its lateral sides, said material
(8.1) is kept next to the folds (8) in the lateral sides (2), and
it is covered by the zip (9).
[0038] In FIG. 5 the front sight of the bottom of the bag is shown,
seen from its outside part, in which it is important to highlight
the presence of a fixed bottom piece (13), on which there are
arranged at least two rolling means, such as wheels (13.1), and
also the presence of holes (13.2) is shown.
[0039] In FIG. 6, it is shown how the bottom can be extended
widthwise by unfolding of an extendable part or piece (14), which
can be retracted or hidden under the fixed bottom piece (13). Said
extendable piece (14) is also equipped with rolling means, which
have been represented by wheels (14.1) in the figure, which are
placed in the holes (13.2) made on the fixed bottom piece (13).
[0040] Both the wheels (14.1) and the wheels (13.1) can be
collapsible or fixed, adapting to the most appropriate
configuration.
[0041] In FIG. 7 it is observed how the extendable piece can be
opened or closed (14) in relation to the fixed bottom piece (13),
even in the case of having the wheels unfolded.
[0042] In FIG. 8 it is observed that the extendable bottom piece
(14) is also equipped with a support piece (13.3) which,
optionally, allows increasing the stability of the bag once
converted into a suitcase.
[0043] 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.
[0044] 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.
[0045] In FIGS. 9 and 10 a further embodiment is shown, which
increases the capacity of the suitcase by allowing an increase in
its height, for the purpose of which it is equipped with means for
keeping, unfolding and hiding folds (16) made around the perimeter
of the front parts (1) of the bag. These folds are hidden by
closing means which in the represented example is a zip (15).
[0046] In FIG. 9 a further embodiment of the bag can also be seen,
relating to the unfolding of the lateral sides (2), which are
equipped with zips divided in two sections, an upper zip (18) and a
lower zip (19), so that the bag can be expanded to make it higher
by means of the zip (15).
[0047] Additionally, the zips (18) and (19) can remain covered by
some closing flaps (18.1) and (19.1) respectively, as it is shown
in FIG. 9.
[0048] FIG. 11 shows how the bag would be like if the front parts
(1) are unfolded along the perimeter folds (16), being it visible
that it can be equipped with a piece of fabric (17) to cover the
folds (16) and it extends between the two halves of the zip (15.1)
and (15.2).
[0049] 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.
[0050] 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.
[0051] The terms in which this statement has been described must be
always taken in a wide and non-restrictive sense.
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