Special receptacle or package – With ornamentation or simulation
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-02
2001-03-20
Foster, Jim (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
With ornamentation or simulation
C150S128000, C493S084000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06202846
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to carrying cases, and more specifically to a system of piping or welting to give a changeable decorative effect to a carrying case. The term “carrying case” is intended to include handbags, luggage, portfolios, satchels, purses, and the like.
Carrying cases often include piping or welting stitched along seams or along edges as trimming, to cover the seams and edges and to give them an aesthetic appearance. Welting that I am aware of is of a single color, typically the color of the case itself, or of a lighter or darker shade of that color to harmonize with it. Welting of that kind is the most relevant prior art that I know of.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A carrying case according to this invention includes a panels forming an enclosure, with welting along seams between adjoining panels and along the panel free edges. The welting includes a tube of light-transmissive material. A wire is removably inserted into the tube, the wire having a decorative surface color or design visible through the wall of the tube for decorative effect. The tube also acts as a cylindrical lens to magnify the appearance of the wire. A removable cap on one end of the tube prevents the wire from sliding out of the tube. The tube might be either transparent or translucent. The wire is interchangeable with other wires of different colors or designs to vary the decorative effect.
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Bird Robert J.
Foster Jim
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