Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Convertible or combined
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-25
2001-04-24
Vidovich, Gregory M. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Convertible or combined
C224S153000, C224S673000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06220493
ABSTRACT:
SPECIFICATION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to bags, and more particularly to a multi-way bag that can be carried as an arm-holding bag, a handbag, a shoulder bag, a rucksack, a wrist bag, a waist bag or the like.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Multi-way bags are known. For example, DE. Pat. No. 693,272 (Weber) discloses a multi-way bag which is a kind of draw-string bag having at it's top end an opening which can be closed by means of a strap.
Also, multi-way bags are disclosed in publications, such as U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,416,332 (Kliot), 5,526,924 (Klutznick), 4,998,653 (LaBelle), 5,577,652 (Cooper) and 4,810,102 (Norton) and FR. Pat. No. 2,394,268 (Llombart et al.). However, there has heretofore been no such a multi-way bag as can be used as an arm-holding bag, a handbag, a shoulder bag, a rucksack, a wrist bag, a waist bag or the like.
SUMMARY OF THE ENVENTION
The present invention is intended to provide an improved multi-way bag which comprises, in combination: a bag comprising front and back panesl, a pair of side panels, a top panel and a bottom panel; a length-adjustable strap for carrying the bag; four pairs of strap guides allowing said strap to pass therethrough and comprising first two pairs of strap guides and second two pairs of strap guides; and four connectors for connecting said strap to said bag so that said bag is supportable by a user with said strap; said connectors connecting said strap to said bag such that said bag is supportable by means of said strap in one of a plurality of configurations selected by the user, said first two pairs of the strap guides extending transversely of and being fixedly mounted on said top panel such that one of said two pairs is located at a portion near one end of said top panel and the other of said two pairs is located at a portion near the other end of said top panel, said second two pairs of the strap guides extending transversely of and being fixedly mounted on the bottom panel such that one of said two pairs is located at a portion near one end of said bottom panel and the other of said two pairs is located at a portion near the other end of said bottom panel, each of said four connectors being rotatably and slidably mounted inside each pair of said strap guides so as to be rotatable about the longitudinal axis of each of said top and bottom panels and to be slidable along said longitudinal axis for a predetermined distance.
It is, therefore, the principal object of the present invention to provide a multi-way bag which can be carried as an arm-holding bag, a handbag, a shoulder bag, a rucksack, a wrist bag, a waist bag or the like.
Other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description made in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3997092 (1976-12-01), Pogwizd
patent: 4810102 (1989-03-01), Norton
patent: 4836428 (1989-06-01), Evans et al.
patent: 4998653 (1991-03-01), LaBelle
patent: 5415332 (1995-05-01), Kliot
patent: 5526924 (1996-06-01), Klutznick
patent: 5577652 (1996-11-01), Cooper
patent: 5586703 (1996-12-01), Radar et al.
patent: 693272 (1940-06-01), None
patent: 2394268 (1979-01-01), None
patent: 409294618 (1940-06-01), None
Iijima Norihiro
Iijima Teruyo
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