Patent ID: 9648932
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A45C

Claim:
1. A handbag comprising, in combination: a body forming an interior compartment and an opening for accessing the interior compartment; a first hanger sewn to the body only near an upper edge of the first hanger so that a free lower edge of the first hanger hangs downward in a direction away from the opening within the interior compartment and selectively pivots upward about the upper edge; a second hanger sewn to the body only near an upper edge of the second hanger so that a free lower edge of the second hanger hangs downward in a direction away from the opening within the interior compartment and selectively pivots upward about the upper edge; wherein the body has opposed first and second sides, and the first hanger is centrally secured to the first side and the second hanger is centrally secured to the second side opposed to the first hanger; a first pocket assembly having front and rear sides, a hanger portion configured to cooperate with the first hanger, a storage portion located below the hanger portion, and at least one first pocket for storage located on the front side of the storage portion and having a top opening; wherein the hanger portion of the first pocket assembly is removably secured to the first hanger with a plurality of first snaps so that the first pocket assembly hangs down from the first hanger within the interior compartment away from the opening of the body with the front side facing inward into the interior compartment of the body and with the top opening of the first pocket facing upward toward the opening of the body, and so that the top opening of the first pocket is accessible through the opening of the body when the first pocket assembly is hanging down from and supported by the first hanger within the interior compartment when removably secured to the first hanger assembly; wherein the first pocket assembly is secured to the first hanger only near the free lower edge of the first hanger so that the first pocket assembly freely hangs from and pivots with the first hanger within the interior compartment and is secured to the body only by the pivoting first hanger so that the first pocket assembly is supported only by the pivoting first hanger within the interior compartment when removably secured to the first hanger assembly; a second pocket assembly having front and rear sides, a hanger portion configured to cooperate with the second hanger, a storage portion located below the hanger portion, and at least one second pocket for storage located on the front side of the storage portion and having a top opening; wherein the hanger portion of the second pocket assembly is removably secured to the second hanger with a plurality of second snaps so that the second pocket assembly hangs down from the second hanger within the interior compartment away from the opening of the body with the front side facing inward into the interior compartment and with the top opening of the second pocket facing upward toward the opening of the body, and so that the top opening of the second pocket is accessible through the opening of the body when the second pocket assembly is hanging down from the second hanger within the interior compartment when removably secured to the second hanger assembly; wherein the second pocket assembly is secured to the second hanger only near the free lower edge of the second hanger so that the second pocket assembly freely hangs from and pivots with the second hanger within the interior compartment and is secured to the body only by the pivoting second hanger so that the second pocket assembly is supported only by the pivoting second hanger within the interior compartment when removably secured to the second hanger assembly; wherein the hanger portion of the first pocket assembly is secured over the first hanger within the interior compartment so that the hanger portion of the first pocket assembly is secured to the first hanger opposite the body with the first hanger located between the body and the hanger portion of the first pocket assembly within the interior compartment, and the hanger portion of the second pocket assembly is secured over the second hanger within the interior compartment so that the hanger portion of the second pocket assembly is secured to the second hanger opposite the body with the second hanger located between the body and hanger portion of the second pocket assembly within the interior compartment; wherein the first hanger-is configured so that the plurality of first snaps on the first hanger is not visible when the first pocket assembly is removed from the first hanger, and wherein the second hanger is configured so that the plurality of second snaps on the second hanger is not visible when the second pocket assembly is removed from the second hanger; and a first cover flap secured to the body near an upper edge of the first cover flap so that a free lower edge of the first cover flap hangs downward in a direction away from the opening with the first hanger located between the first cover flap and the body within the interior compartment to cover the first hanger within the interior compartment, and a second cover flap secured to the body near an upper edge of the second cover flap so that a free lower edge of the second cover flap hangs downward in a direction away from the opening with the second hanger located between the second cover flap and the body within the interior compartment to cover the second hanger within the interior compartment.