Patent ID: 6186640
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
A hand bag, comprising:axle means;a plurality of arched support ribs each having a first rib end and a second rib end and being rotatably mounted at said first and second rib ends to said axle means and bowing outwardly between said first and second rib ends;flexible sheet material laterally interconnecting said support ribs which folds and unfolds in accordion fashion as said support ribs rotate about said axle means, said flexible sheet material having an opening defining a hand bag access opening, said plurality of support ribs being collapsed toward each other when said access opening is open and thus when said hand bag is open, and said plurality of support ribs being spread away from each other to define substantially a sphere when said access opening is closed and thus when said hand bag is closed;and handle means for carrying said hand bag.