Patent ID: 6047752
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: A45C,Y10S

Abstract:
A handbag for permitting easy access to a choice among a personal wireless telephone, a mace container, a pager and other personal-safety items comprising, in combination:(a) a rectangular-box-like body having a rear compartment, an open-top middle compartment, and a front compartment, each said compartment extending longitudinally essentially along the full length of said body from a first side of said body to a second side of said body;(b) said middle compartment having multiple transverse dividers providing multiple sub-compartments within said middle compartment;(c) said sub-compartments comprising;(i) a first sub-compartment at a said first side of said body, said first sub-compartment being structured and arranged to hold a personal-safety item, and(ii) a second sub-compartment at a said second side of said body, said second sub-compartment being structured and arranged to hold a personal-safety item; and(d) an outside transversely-extending closure flap structured and arranged, when in a closed position, to be placed generally centrally over said body;(e) said flap having a width of substantially less distance than a length of said middle compartment, and said flap being structured and arranged so that said first sub-compartment and said second sub-compartment remain exposed when said flap is in said closed position;(f) wherein said first sub-compartment is structured and arranged for holding an item having dimensions of at least the size of the wireless telephone.