Patent ID: 7198083

Claim:
A handbag or the like enabling facilitated viewing and retrieval of contents comprising: (a) a bag structure having at least first and second panels forming a primary receptacle for carrying personal effects, a top structure defining a primary access opening at the top and a closure means for said primary access opening; (b) said first panel being formed of see-through material providing visual access, through said first panel, to the contents of the bag; (c) an upper edge of said first panel being detached from said top structure, at least in central portions thereof, to form a secondary access opening into said receptacle, (d) a cover panel removably positioned in covering relation to said first panel to block said visual access, (e) said cover panel being at least partially separably attached to said top structure independently of said closure means to enable said cover panel to be displaced from said covering relation for viewing said contents through said first panel and accessing said contents through said secondary access opening.