US 11,672,315 B2
Convertible bag and a method for operating a convertible bag
Frances Brandon, Ashford (GB); and Jacqueline Gilbert, Ashford (GB)
Appl. No. 16/761,240
Filed by Beaudurof Ltd, Ashford (GB)
PCT Filed Oct. 31, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/025274
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 1, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/086145, PCT Pub. Date May 9, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1718108 (GB), filed on Nov. 1, 2017; and application No. 1810973 (GB), filed on Jul. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0352295 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. A45C 9/00 (2006.01); A45C 3/06 (2006.01); A45C 13/30 (2006.01); A45F 4/02 (2006.01); A45C 13/26 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 9/00 (2013.01) [A45C 3/06 (2013.01); A45C 13/30 (2013.01); A45F 4/02 (2013.01); A45C 13/26 (2013.01); A45C 2009/007 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A convertible bag comprising:
a handle;
two retractable straps,
wherein each retractable strap is extendable from the bag and releasably attachable to the handle, so as to convert the convertible bag from a handbag configuration in which the bag may be carried using the handle, to a backpack configuration in which the bag may be carried using backpack straps formed from the handle and the retractable straps, and wherein each retractable strap is releasable from the handle and retractable, so as to convert the convertible bag from the backpack configuration to the handbag configuration,
wherein the retractable straps are extendable and retractable through an aperture, or apertures, in the convertible bag, and
wherein the handle comprises two handle portions, wherein in the handbag configuration the two handle portions are releasably attached to each other to form said handle, and wherein in the backpack configuration each of the handle portions is releasably attached to the corresponding retractable straps to form the backpack straps; and
an auxiliary handle configured such that the bag in its handbag configuration may be carried using both the handle and the auxiliary handle,
wherein the extension of the retractable straps to convert the convertible bag from the handbag configuration to the backpack configuration draws the auxiliary handle towards the auxiliary apertures, and wherein extension of the auxiliary handle from the convertible bag to convert the convertible bag from the backpack configuration to the handbag configuration retracts the retractable straps.