Abstract
An expandable purse has elongated inner lining releasable from the purse's bottom. The purse contains inner lining that is attached to the top inner edge of the inside back of purse and attached to the bottom inner edge of the inside front of purse. This allows the inner lining to be extended down out from opening at bottom of purse forming a carrying bag.
Claims
1. A bag having a storage compartment comprised of excess inner lining enclosed and accessible from its external bottom surface; when released from it's bottom enclosure, excess inner lining expands downward and out from bottom of bag, forming a larger bag; with inside of inner lining accessible from top opening of bag.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING
[0007] FIG. 1A is a front view of an example purse embodiment; with a holding strap;
[0008] FIG. 1B is a bottom view of the purse of FIG. 1A exposing a zipper and zipper track;
[0009] FIG. 2A shows the purse of FIG. 1A with its flap open and a pair of footwear stored in an compartment formed by the inner lining of the purse of FIG. 1A; a zipper at the bottom at its zipped up position;
[0010] FIG. 2B shows the purse of FIG. 1A with its flap open and a pair of footwear being removed from compartment formed by the inner lining and its zipper at an unzipped position allowing the inner lining of the purse of FIG. 1A to be rolled downward;
[0011] FIG. 3 shows the purse of FIG. 1A with its flap open and its zipper at an unzipped position allowing the inner lining of the purse of FIG. 1A to be extended completely downward forming a bag, capable of storing of high-heel shoes;
[0012] FIG. 4 shows view and apparatus of FIG. 3 with a pair of high-heel shoes being stored in the bag of apparatus of FIG. 3 formed by its inner linings;
[0013] FIG. 5A is an inside view of apparatus of FIG. 1A with its flap open, showing the top inner lining stitch line, bottom inner lining stitch line, which are represented by the dotted lines and inner lining rolled up at the bottom of purse;
[0014] FIG. 5B is a perspective view of apparatus of FIG. 1A with part of one side missing showing the top inner lining stitch line and bottom inner lining stitch line which allows the inner lining to roll down and form a bag with an adjacent storage pocket.
[0015] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of apparatus of FIG. 5B with part of one side missing showing the top inner lining stitch line and bottom inner lining stitch, line with the inner lining completely extended downward to form a bag with an adjacent storage pocket.
[0016] FIG. 7A is a side inside view of the apparatus of FIG. 1A with its flap closed, showing its internal compartments exposing the top stitch point for top inner lining stitch line and bottom stitch point for bottom inner lining stitch line; the inner lining rolled up at the bottom with an adjacent storage pocket and zipper hanging from the bottom.
[0017] FIG. 7B is a side inside view of the apparatus of FIG. 1A with its flap closed, showing its internal compartments exposing the top stitch point for top inner lining stitch line and bottom stitch point for bottom inner lining stitch line; the inner lining completely extended downward outside of the bottom of the purse to form a bag with an adjacent storage pocket on the inside of the purse.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0018] Embodiments of the present invention provide a purse with expandable inner lining which is described to illustrate the claimed teachings. The example purse 1, seen in FIG. 1A is of a clutch style with a closing flap 2 and carrying strap 3. It has a zipper 4 at the bottom which when unzipped, allows the inner lining to be folded downward from the inside of example purse 1, forming a bag for carrying larger items.
[0019] FIG. 1B shows a bottom view of example purse 1 with a zipper 4 in a zipped position and a zipper track 5. FIG. 2A is a frontal view of example purse 1 with its flap 2 open, and a pair of sandals 7 stored in the inner lining storage compartment 6. Zipper 4 is seen at the bottom in a zipped position.
[0020] FIG. 2B is a frontal view of example purse 1 with its flap 2 open, and a pair of sandals 7 being removed from inner lining storage compartment 6. Zipper 4 is seen at the bottom in an unzipped position allowing the inner lining 8 to be rolled downward from bottom inside of purse 1. FIG. 3 shows purse 1 with its flap 2 open and a pair of high-heel shoes 9 being stored in bag formed by unzipping zipper 4 to its unzipped position and rolling down the inner lining 8.
[0021] FIG. 4 shows purse 1 with its flap 2 closed and carry strap 3. Its zipper 4 in an unzipped position and pair of high-heel shoes 9 stored in bag formed by inner lining 8. FIG. 5A shows an inside frontal view of purse with its flap 2 open. The top stitch line 10 represented by dotted lines represent the place where the top edge of inner lining 8 is stitched to the top inner edge of the inside back of purse. The bottom stitch line 11 represented by dotted lines represent the place where inner lining 8 is stitched to the bottom inner edge of the inside front of purse. Also zipper 4 is seen at the bottom of purse in a zipped position.
[0022] FIG. 5B shows a prospective view of purse 1 with part of its side missing, displaying a storage pocket 12 adjacent to inner lining storage compartment 6, which is formed by stitching the top edge of inner lining 8 to the top inner edge of the inside back of purse 1 which is represented by dotted lines 10 and stitching a part of inner lining 8 to the bottom inner edge of the inside front of purse 1 which is represented by dotted lines 11. Inner lining 8 is being rolled down from bottom of purse. FIG. 6 shows a prospective view of purse 1 with part of its side missing, displaying a storage pocket 12 adjacent to inner lining storage compartment 6, which is formed by stitching the top edge of inner lining 8 to the top inner edge of the inside back of purse 1 which is represented by dotted lines 10 and stitching a part of inner lining 8 to the bottom inner edge of the inside front of purse 1 which is represented by dotted lines 11. Inner lining 8 is fully rolled down forming a bag.
[0023] FIG. 7A is an inside side view of purse with its flap 2 closed, showing the point where top stitch line 10 is stitched to the top edge of inner lining 8, bottom stitch line 11 is stitched to the bottom inner edge of the inside front of purse, storage pocket 12, inner lining rolled up on the inside bottom of purse, and zipper 4 at the external bottom of purse in a zipped up position. FIG. 7B is an inside side view of purse with its flap 2 closed, showing the point where top stitch line 10 is stitched to the top edge of inner lining 8, bottom stitch line 11 is stitched to the bottom inner edge of the inside front of purse, storage pocket 12, and inner lining 8 unrolled downward from out of the bottom of purse forming a bag.
