Abstract: A hooked clasp, for use along with a second hooked clasp in a fastener for releasably securing strap ends to be adjoined, the hooked clasp having a strap attachment means towards a strap end of the hooked clasp and a corresponding hook further from the strap end of the clasp in a longitudinal direction, the hook having a return directed towards the strap end of the clasp and thereby configured such that, when arranged with a corresponding hook on a second hooked clasp in the opposite longitudinal direction, the hook can catch the corresponding hook on the second hooked clasp, the hooked clasp having an orifice, the return and orifice dimensioned such that the return of the hooked clasp can pass into the orifice of the second hooked clasp without deforming the hook before the hook catches the hook on the second hooked clasp, and the return having an inner side comprising a magnet.

Abstract: A convertible bag 10 comprising: a handle 30; and two retractable straps 40, wherein each retractable strap 40 is extendable from the bag and releasably attachable to the handle 30, so as to convert the convertible bag 10 from a handbag configuration in which the bag may be carried using the handle 30, to a backpack configuration in which the bag may be carried using backpack straps formed from the handle 30 and the retractable straps 40, and wherein each retractable strap 40 is releasable from the handle 30 and retractable, so as to convert the convertible bag 10 from the backpack configuration to the handbag configuration.

Abstract: A convertible bag 10 comprising: a handle 30; and two retractable straps 40, wherein each retractable strap 40 is extendable from the bag and releasably attachable to the handle 30, so as to convert the convertible bag 10 from a handbag configuration in which the bag may be carried using the handle 30, to a backpack configuration in which the bag may be carried using backpack straps formed from the handle 30 and the retractable straps 40, and wherein each retractable strap 40 is releasable from the handle 30 and retractable, so as to convert the convertible bag 10 from the backpack configuration to the handbag configuration.