BAG WITH CHANGEABLE BAG COVER
A base bag for changeable bag covers, a changeable bag cover, and a bag kit comprising the base bag, wherein the base bag comprises: a front wall and a back wall foldably connected to a bottom of the base bag, wherein each of the front wall and back wall are made of magnetic sheet material configured to attract to magnets of a changeable bag cover.
The invention relates generally to bags, and mote particularly to a base bag for changeable bag covers, a changeable bag cover, and a bag kit.
BACKGROUNDBags, such as e.g. handbags, purses and clutch bags, are often used as accessories. While being useful for carrying necessary items, such as mobile phones, keys, money and make up, it is often a desire of the user to match the bag with clothes or with shoes. As different occasions call for different clothes and shoes, the number of bags required to match the different outfits may be numerous. To reduce the number of bags required to match the different outfits it may be advantageous if the bag can be customized to different outfits by changing an outer cover of the bag.
AU2011100832 discloses a handbag with changeable covers where the bag can be customized to have different appearances. The bag covers are attached to the handbag by different fastening means, such as snap clips, magnets or hook-and-loop means. The various means for fastening the cover to the base bag are complicated and require a precise fit between the base bag and the cover. Further, the covers are complicated to make and are not readily made by a layman.
EP2163169 also discloses a handbag with changeable covers, where the hand bag is composed of a basic bag and different covers. The covers are attached to the basic bag by means of permanent magnets inside a lining of the basic bag, which attract permanent magnets sewn into the cover. When changing the covers of the bag, the magnets of the new cover must be in the right place, so that they matches the position of the magnets of the basic bag.
KR20110006984 discloses a clutch bag with changeable covers, which is similar to the hand bag of EP2163169. The clutch bag is composed of a basic bag and different covers. The covers are attached to the basic bag by means of permanent magnets on the basic bag which attract permanent magnets sewn into the cover. When changing the covers of the bag, the magnets of the new cover must be in the right place so that they matches the position of the magnets of the basic bag.
The bags with changeable covers of the prior art require bag covers with complicated fastening means, which are difficult and time consuming to attach to the bag. Further, due to the complicated fastening means, prior art bag covers cannot easily be made by the user to suit different occasions.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn view of the above, an object of the teachings herein is to solve or at least reduce the above stated problems.
According to a first aspect, a base bag for changeable bag covers is provided. The base bag comprises a front wall and a back wall foldably connected to a bottom of the base bag. Each of the front and back walls at least partly comprises a magnetic sheet material configured to attract to magnets of a changeable bag cover (20).
Each of the front and back walls may further comprise a rim arranged to meet when the base bag is in a closed position.
Each of the rims may comprise a flange extending essentially perpendicular to the respective rim.
The magnetic sheet material of the base bag may comprise a non-magnetized ferromagnetic material.
The base bag may be configured to be used with the bag cover, such that the bag cover is detachably fastened to the base bag by wrapping the bag cover around the front wall, bottom and back wall, and further folding the bag cover around a top edge of each of the front and back walls of the base bag. When the bag cover has been fastened to the base bag, the magnets of the bag cover may be arranged to cause the base bag to close by means of magnetic force between the magnets of the bag cover and the magnetic material of the opposing front and back walls of the base bag.
The bottom and/or each of the front and back walls may consist of the magnetic sheet material.
The base bag may further comprise a fabric material forming the bottom and/or two short ends of the base bag.
The magnetic sheet material of the base bag may be provided with an outer lining.
The fabric material may be a semi rigid material.
The base bag may comprise a closing mechanism being one of a zipper, a snap fastener or a magnet.
The base bag may further comprise at least one handle or strap.
The base bag may further comprise a pouch, which is configured to be attached to the inner sides of the base bag.
The bag may be a clutch bag, a hand bag or a purse.
According to a second aspect, a changeable bag cover is provided. The bag cover comprises a fabric and at least two magnets arranged on the fabric. The fabric is configured to be wrapped around at least part of the base bag, such that the magnets can be detachably fastened to a magnetic sheet material of a base bag via magnetic force.
The fabric of the bag cover may be in the form of a rectangle, the rectangle being sized to be wrapped around a front, bottom and back wall of the base bag, and further folded over each of a respective top edge of the front and back walls of the base bag, the cover may be configured to be detachably fastened to the inside of the base bag.
The magnets may be magnetically attached to a strip of magnetic material, so that the magnets may be moved along the strip.
The bag cover may be configured with a channel along each of two short sides of the bag cover, wherein the channel is open at least in one end for receiving and removing the strip.
According to a third aspect, a bag kit for a bag with changeable bag covers is provided. The bag kit comprises a base bag according to the first aspect and a bag cover according to the second aspect.
The kit may further comprise at least one accessory comprising a magnet. When the bag cover is attached to the base bag, the accessory is detachably attached to the bag cover via magnetic force between the magnet of the accessory and the magnetic sheet material of the base bag.
Other objectives, features and advantages of the present invention will appear from the following detailed disclosure, from the attached claims, as well as from the drawings. It is noted that the invention relates to all possible combination of features.
Generally, all terms used in the claims are to be interpreted according to their general meaning in the technical field, unless explicitly defined otherwise herein. All references to “a, an, the [element, device, component, means, step, etc.]” are to be interpreted openly as referring to at least one instance of said element, device, component, means, step, etc., unless stated otherwise. As used herein, the term “comprising” and variations of that term are not intended to exclude other additives, components, integers or steps.
By way of example, embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The invention relates to a bag with changeable covers, comprising a base bag and a bag cover. The bag can be e.g. a handbag, a clutch bag, a purse, etc.
In the following sections, example embodiments of the base bag and the bag cover will be described with reference to the drawings. The invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided by way of example so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Throughout the description, like numbers refer to like elements.
With reference to
Turning now to
In variants of the embodiments of
The front and back walls 11, 12 may be covered by an outer lining on their outer sides 11′, 12′. This outer lining may also cover an outer side 13′ of the bottom 13. The outer lining may be of the same material as the material of the short ends 16, if the base bag has short ends 16.
In variants of the embodiment of
The interior 15 of the base bag 10 may be covered by an inner lining, such as e.g. a fabric. The inner lining may be of the same material as the lining on the outer sides.
With reference to
The bag cover 20 is configured to be attached to the base bag 10 by wrapping the bag cover 20 around the front wall 11, the bottom 13 and the back wall 12 of the base bag 10. Each of the short sides 21, 22 of the bag cover 20 is then folded around a respective one of the top edges 18, 19 of the front and back walls 11, 12 of the base bag 10. The bag cover is folded along a line, so that the magnets 30 are positioned on the inside of the base bag after folding, e.g. along a folding line, as illustrated by dashed lines 25 in
The bag cover 20 of
If instead the bag cover is to be used with a base bag 10, which does not have short ends 16, the bag cover 20 may have closed sides, such that content of the bag does not fall out through the sides. In this case the bag cover 20 can be shaped such that, when the bag cover 20 is wrapped around the base bag 10, each long side 27, 28 of the bag cover 20 closes the short ends 16 of the base bag 10. I.e. each long side 27, 28 of the bag cover 20 may, when the bag cover 20 is in a folded state, be partially e.g. sewn, glued or stapled together.
A further effect of a fastening solution with magnets 30 provided in the bag cover 20 and magnetic sheet material 40 in the base bag 10, is that it may be used as an alternative closing mechanism, or as a complement to another closing mechanism. When the bag cover 20 has been wrapped around and fastened to the base bag 10, the magnets 30 of the cover can cause the base bag 10 to stay in a closed state due to the magnetic force between the magnets 30 of the bag cover 20 and the magnetic sheet material 40 of the opposing wall of the base bag 10. To achieve this effect, the magnets 30 of the opposing sides of the bag cover 20 may need to be positioned asymmetrically. In this case the magnets 30 attaching the bag cover 20 to the inside of the front wall 11 of the base bag 10 are offset with respect to the magnets 30 attaching the bag cover 20 to the inside of the back wall 12 of the base bag 10. The offset is illustrated in
Alternatively, the magnets 30 may be fastened to the bag cover 20 in a movable manner such that, when the bag is pushed into a closed state by the user, the magnets 30 are configured to be moved by the magnetic repelling force if the opposing magnets 30 are too close to each other. The magnets 30 can e.g. be fastened to the bag cover 20 via a piece of an elastic. Another option for movable magnets 30 in the bag cover 20 is illustrated in
Alternatively, the strip 31 with magnets 30 can be sewn onto, or glued to, the bag cover 20. The strip 31 can easily be sewn into closed channels 26 along the short edges of the bag cover 20.
The bag cover 20 may be made from flexible materials other than fabric, such as e.g. thin plastic materials. In one embodiment, the bag cover 20 is made from two parallel layers of thin clear plastic. The bag cover 20 can then be customized by inserting e.g. pieces of paper or pictures between the two layers.
The bag cover 20 may be of other shapes than a rectangle, as long as it is large enough to be wrapped around the front wall 11, bottom 13 and back wall 12 of the base bag 10.
Embodiments of a bag comprising the base bag 10 and the bag cover 20 are described with reference to
In the example illustrated in
In this embodiment the bag cover 20 is made of a rectangular piece of fabric having two long sides 27, 28 and two short sides 21, 22. Along each of the short ends 21, 22 there is a channel 26. In this example the channel 26 has been made by making the bag cover 20 from a rectangle with extra length in the long sides 27, 28. The rectangular piece of fabric is then folded along a line near and parallel with each of the two short sides 21, 22, such that the folded parts form the channels 26 and the outermost part of the folding forms new short sides 21′, 22′, as illustrated in
The bag cover 20 further comprises two magnets 30 on a strip 31, inserted into each of the channels 26. The bag cover 20 is wrapped about the front wall 11, bottom 13 and back wall 12 of the base bag 10, and folded around the top edges 18, 19 of the front and back walls 11, 12, such that the magnets 30 are positioned on the inside 15 of the base bag 10. The bag cover 20 is fastened to the base bag 10 through magnetic force between the magnets 30 of the bag cover 20 and the magnetic sheet material 40 of the base bag 10. The magnetic sheet material 40 of the base bag 10 ensures that a bag cover 20 can be attached to the base bag 10 using the magnets 30 and that the tolerances of the placement of the magnets 30 are very forgiving. Since the front and back walls 11, 12 both comprise the magnetic sheet material 40 over their entire extent, the position of the magnets 30 on the bag cover 20 can be matched with the position of the magnetic sheet material 40 of the base bag 10 anywhere on the front and back walls 11, 12. In some embodiments, the bottom 13 may be made of a non-magnetic material, for example, but not limited to, metal or plastic.
In this example, the strip 31 is a re-useable strip. The two channels 26 are open at both ends, such that the strip 31 of each channel 26 can be taken out and re-used with another bag cover 20.
Preferably the bag cover 20 is sized so that it can be wrapped also around the top edges 18, 19 of the front and back walls 11, 12 of the base bag 10, such that the bag cover 20 can be detachably fastened to the inside of the base bag 10, as described above. Alternatively, the bag cover 20 may have shorter long sides 27, 28 such that the bag cover is not folded over the top edges 18, 19 but instead attached to the base bag 10 on the outer sides 11′, 12′ of the base bag 11, 12.
Now, turning to the base bag and bag cover of
An advantage of this embodiment is that the base bag 10 can be made partially in a light weight material 41 such as e.g. plastic, and partially in the sheet magnetic material 40. Thereby, the base bag 10 may be more light weight than when it has the magnetic material 40 in the entire extent of the front and back walls 11, 12.
The fastening means, for fastening the bag cover 20 to the base bag 10, has so far been described as magnetic material 40 in the base bag 10 and magnets 30 in the bag cover 20. An alternative embodiment of the fastening means, which can be combined with the other features of the above embodied base bags 10 and bag covers 20, will now be described. In this example, the magnets 30 have instead been placed on the base bag 10, and the magnetic material 40 has been placed on the bag cover. The front and back walls 11,12 of the base bag 10 may be made of any material and the magnets 30 may be glued or otherwise attached to the front and back walls 11, 12. The bag cover 20 may look like the above embodied bag covers 20 but with the magnets 30 exchanged for pieces of magnetic material 40. The magnetic material 40 may be placed in the channel 26 of the bag cover 20, either in a permanent manner or in a re-useable manner, as described above with reference to the re-useable strip 31. The bag cover 20 is thus fastened to the base bag 10 by means of magnetic force between the magnets 30 of the base bag 10 and the magnetic material 40 of the bag cover 20.
The base bag 10 may have a closing mechanism. The closing mechanism may be e.g. a zipper or a snap fastener. To accommodate room for the fastening of the bag cover 20 to the base bag 10, the closing mechanism may be positioned on the inside 15 of the front and back walls 11, 12 at a distance from the upper edges 18, 19 of the front and back walls 11, 12, below an area for fastening the bag cover 20. This is illustrated in
The base bag 10 of any of the embodiments disclosed herein may further have a handle or strap. The handle or strap may be fixed, such that it is used with any changeable cover. Alternatively, it may be fastened to the base bag 10 in a detachable manner, e.g. with snap clips.
The base bag 10 may be equipped with an inner pocket. The inner pocket may be the same as the outer pocket 35, as illustrated in
The base bag 10 of
The base bag 10 may further be provided with a pouch 60. The pouch 60 is sized to fit inside the base bag 10, so as to form an inner lining of the base bag 10.
Alternatively, or in addition, the pouch 60 may be configured with magnets 30. The magnets 30 may be placed adjacent the upper edges 68, 69 of the pouch 60 instead of the channels 26 and the strips 31. Or, the magnets 30 may be placed on the strip 31 to secure the pouch 60 to the base bag 10.
In one embodiment, the strap 80 is a D-shaped strap 80, such that the straight part of the “D” fits under the rim 50.
The base bag 10 and bag cover 20, as described in relation to the examples of this disclosure, may be provided as a bag kit forming a bag. The bag kit can comprise a base bag 10 and one or more bag covers 20. The bag kit may include a pouch 60. In addition, the bag kit may include a strap or a handle. The bag kit may also include an accessory comprising a magnet. The accessory can be a pocket or an ornament detachably attached to the bag via magnetic force between the magnet and the magnetic material of the base bag 10. The accessory may be purely aesthetic for decorative purposes, or may be an accessory which turns e.g. a purse or a clutch bag into a handbag, such as handles or straps. The kit may include a reusable strip 31 or a reusable strip with magnets 30, such that the strip can be inserted into a duct or a channel 26 in the cover for fastening the bag cover 20 to the base bag 10, as has been described in relation to
Claims
1. A base bag for changeable bag covers, comprising:
- a front wall and a back wall foldably connected to a bottom of the base bag, wherein the front wall and back wall are made of magnetic sheet material configured to attract to magnets of a changeable bag cover.
2. The base bag according to claim 1, wherein each of the front and back walls further comprises a rim arranged to meet when the base bag is in a closed position.
3. The base bag according to claim 2, wherein each of the rims comprises a flange extending essentially perpendicular to the respective rim.
4. The base bag according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic sheet material of the base bag comprises a non-magnetized ferromagnetic material.
5. The base bag according to claim 1, wherein the base bag is configured to be used with the bag cover, such that the bag cover is detachably fastened to the base bag by wrapping the bag cover around the front wall, bottom and back wall and further folding the bag cover around a top edge of each of the front and back walls of the base bag.
6. The base bag according to claim 5, wherein, when the bag cover is fastened to the base bag, the base bag is arranged to be closed by means of magnetic force between the magnets of the bag cover and the magnetic material of the opposing front and back walls of the base bag.
7. The base bag according to claim 1, wherein the bottom is made of the magnetic sheet material.
8. The base bag according to claim 1, wherein the base bag further comprises a fabric material forming the bottom and/or two short ends of the base bag.
9. The base bag according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic sheet material of the base bag is provided with an outer lining.
10. The base bag according to claim 8, wherein the fabric material is a semi rigid material.
11. The base bag according to claim 1, wherein the base bag comprises a closing mechanism being one of a zipper, a snap fastener or a magnet.
12. The base bag according to claim 1, wherein the base bag further comprises at least one handle or strap.
13. The base bag according to claim 1, wherein the base bag further comprises a pouch, which is configured to be attached to the inner sides of the base bag.
14. The base bag according to claim 1, wherein the bag is a clutch bag, a hand bag or a purse.
15. The base bag according to claim 1, wherein the bag cover comprises a fabric and at least two magnets arranged on the fabric, and wherein the fabric is configured to be wrapped around at least part of a base bag, such that the magnets can be detachably fastened to a magnetic sheet material of a base bag via magnetic force.
16. The base bag according to claim 15, wherein the fabric of the bag cover is in the form of a rectangle, the rectangle being sized to be wrapped around a front, bottom and back wall of the base bag, and further folded over each of a respective top edge of the front and back walls of the base bag, and wherein the cover is configured to be detachably fastened to the inside of the base bag.
17. The base bag according to claim 15, wherein the magnets are magnetically attached to a strip of magnetic material, so that the magnets may be moved along the strip.
18. The base bag according to claim 17, wherein the bag cover is configured with a channel along each of two short sides of the bag cover, wherein the channel is open at least in one end for receiving and removing the strip.
19. A bag kit for a bag with changeable bag covers, the bag kit comprising:
- a base bag according to claim 1.
20. The bag kit according to claim 19, wherein the kit further comprises at least one accessory comprising a magnet, and wherein, when the bag cover is attached to the base bag, the accessory is detachably attached to the bag cover via magnetic force between the magnet of the accessory and the magnetic sheet material of the base bag.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 5, 2019
Publication Date: Oct 28, 2021
Inventor: Carina SVENSSON (Halmstad)
Application Number: 17/273,500