Fastening assembly for securing a strap handle to a handbag

Claim 1

IN A FASTENING ASSEMBLY FOR SECURING THE END OF AN ELONGATED STRAP TO A WALL, WHEREIN SAID WALL HAS AN OPENING FORMED THEREIN FOR RECEIVING THE STRAP END THERETHROUGH, AN OUTER PLATE MOUNTED ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID WALL AND HAVING AN OPENING FORMED THEREIN THAT COMMUNICATES WITH THE OPENING IN SAID WALL, SPACED LUGS FORMED ON SAID OUTER PLATE AND PROJECTING THROUGH THE OPENING IN SAID WALL, AND AN INNER SURFACE OF SAID SAID OUTER PLATE AND MOUNTED ON THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID WALL, SAID INNER MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING FORMED THEREIN THE COMMUNICATES WITH THE OPENINGS IN SAID WALL AND OUTER PLATE, SAID STRAP END PROJECTING THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN SAID OUTER PLATE, SAID WALL AND SAID INNER MEMBER, SAID INNER MEMBER HAVINGL A LOCKING ELEMENT JOINED THERETO THAT IS BENT INTO LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STRAP END THAT PROJECTS THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN SAID WALL, OUTER PLATE AND INNER MEMBER, WHEREIN SAID STRAP IS LOCKED TO SAID INNER MEMBER, THE LUGS ON SAID OUTER PLATE BEING BENDABLE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID INNER MEMBER FOR SECURING SAID OUTER PLATE AND INNER MEMBER IN INTERCONNECTING RELATION ON OPPOSED SIDES OF SAID WALL.