Holder for a handbag and complementary wearing apparel

Claim 2

A holder for a handbag and complementary wearing apparel comprising in combination: an arcuate band portion for positionally supporting the handle of a handbag; a crossbar portion joining opposite ends of said band portion for supporting wearing apparel draped thereover, said bar portion being characterized as having a flat upwardly facing support surface wherein ends of said surface are of a width substantially corresponding to the width of said ends of said band portion to which said bar portion is joined and wherein the width of said surface substantially progressively decreases from adjacent said ends thereof, whereby said surface tends to maintain wearing apparel draped thereover positionally supported intermediate the ends thereof beneath said band portion; and a suspending hook portion arranged in a substantially centered relationship above said band portion such that when said holder is suspended by said hook portion the weight of said holder and handbag supported thereon tends to maintain said holder in a vertical, upright condition.

Claim 3

A holder according to claim 1, wherein said band portion is bounded by a pair of essentially parallel curved marginal edges extending between said ends thereof, said hook portion extends upwardly from adjacent one of said marginal edges and terminates in a hook overlying the center of said band portion intermediate said ends thereof, and said hook lies within a vertical plane arranged parallel to said marginal edges.

Claim 4

A holder for a handbag and complementary wearing apparel comprising in combination: an arcuate band portion for positionally supporting the handle of a handbag, said band portion having a pair of curved marginal edges extending between opposite ends thereof; a crossbar portion joining said ends of said band portion for supporting wearing apparel draped thereover; and a hook portion for suspending said band portion whereby the weight of said holder and hand bag supported thereon tends to maintain said holder in a vertical, upright condition, said hook portion including a base portion arranged coplanar with and extending vertically upwardly from an area of attachment thereof with one of saiD marginal edges, an intermediate portion arranged to extend in a vertically inclined relationship relative to said base portion, thereby to overlie said band portion, and a hook end arranged to extend vertically upwardly from said intermediate portion, said hook end being arranged parallel to said base portion and to overlie said band portion in a substantially centered relationship relative to said ends and said marginal edges thereof.

Claim 5

A holder for a handbag and complementary wearing apparel comprising in combination: an arcuate band portion for positionally supporting the handle of a handbag, said band portion having a pair of curved marginal edges extending between opposite ends thereof; a crossbar portion joining said ends of said band portion for supporting wearing apparel draped thereover; and a hook portion for suspending said band portion whereby the weight of said holder and hand bag supported thereon tends to maintain said holder in a vertical, upright condition, said hook portion including a base portion arranged coplanar with and extending vertically upwardly from an area of attachment thereof with one of saiD marginal edges, an intermediate portion arranged to extend in a vertically inclined relationship relative to said base portion, thereby to overlie said band portion, and a hook end arranged to extend vertically upwardly from said intermediate portion, said hook end being arranged parallel to said base portion and to overlie said band portion in a substantially centered relationship relative to said ends and said marginal edges thereof.

Claim 6

A holder according to claim 3, wherein said crossbar portion has a flat upwardly facing supporting surface of reduced width intermediate the ends thereof at which said crossbar portion is joined to the ends of said band portion.