Appeal No. 97-0032
Application No. 08/095,295
band 10 having a front surface and a back surface. Warren's
purse 30 has a compartment having an outer wall, an inner wall, a
pair of opposite walls connecting the outer and inner walls, a
bottom connecting the outer and inner walls and a top opening
extending between the outer and inner walls. Warren provides
fastening members 32 and 33 (preferably of the snap fastener
type) on the inner wall of the purse and the front surface of the
leg band. The fastening members are provided by Warren to hold
the purse against sideways movement on the leg band. Lastly,
Warren provides the purse with loops 31 through which the leg
band passes to support the purse.12
Worrall discloses a purse having a bellows compartment
having an outer wall, an inner wall, a pair of opposite walls
connecting the outer and inner walls, a bottom connecting the
outer and inner walls and a top opening extending between the
outer and inner walls. Worrall's pair of opposite sides
comprises a plurality of expandable pleats so that the bellows
compartment can be compressed to a collapsed state where the
outer wall is relatively close to the inner wall or extended to
12See page 1, lines 97-108, of Warren.
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