Device for Positioning Items Within a Purse or Bag

Abstract

A device for the placement and positioning of an item with a clip on it in a bag, purse, backpack, briefcase, or other similar device, including a rectangular area, a raised edge, several extruded shapes, groves, or ridges, several slots, and cut out areas.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device that keeps existing items with belt clip attachments on them in the specific place the user so chooses, on a device comprising:
 a rectangular shaped body of semi-ridged material, that is up to 20 inches wide, up to 20 inches in length, and up to ½ inch thick;   a raised edge along the outside boundary of the device which is up to ½ inch high, and up to 3 inches wide; and   at least one cut out on at least one of the sides of the rectangle, which is up to 6 inches wide and at least ¼ inch deep; wherein a new outside boundary shape is created.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the sides of the cut out are straight forming two angles on each side of a flat bottom; wherein a new outside boundary shape is created. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the cut out is a rounded shape with no flat sides or bottom, thus creating a circular shape; wherein a new outside boundary shape is created. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the cut out area is a combination of both flat and curved shapes; wherein a new outside boundary shape is created. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein a multitude of extrusions are placed within the boundaries of the raised edge. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein a multitude of groves are placed within the boundaries of the raised edge and are parallel to the raised edge. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein a multitude of ridges are placed within the boundaries of the raised edge and are parallel to the raised edge. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein a multitude of slots are placed within the boundaries of the raised edge and are parallel to the raised edge. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein a slot is cut into the raised outside boundary, the slot is placed within ¾ inches of the outside edge of the cut out, is up to ½ inch wide, is at least ½ inch long, and is within 30 degrees of being parallel with the outside edge of the cutout. 
     
     
         10 . A process for keeping items with a clip on them or their carrying case in a known and predictable location within a bag, purse, backpack, briefcase, or other similar device; which comprises the steps of:
 a) place an overall flat rectangular surface, similar to that as described in  claim 1  into a bag, purse, backpack, briefcase, or other similar device, oriented such that the bag, purse, backpack, briefcase, or other similar device, can be closed as would be expected in normal use, and such that the thin edge of the rectangular surface is oriented vertically within the bag, purse, backpack, briefcase, or other similar device, along one of the walls of the bag, purse, backpack, briefcase, or other similar device,   b) place the overall flat rectangular surface, similar to that as described in  claim 1  adjacent to any interior wall of the bag, purse, backpack, briefcase, or other similar device, to lend stability to the overall flat rectangular surface, similar to that as described in  claim 1 ,   c) attach an item with the clip on it along the top, angled, or side edges of the overall flat rectangular surface, similar to that as described in  claim 1 , being sure that the item does not stick up such that it hinders the closing of the bag, purse, backpack, briefcase, or other similar device that the overall flat rectangular surface, similar to that as described in  claim 1  has been placed in.