Fendi® has created a large selection of handbag straps, both
to accessorize and transform handbags into shoulder bags. Fendi® handbag straps are
patented in the US design patent USD841985S1, titled Strap
for bag. The patent was awarded to Maria Silvia Venturini Fendi.
Below, the patent figure 1.2, showing the Fendi® handbag strap. According to the patent, the strap break lines, drawn on the patent figure 1.2, are meant to indicate the “indeterminate length of the strap”. The patent further specifies that the appearance of anything showing in between the break lines is beyond the ornamental design covered by the patent.
As a reminder: “a utility patent” protects the way
an article is used and works (35 U.S.C. 101), while a “design patent” protects the way an
article looks (35 U.S.C.
171) [MPEP Chapt. 1502.01; [R-07.2015]].
Included below the patent figure 1.2, some of the varied, long and short, marketed Fendi® strap models, designed for the Fendi® Baguette, and many other Fendi® bag styles.
References
Fendi® USA
MPEP – Chapt. 1502-01 – Distinction between design and utility
patent
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