Patent attributes
A handbag includes a bottom portion and a sidewall portion. The sidewall portion extends up from the bottom portion and includes at least a first knitted element. The first knitted element is of a unitary one-piece construction formed during a knitting process on a knitting machine, and the knitted element includes at least first and second knitted regions. The first knitted region of the first knitted element is seamlessly knitted with the second knitted region of the first knitted element. The first knitted region of the first knitted element is of a first type of knit structure. The second knitted region of the first knitted element is of a second type of knit structure. The second type of knit structure is different from the first type of knit structure.