1. A branched polyacetal resin composition, comprising 100 parts by weight of a branched polyacetal copolymer (A) having an oxymethylene group as the main repeating unit and having a branching unit represented by the following formula (I), 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a weather (light) resistant stabilizer (B) and 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a hindered amine substance (C):
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wherein m and n each is an integer of 0 to 5; the sum of mn is 1 to 5; and R is a monovalent organic group having a molecular weight of 40 to 1000.
2. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the branched polyacetal copolymer (A) is prepared by a copolymerization of 100 parts by weight of trioxane (a), 0.001 to 10 parts by weight of a monofunctional glycidyl compound (b), and 0 to 20 parts by weight of a cyclic ether compound (c) which is copolymerizable with trioxane.
3. The composition according to claim 2, wherein the monofunctional glycidyl compound (b) is selected from the group consisting of a glycidyl ether compound and a glycidyl ester compound, each having a molecular weight of 100 to 1000.
4. The composition according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the monofunctional glycidyl compound (b) is selected from the glycidyl ether compounds represented by the following formulae (II), (III) and (IV):
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wherein R1 is a C1-12 alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group or halogen; and n is an integer of 0 to 5 and, when n is 2 or more, the R1s may be the same or different:
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wherein R2 is a C1-30 alkylene group, a substituted alkylene group or a polyalkylene oxide glycol residue; R3 is a C1-12 alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group or halogen; and n is an integer of 0 to 5 and, when n is 2 or more, the R3s may be the same or different:
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wherein R4 is a C1-30 alkylene group; n is an integer of 0 to 20; and R5 is a C1-30 alkyl group, a C2-20 alkenyl group or an alkynyl group.
5. The composition according to any of claims 2 to 4, wherein the branched polyacetal copolymer (A) indispensably comprises the cyclic ether compound (c) copolymerizable with trioxane and is a copolymerized product of 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of the said compound (c) to 100 parts by weight of trioxane.
6. The composition according to any of claims 2 to 5, wherein the cyclic ether compound (c) which is copolymerizable with trioxane is selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, 1,3-dioxolan, diethylene glycol formal and 1,4-butanediol formal.
7. The composition according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the weather (light) resistant stabilizer (B) is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a benzotriazole substance, a benzophenone substance, an oxalic acid anilide substance, an aromatic benzoate substance and a cyanoacreylate substance.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A handbag having a first color pattern in a first closed position and a second color pattern in a second closed position, comprising:
a body having a first half and a second half, a cross-section of the body when the body is closed being elliptical,
the first half having a first inner rectangular facade having a first rectangular perimeter and a first outer arcuate facade, the first outer arcuate facade having a first horizontal segment, a second horizontal segment and a third horizontal segment,
the second half having a second inner rectangular facade having a second rectangular perimeter and a second outer arcuate facade, the second outer arcuate facade having a first horizontal segment, a second horizontal segment and a third horizontal segment,
a series of flaps holding the first and second halves together, the series of flaps including a first flap whose outer side is of a first color and whose underside is of a second color, a second flap whose outer side is of the first color and whose underside is of the second color, a third flap whose outer side is of the first color and whose underside is of the second color,
in the first closed position, the first and third flaps covering the first and third horizontal segments of the first outer arcuate facade and extending into and attaching to a contiguous portion of the second inner rectangular facade and the second flap covering the second horizontal segment of the second outer arcuate facade and extending into and attaching to a contiguous portion of the first inner rectangular facade,
in the second closed position, the first and third flaps covering the first and third horizontal segments of the second outer arcuate facade and extending into and attaching to a contiguous portion of the first inner rectangular facade and the second flap covering the second horizontal segment of the first outer arcuate facade and extending into and attaching to a contiguous portion of the second inner rectangular facade,
the handbag capable of moving between the first closed position and the second closed position by either rotating the first outer arcuate facade along an entire surface of the second outer arcuate facade or by rotating the second outer arcuate facade along an entire surface of the first outer arcuate facade.
2. The handbag of claim 1, including a closure structure for securely keeping the handbag closed in the first closed position and in the second closed position.
3. The handbag of claim 2, wherein the closure structure comprises a first pair of magnets located at a corner of a first rectangular perimeter of the first inner rectangular facade and second pair of magnets located at a second corner of a second rectangular perimeter of the second inner rectangular facade, the first pair of magnets having an attraction toward the second pair of magnets.
4. The handbag of claim 2, wherein the closure structure includes a male fastener extending from the first half and a female fastener structure extending from the second half.
5. The handbag of claim 1, wherein the first inner rectangular facade includes a cover that covers a compartment that stores objects.
6. The handbag of claim 5, wherein said cover has a longitudinal zipper for opening said compartment.
7. The handbag of claim 1, wherein the first inner rectangular facade surrounds a hollow concave area.
8. The handbag of claim 1, wherein the flaps are sufficiently thin to appear to be colored surfaces of the horizontal segments rather than separate flaps.
9. The handbag of claim 1, wherein the first and second halves each have substantially D-shaped cross-sections.
10. The handbag of claim 1, including a handle.
11. The handbag of claim 10, wherein the handle extends from a top or bottom surface of the handbag.
12. The handbag of claim 10, wherein the handle is detachable and can be affixed either to a first pair of loops extending from the first inner rectangular facade or to a second pair of loops extending from the second inner rectangular facade.