When You Go To A Cafe,bar,restaurant,public Place Do You Find It Troublesome To Put Away/store Your Bag/purse And Still Have It Close By?

[fivos]

This question is meant to achieve more info on the matter. The acquired information will be used for my thesis.Thanks to veryone who answers.

[fiction-factory]

No- I keep my cards in my pocket but do have to put my phone on the table unless I keep my jacket on.
I'm intrigued as to what the thesis is.

[fivos]

Hello Fiction Factory,

As a student industrial design I am currently working on designing a chair that allows the user to place/store his/her bag within reach. Thank you for your answer.

[Prudie]

I think ladies solved that years ago,you just hang it on the edge of the chair. If I think that's insecure I put it on the floor and stick one leg through the straps/handles.

[retrocop]

my wife keeps in her handbag a tailor made hook attachment. It is like a 'C' shape with a hook at the bottom that just attaches to a table top.

[retrocop]

Similar to this.
http://mybaghanger.com/home

[gness]

Hi, Fivos......I have a handbag hook. It clips onto the table and my bag then hangs close to my knee....off the floor and close by....

Moving about I have my bag across my body so my hands are free but the bag is accessible and safe.....x

[chelle7272]

Like Prudie, I tend to keep in on the floor with the strap hooked over one leg. I tend to always use shoulder bags than one with handles.

[albaqwerty]

I do what Prudie does, but if I'm on a bench-type seat, I put my arm through the strap.

[Eve]

Depends on the set up really. If I can have it to the side of me, the longer shoulder strap allows that so it is still attached to me over my shoulder. I use an extra chair next to me in a coffee shop for this if there is one. As it's a longer over the shoulder strap though it can sit on my lap if there is room for it, moreso a coffee shop than restaurant though.

If I have to put my bag on the floor, such as in a restaurant I'd make sure the strap was secured by having the strap over my leg or my foot through the loop.

[fivos]

Thanks everyone for all the answers. About the 'c' hook: I've heard about it, but to be honest I've never ever in my life have seen anyone that was using this gadget. Maybe it's not very well known by my generation?

[EDDIE51]

The hook is a lot more 'viable / cheap ' than buying special chairs .
Sorry, but I think your idea is a non starter.

[fivos]

@EDDIE51 Hello Eddie wel the full story behind it is a followed: I am currently following an internship in a company that designs and sells polymer coated furniture, the problem with these is that they are made up from coated foam so if you were to place a purse hook on it the coating would get damaged, that's why I'm creating a platform that can be combined with these coated parts and thus creating the possibility of letting the user hang his/her bag/purse on the metal platform.

[rockyracoon]

I usually do as Prudie does, but it does depend where I'm eating. If I'm in a nice restaurant then I almost certainly have a clutch bag with me as opposed to a strapped handbag. This will still go on the floor but will be right under the table. In a more casual place like a pub then my bag will stay in contact with me constantly. I'd be very dubious about hanging it on a chair.

[EDDIE51]

Best of luck and I wish you well. I suppose the 'bag hook' would not add to the cost of the chair so it could well be a sales point. I was thinking of places that have 'standard' chairs not wanting to pay to replace them , but it may well work as replacements when their current stock is at the end of it's life.

[Georgiesmum]

Whenever Im eating out either a pub or a cafe, as soon as i sit down I put my bag firmly between my feet, andI dont move it again until I get up to leave. It works fine for me, never had a problem.