I work for a Direct Sales Company and I use these to hang things off the front of my tables.  One of the products I see is purses and totes.  Women are often asking me where I get them, so I try to keep some on hand to show them. They are always amazed at how they fold flat but then fold out to hold a purse.  I would never put my purse on a dirty floor.  I always have at least 3 in my purse alone.