Patent · US Expired

Utility bag

US4817802A · kind A · utility

28Cited by
18References
20Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 17, 1988
Grant dateApr 4, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 17, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA45C5/00
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A utility bag which is generally rectangular in shape and sized to fit into an athletic locker or under the seat of an airplane. The utility bag comprises: PA1 (a) a tubular, generally rectangular, rigid frame member; PA1 (b) a fabric side panel having a width such that the forward and rearward edges of the side panel extend beyond the opposing outside edges of the frame member, with the side panel tautly enveloping the frame member on the outside surface thereof to form contiguous top wall, bottom wall and sidewalls of the utility bag; PA1 (c) a generally rectangular fabric end panel attached at its edges to the rearward edges of the side panel to form a closed rear end wall of the utility bag; PA1 (d) an outwardly swinging, generally rectangular fabric door attached in hinge-like fashion along an edge thereof to a corresponding edge of a side panel of the utility bag; and PA1 (e) an interengaging zipper closure means attached to the remaining forward edges of the side panel and the other three mutually respective side edges of the rectangular fabric door for releasably securing the fabric door in a close position to the otherwise open, front end of the utility bag.

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