Bag with adjustable mouth and variable diameter cording

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9532630-B2
Application number	US-201414461033-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2014
Priority date	Feb 23, 2012
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

An apparatus for carrying objects includes a bag and at least one cord. The bag has a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion of the bag includes an adjustable mouth and a channel. The cord includes a first end portion coupled to the bottom portion of the bag, a second end portion coupled to the bottom portion of the bag, and a middle portion positioned between the first end portion and the second end portion. The middle portion of the cord includes a first length of cord which extends slidably through the channel and a second length of cord which is positioned outside of the channel. The second length of cord has a substantially larger diameter than the first length of cord.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for carrying objects comprising:
a bag including a mouth defining an opening to an interior of the bag and a channel associated with the mouth, the mouth configured to vary in size between an open position and a more closed position; and
at least one cord including a first portion, a second portion, and a middle portion positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the middle portion including a first length of cord slideably extending through the channel and a second length of cord positioned outside of the channel, wherein the second length of cord has a larger diameter than the first length of cord.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second length of cord has a substantially larger diameter than the first portion and the second portion of the cord.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mouth is included on a top portion of the bag, and wherein the channel extends along a perimeter of the mouth.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the channel includes a channel opening, and wherein the second length of cord has a diameter that is greater than the channel opening.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a cinch sack, and wherein the second length of cord is configured to engage a shoulder of a human when the human carries the bag on the human's back with a top portion of the bag above a bottom portion of the bag and the at least one cord extending over the shoulder of the human.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one cord includes a first cord and a second cord, wherein the first portion and the second portion of the first cord are a first end portion and a second end portion coupled to the bag and wherein the first portion and the second portion of the second cord are a first end portion and a second end portion also coupled to the bag.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first end portion and a second end portion of the first cord are coupled to a bottom of the bag and wherein the first end portion and a second end portion of the second cord are also coupled to the bottom of the bag.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one cord is comprised of an elastic material.

9. A cinch sack comprising:
a bag having a top portion and a bottom portion;
a mouth having an adjustable size positioned in the top portion of the bag, the mouth defining an opening to an interior of the bag;
a cord guide associated with the mouth in the top portion of the bag; and
at least one cord coupled to the bag, the at least one cord including a first length of cord extending through the cord guide and a second length of cord positioned outside of the cord guide, wherein the second length of cord has a larger diameter than the first length of cord.

10. The cinch sack of claim 9 , wherein the at least one cord includes end portions, shoulder portions, and a cord guide portion, wherein the cord guide portion is separated from the end portions by the shoulder portions.

11. The cinch sack of claim 10 , wherein the shoulder portions have a larger diameter than the end portions and the cord guide portion.

12. The cinch sack of claim 11 , the end portions, shoulder portions and cord guide portions are integrally formed as a continuous length of cord having at least two different diameters.

13. The cinch sack of claim 9 , the first length of cord and the second length of cord integrally formed as a continuous length of cord having at least two different diameters.

14. The cinch sack of claim 9 , wherein the cord guide is provided by an elongated channel formed along a perimeter of the mouth, the channel having a channel diameter, the larger diameter of the second length of cord being greater than the channel diameter.

15. The cinch sack of claim 9 , wherein the first length of cord has a diameter less than 2.0 cm and the second length of cord has a diameter greater than 2.0 cm.

16. The cinch sack of claim 15 , wherein the first length of cord has a diameter of about 1.0 cm and the second length of cord has a diameter of about 2.5 cm.

17. The cinch sack of claim 9 wherein the mouth is configured to vary in size between an open position and a substantially closed position.

18. An apparatus for carrying objects, the apparatus comprising:
a bag having an interior, an exterior, a top portion and a bottom portion;
a mouth positioned in the top portion of the bag, the mouth defining an opening to the interior of the bag, the mouth configured to vary in size between an open position and a more closed position;
a cord guide associated with the mouth in the top portion of the bag;
a first length of cord extending through the cord guide when the mouth is in the open position;
a second length of cord positioned outside of the cord guide when the mouth is in the open position, wherein the second length of cord has a substantially different diameter than the first length of cord.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the diameter of the first length of cord is less than half the diameter of the second length of cord.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the cord guide includes an opening having a diameter that blocks the second length of cord passing through the opening.

Assignees

• Under Armour Inc

Inventors

• Giard Edward
• Cleary Stephen
• Russell Edward
• Meyer Michael J
• Brown Jonathan

Classifications

• A45C13/30

  Straps; Bands · CPC title

• A45C7/0063 Primary

  comprising an integrated expansion device · CPC title

• A45C13/1046

  of strings or cords · CPC title

• A45F3/04 Primary

  Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders · CPC title

• A45F3/047

  with adjustable fastenings for the shoulder straps or waist belts · CPC title