Reusable bag

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9578937-B2
Application number	US-201213611452-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2012
Priority date	Dec 20, 2011
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

A bag includes an interior pocket and an exterior pocket. The interior pocket is attached to a wall of the bag along a seam that is stitched across a width of the wall. The seam is located at a height from a bottom of the wall. The exterior pocket is attached to the bottom of the wall of the bag and has a top edge extending across the width of the wall. The top edge of the exterior pocket is located a height from the bottom of the wall. The height of the top edge of the exterior pocket is greater than the height of the seam of the interior pocket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bag comprising:
a plurality of connected side walls, a bottom wall and an open top and each of the side walls and the bottom wall are made of a single layer of material and have interior surfaces and exterior surfaces, wherein at least the plurality of side walls are collapsible from an erected state into a compact state;
an interior pocket attached to the interior surface of one of the side walls along a first seam that is stitched across a width of the one side wall and is located on the interior surface of the one side wall, extends through the single layer of material of the one side wall and is visible on the exterior surface of the one side wall, the first seam being positioned at a height from a bottom of the one side wall and spaced apart from the open top by a distance; and
an exterior pocket attached to the bottom of the exterior surface of the one side wall of the bag by a second seam that is spaced apart from the first seam and located below the first seam, the exterior pocket having a top edge extending across the width of the one side wall and being located a height from the bottom of the one side wall;
wherein the height of the top edge of the exterior pocket is greater than the height of the first seam of the interior pocket so that the exterior pocket hides the first seam that is visible from an exterior of the one of the side walls of the bag; and
wherein a distance between a bottom of the interior pocket and the open top is less than a distance between a bottom of the exterior pocket and the open top.

2. The bag of claim 1 , wherein the one side wall that the interior and exterior pockets are attached to comprises a side wall that opposes another of the side walls, each opposing side wall having top edges located at substantially similar heights, and wherein the heights of the top edges of the opposing side walls are less than a height of the bag.

3. The bag of claim 2 , wherein each of the opposing side walls comprises a tab that provides an attachment component for receiving an end of a carry strap.

4. The bag of claim 1 , further comprising an open top that is cinched shut with a bag drawstring partially enclosed within at least one drawstring channel, one of the drawstring channels being attached to the interior surface of the wall with a bag channel seam and being proximate a top edge of the bag.

5. The bag of claim 4 , further comprising a stuff sack including a top edge, a bottom edge and a sack drawstring partially enclosed within a sack drawstring channel, the bottom edge of the stuff sack being attached to the interior surface of the wall along the bag channel seam.

6. The bag of claim 1 , further comprising a front wall and a back wall, wherein attached to an outer surface of the front wall is a primary handle and attached to an outer surface of the back wall is a primary handle that is substantially similar to the primary handle attached to the outer surface of the front wall, wherein attached to the outer surface of the front wall is a secondary handle and attached to the outer surface of the back wall is a secondary handle that is substantially similar to the secondary handle attached to the outer surface of the front wall, each secondary handle including attachment points that are located between attachments points of one of the primary handles.

7. The bag of claim 1 , wherein the wall that the interior and exterior pockets are attached to comprises a side wall that opposes another side wall and wherein the bag further comprises a pair of exterior through channels having first open ends and second open ends, wherein one of the pair of exterior through channels is attached to the exterior surface of the wall and the other of the pair of exterior through channels is attached to an outer facing surface of the opposing side wall.

8. The bag of claim 1 , wherein a depth of the interior pocket is substantially similar to a depth of the exterior pocket for ease of a user to reach their arm or hand into for accessing items stored in the interior pocket and the exterior pocket.

9. A bag comprising:
a bottom, a top, a front, a back, a first side and a second side;
an exterior compartment attached to an outside of the first side of the bag and including a top edge, a bottom edge and first and second side edges, the top edge of the exterior compartment extending across a width of the first side of the bag and forming a free end, the bottom edge of the exterior compartment extending across the width of the first side of the bag and being attached at a first location to where the first side of the bag couples to the bottom of the bag to form a fixed end, the first side of the exterior compartment being attached to where the first side of the bag couples to the back of the bag to form a fixed end and the second side of the exterior compartment being attached to where the first side of the bag couples to the front of the bag to form a fixed end; and
an interior compartment attached to an inside of the first side of the bag and including a top edge, a bottom edge and first and second side edges, the top edge of the interior compartment extending across a width of the first side of the bag and forming a free end, the bottom edge of the interior compartment extending across the width of the first side of the bag and being attached to the first side of the bag by a seam that extends through an entire thickness of the first side of the bag to form a fixed end, the first side of the interior compartment being attached to where the first side of the bag couples to the back of the bag to form a fixed end and the second side of the interior compartment being attached to where the first side of the bag couples to the front of the bag to form a fixed end; and
wherein the seam of the interior compartment is spaced apart from the top of the bag by a distance and is spaced apart from the bottom of the bag;
wherein the first location where the exterior compartment is attached to the first side of the bag is spaced apart from and located below the seam of the interior compartment;
wherein the top edge of the exterior compartment is located above the seam that attaches the bottom edge of the interior compartment so as to hide the seam on an exterior of the bag.

10. The bag of claim 9 , wherein the first side and the second side of the bag have top edges located at substantially similar heights and wherein the heights of the top edges of the first side and the second side are less than a height of the bag.

11. The bag of claim 10 , further comprising a tab coupled to each of the top edges of the first side and the second side of the bag, each tab providing an attachment component for receiving an end of a carry strap.

12. The bag of claim 9 , wherein the front, the back, the first side and the second side define an upper edge of the bag, wherein a cord extends along the front, the back, the first side and the second side of the bag proximate to the upper edge of the bag to cinch the upper edges of the bag together, the cord being partially enclosed within at least one sleeve that is attached to an interior of the bag by a sleeve seam.

13. The bag of claim 12 , further comprising a stuff sack including a closed end and an open end, the closed end of the stuff sack being attached to the interior of the bag along the sleeve seam of the at least one sleeve.

14. The bag of claim 13 , wherein the open end of the stuff sack is positioned within the interior compartment of the bag.

15. The bag of claim 9 , wherein two of the front, the back, the first side, the second side and the bottom of the bag comprise

Assignees

• Kern Elizabeth C
• Drew Jason V
• Habig Michael M
• Target Brands Inc

Inventors

• Kern Elizabeth C
• Drew Jason V
• Habig Michael M

Classifications

• A45C3/04 Primary

  Shopping bags; Shopping nets · CPC title

• B65D31/04

  with multiple walls (B65D81/3881 takes precedence; for shock absorbing purposes B65D81/03) · CPC title

• B65D33/12

  String handles · CPC title

• Y02W30/807

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02W30/80

  Packaging reuse or recycling, e.g. of multilayer packaging (bio-packaging Y02W90/10) · CPC title