Tote bag
AssigneeAlem Turpeau
InventorAlem Turpeau
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Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to a vertically expanding tote bag or purse, formed from a substantially rigid bottom panel, an internal telescopic support connected to the bottom panel, a collapsible pocket connected to the solid bottom panel and the internal support, the collapsible pocket disposed such that it creates a collapsible cavity or pocket within the collapsible material when the internal support is telescoped into an extended position; and a non-collapsible pocket formed from non-collapsible side walls that form a cavity or pocket, the non-collapsible pocket attached to the internal support.
Claims13
A vertically expanding bag that is carried as a purse or tote when the bag is not expanded, and is wheeled when the bag is expanded, comprising:
- a substantially rigid and substantially planar bottom panel;
- an internal support connected to the bottom panel, the internal support capable of telescoping from a collapsed position to an extended position;
- a collapsible pocket comprised of a flexible material connected to the bottom panel and the internal support, the collapsible pocket disposed such that it creates a collapsible cavity or pocket within and surrounded by the collapsible material when the internal support is telescoped into an extended position;
- non-collapsible side walls that form a cavity or pocket, the non-collapsible side walls attached to the internal support;
- a bottom surface in the cavity or pocket formed by the non-collapsible side walls, the bottoms surface separating the non-collapsing cavity or pocket from the collapsible pocket;
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- at least four wheels deployably attached to the substantially rigid and substantially planar bottom panel, the wheels configured that when deployed the vertically expanding bag sits in a substantially vertical position.
A vertically expanding bag that is carried as a purse or tote when the bag is not expanded, and is wheeled when the bag is expanded, comprising:
- a substantially rigid and substantially planar bottom panel, comprising:
- one or more cavities formed in the bottom panel;
- at least four wheels disposed inside the one or more cavities and deployably attached to the bottom panel, the wheels configured that when deployed the vertically expanding bag sits in a substantially vertical position;
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- a mechanism to raise and lower the one or more wheels between positions inside the cavity and positions extending from the cavity, such that in a lowered position the wheels may be used;
- an internal support connected to the bottom panel, the internal support capable of telescoping from a collapsed position to an extended position;
- a collapsible pocket comprised of a flexible material and connected to the bottom panel and the internal support, the collapsible pocket disposed such that it creates a collapsible cavity or pocket within and surrounded by the collapsible material when the internal support is telescoped into an extended position, the cavity or pocket formed by the non-collapsible side wall comprising a bottom surface, the bottoms surface separating the non-collapsing cavity or pocket from the collapsible pocket;
- a non-collapsible pocket, comprised of:
- side walls that form a cavity or pocket, the non-collapsible side walls attached to the internal support;
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- a bottom surface separating the non-collapsing cavity or pocket from the collapsible pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.