Carry container that converts into a protective mat

A carry container that is convertible into a protective mat, and said carry container comprising:

• a shell including a four-sided bottom panel and four similarly shaped and similarly sized side panels extending from the bottom panel, wherein in an open position adjacent panels of the four side panels defining a substantially inverted triangular shaped opening between the two adjacent panels extending from the bottom panel to the outer ends of the adjacent panels, the substantially inverted triangular shaped opening having a tip portion disposed adjacent to the bottom panel, in an open position an outer perimeter of the four side panels collectively form a non-square and non-triangular shaped pattern, each of the plurality of side panels having two curved side edges and an outer single point apex, each of the curved side edges for each side panel beginning at the bottom panel and terminating at the outer single point apex of the side panel to form a rounded outer top edge for the side panel;
• a preformed four-sided and four corner lining constituting a separate component from the shell and attached to an inner facing side of the shell, the lining have a different shape from the shape of said shell, said lining having a plurality of web portions, wherein in an open and in use position where said inner lining is positioned above said shell said lining providing a protective mat having a continuous upper substantially flat surface with the four side panels and said bottom panel of the shell fully disposed underneath of said lining, wherein in an open position the outer apex of each side panel is disposed at a corresponding one of the corners of the four corners of the lining, each of said web portions is only viewable through a corresponding one substantially inverted triangular shaped opening when said container in an open position and when said lining is in an unfolded configuration and positioned underneath said shell;
• wherein in the open position a first outer perimeter of the lining extending approximately to a second outer perimeter defined by the four similarly shaped and similarly sized panels and the substantially inverted triangle shaped openings between the panels;
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• a plurality of zipper fasteners for securing adjacent side panels together in a closed position, each of said zipper fasteners comprising a first strip of zipper teeth disposed along a side edge of a first panel of the adjacent panels, a second strip of zipper teeth disposed along a side edge of a second panel of the adjacent panels and a zipper slide secured to both the first strip of zipper teeth and the second strip of zipper teeth in a fully open position through a fully closed position;
• wherein in a fully open position a first end of the first strip of zipper teeth and a first end of the second strip of zipper teeth are positioned at an approximately 90 degree angle with respect to each other;
• wherein each zipper fastener of said plurality of zipper fasteners releasably securing a side panel to a neighboring side panel so that the shell is converted into a substantially dome or pyramid shaped enclosure in a closed position in view of the curved shaped side edges of each side panel and with the bottom panel and the four side panels defining an interior cavity for enclosing an item in the shell;
• wherein in a fully closed position the rounded top edges of all of the side panels are adjacent to each other;
• wherein in the fully closed position all of the side panels are positioned upwardly from the bottom panel and the side panels are angled inwardly to that the rounded top edges of the four side panels are adjacent to each other and causing the four side panels to form a substantially closed upper top portion for the substantially dome or pyramid shaped enclosure
• wherein in an open position an apex of each side panel is disposed at a corresponding one of the corners of the four corners of the lining;
• wherein in a shell fully opened and flat position and prior to attaching the separate lining to the shell adjacent panels of the four side panels each define an unobstructed substantially inverted triangular shaped opening between the two adjacent panels extending from the bottom panel to the outer ends of the adjacent panels.

A carry container that is convertible into a protective mat, and said carry container comprising:

• a shell including a four-sided bottom panel and four similarly shaped and similarly sized side panels extending from the bottom panel, each of the side panels of the four side panels having an outer end defining an apex;
• wherein in an open position adjacent panels of the four side panels defining a substantially inverted triangular shaped opening between the two adjacent panels extending from the bottom panel to the outer ends of the adjacent panels, the substantially inverted triangular shaped opening having a tip portion disposed adjacent to the bottom panel, in an open position an outer perimeter of the four side panels collectively form a non-square and non-triangular shaped pattern, each of the plurality of side panels having two curved side edges and an outer single point apex, each of the curved side edges for each side panel beginning at the bottom panel and terminating at the outer single point apex of the side panel to form a rounded outer top edge for the side panel;
• a preformed four-sided and four corner lining constituting a separate component from the shell and attached to an inner facing side of the shell, said lining having four corners and a different shape from the shape of the shell, the lining defining a plurality of web portions, wherein in an open and in use position where said inner lining is positioned above said shell said lining providing a protective mat having a continuous upper substantially flat surface with the four side panels and said bottom panel of the shell fully disposed underneath of said lining, each of said web portions is only viewable through a corresponding one substantially inverted triangular shaped opening when said container in an open position and when said lining is in an unfolded configuration and positioned underneath said shell;
• wherein in the open position a first outer perimeter of the lining extending approximately to a second outer perimeter defined by the four similarly shaped and similarly sized panels and the substantially inverted triangle shaped openings between the panels;
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• wherein in an open position the apex of each side panel is disposed at a corresponding one of the corners of the four corners of the lining;
• a plurality of zipper fasteners for securing adjacent side panels together in a closed position, each of said zipper fasteners comprising a first strip of zipper teeth disposed along a side edge of a first panel of the adjacent panels, a second strip of zipper teeth disposed along a side edge of a second panel of the adjacent panels and a zipper slide secured to both the first strip of zipper teeth and the second strip of zipper teeth in a fully open position through a fully closed position;
• wherein each zipper fastener of said plurality of zipper fasteners releasably securing a side panel to a neighboring side panel so that the shell is converted into a substantially dome or pyramid shaped enclosure in a closed position in view of the curved shaped side edges of each side panel and with the bottom panel and the four side panels defining an interior cavity for enclosing an item in the shell;
• wherein in a fully closed position the rounded top edges of all of the side panels are adjacent to each other;
• wherein in the fully closed position all of the side panels are positioned upwardly from the bottom panel and the side panels are angled inwardly to that the rounded top edges of the four side panels are adjacent to each other and causing the four side panels to form a substantially closed upper top portion for the substantially dome or pyramid shaped enclosure;
• wherein in a shell fully opened and flat position and prior to attaching the separate lining to the shell adjacent panels of the four side panels each define an unobstructed substantially inverted triangular shaped opening between the two adjacent panels extending from the bottom panel to the outer ends of the adjacent panels.