Ballast bag
AssigneeSandbag Store, LLC
InventorChristopher Haas
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Abstract
A ballast bag that is durable and prevents exposure to FOD is provided. The ballast bag includes a bag body with a first end and a second end, a first side and a second side, and a front side and a rear side. A first strap is connected to the front side forming a loop defined by two parallel lines along the front side of the bag and a handle extending past each end of the bag. A second strap is connected to the rear side forming a loop defined by two parallel lines along the rear side of the bag and a handle extending past each end of the bag. The handles of the straps are the same size to form a double handle on each end of the bag. The first and second strap each have an inner and outer band of embedded non-slip material.
Claims18
A ballast bag comprising:
- a bag body comprising a first end and a second end, a first side and a second side, and a front side and a rear side, the bag body being formed from a single piece of material that is folded along the first side and is connected together along the second side and the first and second ends, and the bag body further comprising at least one internal layer formed from a contrasting color from an external layer of the bag body;
- a first strap connected to the front side of the bag body, the first strap formed from a single strap with ends of the first strap overlapping one another on the front side of the bag body and extending from the ends in both directions in a first line parallel to the first and second sides and past the first and second ends of the bag body and returning to extend along the front side of the bag body in a second line parallel to the first line, the first strap forming a handle on each of the first and second ends of the bag body with the portion of the strap extending past the first and second ends of the bag body;
- a second strap connected to the rear side of the bag body, the second strap formed from a single strap with ends of the second strap overlapping one another on the rear side of the bag body and extending from the ends in both directions in a first line parallel to the first and second sides and past the first and second ends of the bag body and returning to extend along the rear side of the bag body in a second line parallel to the first line, the second strap forming a handle on each of the first and second ends of the bag body with the portion of the strap extending past the first and second ends of the bag body, the handles of the second strap and the handles of the first strap being the same size to form a double handle on each of the first and second ends of the bag body;
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- filler material disposed within the bag body.
A ballast bag comprising:
- a bag body comprising a first end and a second end, a first side and a second side, and a front side and a rear side;
- a first strap connected to the front side of the bag body, the first strap forming a loop in two parallel lines along the front side of the bag and a handle extending past each of the first end and the second end of the bag;
- a second strap connected to the rear side of the bag body, the second strap forming a loop in two parallel lines along the rear side of the bag and a handle extending past each of the first end and the second end of the bag, the handles of the second strap and the handles of the first strap being the same size to form a double handle on each of the first and second ends of the bag body;
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- filler material disposed within the bag body,
- the first and second strap each comprising an inner band and an outer band of embedded non-slip material extending along the length of the first and second strap,
- the first and second strap being connected to the front and rear sides of the bag body via stitching that is disposed on an outer side of each of the inner and outer bands of embedded non-slip material,
- the first strap and the second strap being sewn together at the first and second ends of the bag body, and
- reinforcing seams connecting the first and second straps to the front and rear sides of the ballast bag, the reinforcing seams being disposed perpendicular to the inner and outer bands and parallel to the first and second ends adjacent to the first and second ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.