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US 11,766,103 B2Granted
Tote bag
AssigneeYETI Coolers, LLC
InventorsRoy Joseph Seiders, Dustin Bullock
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Abstract
A tote bag including an outer shell defining a sidewall, wherein the outer shell also includes multiple shoulder straps, wherein the shoulder straps also include hand straps, and wherein the shoulder straps are configured to remain above a plane of the base of the bag when the tote bag is carried by the hand straps is disclosed. An inner bottom liner and the outer shell form a storage compartment with an opening configured to allow access to the storage compartment. Further, a semi-rigid base configured to keep the tote bag upright is disclosed.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- a shell comprising an opening at a top, a bottom, a front, and a back;
- a base comprising,
- a base outer shell, wherein a bottom material covers a portion of the base outer shell and a lower portion of the shell, wherein a portion of the bottom material is positioned on an underside of the base outer shell, and wherein the bottom material is configured to wrap around a perimeter of the lower portion of the shell,
- a bottom inner liner attached to the bottom of the shell, and
- a foam layer positioned between the bottom inner liner and the base outer shell;
- a storage compartment;
- a top binding positioned around the top of the shell;
- an inner pocket;
- a plurality of straps;
- and
- a closure device.
8 more elements
A bag comprising:
- a shell comprising a sidewall, an opening, an upper portion, a rim, and a bottom portion,
- wherein an upper binding is positioned on the rim,
- wherein the shell is flexible,
- wherein the shell comprises a vertically extending seam;
- a semi-rigid base defining a bottom of the bag,
- wherein the base comprises a base outer shell, a bottom inner liner affixed to the bottom portion of the shell, and a foam layer positioned between the bottom inner liner and the base outer shell,
- wherein a bottom material covers a portion of the base outer shell and a lower portion of the shell, wherein a portion of the bottom material is positioned on an underside of the base outer shell and wherein the bottom material is configured to wrap around a perimeter of the lower portion of the shell;
- a plurality of straps;
- a storage compartment configured for storage of contents,
- wherein the opening is configured to allow access to the storage compartment;
- a closure device;
- and
- an inner pocket.
10 more elements
A bag comprising:
- a shell comprising an opening, a front, and a back;
- a bottom inner liner,
- wherein the bottom inner liner is affixed to a bottom of the shell;
- a base outer shell,
- wherein the base outer shell is positioned on a bottom of the bag;
- a foam layer positioned between the bottom inner liner and the base outer shell,
- wherein a bottom material covers a portion of the base outer shell and a portion of the shell, and
- wherein the bottom material is configured to wrap around a bottom perimeter of the shell, and wherein a portion of the bottom material is positioned on an underside of the base outer shell;
- a storage compartment;
- a top binding positioned around an upper circumference of the opening;
- an inner pocket positioned under the top binding in an interior of the storage compartment;
- and
- a plurality of straps.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.