Foldable tote bag with collapsible container body

A tote bag comprising a collapsible container body made of a foldable assembly of fabric panels that are joined together to form a bottom side and a sidewall including four lateral sides that join define an inner storage volume when the collapsible container body takes an expanded state,

• wherein opposite first and second lateral sides of the collapsible container body are each provided with a gusset fold designed to allow outward folding of the first and second lateral sides into flat-folded gusset sections,
• wherein the collapsible container body is configured to be foldable into a flattened folded configuration where the first and second lateral sides are folded outward along the gusset fold into the flat-folded gusset sections, the flat-folded gusset sections being foldable inward over lateral sections of a third one of the lateral sides, while a fourth one of the lateral sides is foldable inward to align the bottom side with the fourth lateral side,
• wherein the collapsible container body is provided with a releasable holding structure to selectively secure the flat-folded gusset sections to the third lateral side and keep the collapsible container body in the flattened folded configuration:
• and wherein the releasable holding structure comprises magnets provided on the sidewall, including a first pair of magnets each provided on a portion of a corresponding one of the first and second lateral sides and a second pair of magnets provided on the third lateral side for selective cooperation with the first pair of magnets.

A tote bag comprising a collapsible container body made of a foldable assembly of fabric panels that are joined together to form a bottom side and a sidewall including four lateral sides that jointly define an inner storage volume when the collapsible container body takes an expanded state,

• wherein opposite first and second lateral sides of the collapsible container body are each provided with a gusset fold designed to allow outward folding of the first and second lateral sides into flat-folded gusset sections;
• wherein the collapsible container body is configured to be foldable into a flattened folded configuration where the first and second lateral sides are folded outward along the gusset fold into the flat-folded gusset sections, the flat-folded gusset sections being foldable inward over lateral sections of a third one of the lateral sides, while a fourth one of the lateral is foldable inward to alien the bottom side with the fourth lateral side,
• wherein the collapsible container body is provided with a releasable holding structure to selectively secure the flat-folded gusset sections to the third lateral side and keep the collapsible container body in the flattened folded configuration,
• and wherein the releasable holding structure comprises a pair of stretchable elastic bands each provided on a portion of a corresponding one of the first and second lateral sides and at least one retaining element provided on the third lateral side for selective cooperation with the stretchable elastic bands, each of the stretchable elastic bands being configured to be selectively stretched such as to be brought into selective cooperation with the at least one retaining element.