Dual function portable computer bag
OwnerMemphis Zhihong Yininventor
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Abstract
A dual function portable computer bag serves its conventional function as a carrying device for a portable computer and associated accessories and also serves an additional function as an ergonomically appropriate padded back support for a user thereby converting a conventional chair and table into an ergonomically appropriate and comfortable workstation for a portable computer user.
Claims29
A portable computer bag comprising:
- an interior compartment sized to hold a portable computing device therein, said portable computing device being of size on the order of at least one of a laptop or a notebook computing device;
- a top including an opening providing access to said interior compartment;
- a bottom opposite said top;
- and
- an exterior surface coupling said top and bottom, said exterior surface presenting in cross section of said computer bag a substantially figure eight shape having a first loop and a second loop, said first loop including said top, said second loop including said bottom, said first loop being smaller than said second loop.
A portable computer bag comprising:
- an interior compartment;
- a top including an opening providing access to said interior compartment;
- a bottom opposite said top;
- and
- an exterior surface coupling said top and bottom, said exterior surface presenting in cross section of said computer bag a substantially figure eight shape having a first loop and a second loop, said first loop including said top, said second loop including said bottom, said first loop being smaller than said second loop.
A portable computer bag comprising:
- structural means forming in cross section a figure eight shape, said figure eight shape having a first loop and a second loop, said structural means establishing therein an interior compartment;
- and
- padding means surrounding said structural means, said padding means providing an external surface generally following said figure eight shape.
A method of portable computing device use by an operator thereof, the method comprising:
- conveying the portable computing device in a travel bag;
- removing the portable computing device from said bag at a work site, said work site including a chair and a work surface;
- operating the portable computing device resting on said work surface;
- and
- placing said travel bag on said chair between said chair and a user of said portable computing device, said placing including placing a first portion of said bag above a second portion of said bag, said second portion being smaller than said first portion, said second portion being placed substantially against a lumbar region of the user.
A portable computing device travel bag comprising:
- a molded resilient structure, said structure including a first portion and a second portion, said first portion having a front-to-back thickness less than a front-to-back thickness of said second portion;
- an exterior surface material surrounding said molded resilient structure;
- and
- padding between said exterior surface material and said molded resilient structure.
A travel bag according to claim 27 further comprising at least one of a handle and strap, said at least one of said handle and strap being attached to said exterior surface material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.