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US 2014/0212067 A1Published application
Convertible storage bag and marine signal flag
AssigneeBga Industries LLC
InventorCharlie Hicks
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Abstract
A convertible device that is transformable from a storage bag to a marine signal flag by providing water permeable open mesh body of hollow material with stitched edges and an access opening. Rods on the interior of the body are attached to diagonally opposed corners. The rods disconnect to provide a bag form. The rods connect to provide a rigid brace between the diagonally opposed corners of the interior of the material to provide a flag form. Eyelets along a stitched edge of the material are used to attach the device to a flag pole.
Claims9
A convertible device transformable to a storage bag or a flag, comprising:
- a bag having a hollow interior and an access opening, a first rigid member attached to an interior corner of the bag and a second rigid member attached to a diagonally opposed interior corner of the bag;
- wherein said bag comprises an overlapping body of material with opposite edges thereof forming sides of said hollow interior, said body of material having an additional edge forming a bottom of the hollow interior and having an opposing separable end to form said access opening, wherein said body of material is generally soft to crumple or uncrumple in a first form as a bag, and said rigid members are disconnected in said first form;
- and wherein said body of material is generally flat in a second form as a flag, and said rigid members are connected in said second form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.