Stretch carry strap assembly
AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.
InventorsJason V. Drew, Christopher E. Svensrud
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Abstract
A bag includes a strap assembly having a first end, a second end, a pair of governing regions and a main region located between each of the pair of governing regions. The strap assembly includes a layer of elastic fabric and a layer of non-elastic fabric coupled to an upper surface of the layer of elastic fabric. When the strap assembly is in a relaxed position, the pair of governing regions include a gap between the layer of elastic fabric and the layer of non-elastic fabric. When the strap assembly is in a stretched position, the layer of non-elastic fabric governs how much the layer of elastic fabric is stretched in the pair of governing regions.
Claims20
A bag comprising:
- a strap assembly having a first end, a second end, a pair of governing regions and a main region located between each of the pair of governing regions, the strap assembly comprising:
- a layer of elastic fabric;
- a layer of non-elastic fabric coupled to the layer of elastic fabric;
- wherein when the strap assembly is in a relaxed position the pair of governing regions include a gap between the layer of elastic fabric and the layer of non-elastic fabric;
- and
- wherein when the strap assembly is in a stretched position the layer of non-elastic fabric limits how far the layer of elastic fabric stretches in the pair of governing regions.
A bag comprising:
- an exterior surface;
- at least one stretch carry strap assembly having a first end and a second end and being coupled to the exterior surface, the stretch carry strap assembly comprising:
- an elastic strap;
- a non-elastic webbing strap being coupled to the elastic strap at spaced apart areas of attachment;
- wherein in a first section of the stretch carry strap assembly the elastic strap has a relaxed length and a stretched length and the non-elastic webbing strap has a length, the length of the non-elastic webbing strap in the first section is greater than the relaxed length of the elastic strap in the first section and is substantially similar to the stretched length of the elastic strap in the first section;
- wherein in a second section of the stretch carry strap assembly the elastic strap has a length and the non-elastic webbing strap has a length that is substantially similar to the length of the elastic strap in the second section;
- and
- wherein in a third section of the stretch carry strap assembly the elastic strap has a relaxed length and a stretched length and the non-elastic webbing strap has a length, the length of the non-elastic webbing strap in the third section is greater than the relaxed length of the elastic strap in the third section and substantially similar to the stretched length of the elastic strap in the third section.
A method of towing a second suitcase on a first suitcase, the method comprising:
- extending a telescoping handle connected to at least one telescoping tube on the first suitcase so that the first suitcase can be wheeled across a floor;
- pulling a stretch carry strap assembly that is attached to an exterior surface of the second suitcase away from the exterior surface of the second suitcase from a relaxed position into a stretched position;
- sliding the stretch carry strap assembly while in the stretched position over and around the at least one telescoping tube connected to the telescoping handle on the first suitcase, wherein the stretch carry strap assembly includes a non-elastic strap assembled to an elastic strap such that the non-elastic strap governs how far the elastic strap can be pulled away from the exterior surface of the second suitcase in the stretched position;
- and
- towing the second suitcase on the first suitcase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.