# US 2024/0188697 A1 · Containment mat that converts to luggage with secure seal

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- Number: US 2024/0188697 A1
- Document ID: US20240188697A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/585,363
- Filed: 2024-02-23
- Published: 2024-06-13
- Earliest claimed: 2010-11-18
- Inventors: Amy S. FAZACKERLEY; Adam D. FAZACKERLEY
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240188697A1

## CPC

- A45C 9/00: {Purses,} Luggage or bags convertible into objects for other use (sacks or packs carried on the body and convertible into other articles A45F4/02; trunk-wardrobes A47B61/06; trunk-beds A47C17/82)
- A45C 13/1046: {of strings or cords}
- A45C 3/00: Flexible luggage; Handbags (collapsible or extensible luggage, bags or the like A45C7/00)
- A45C: PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS

## Abstract

A convertible containment device includes a flexible base configured to substantially conform to a supporting surface when the device is in an open configuration, a wall affixed to a perimeter of the flexible base and extending substantially perpendicularly away from the flexible base when the device is in the open configuration, and a cinch cord in operable relation with the wall, and forming a loop when the device is in the open configuration. The cinch cord is configured such that operating the cinch cord causes the device to transform from the open configuration to a bag-like configuration by gathering the wall to form an annulus having an opening, and the opening of the annulus is sized to prohibit exit of an object from within the bag-like configuration.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A convertible containment device, comprising:
a flexible base configured to substantially conform to a supporting surface when the device is in an open configuration, wherein the flexible base portion has a perimeter;
a wall affixed to the perimeter of the flexible base and extending substantially perpendicularly from the flexible base when the device is in the open configuration; and
a cinch cord in operable relation with the wall, and forming a loop when the device is in the open configuration,
wherein the cinch cord is configured such that pulling the cinch cord causes the convertible containment device to transform from the open configuration to a bag-like configuration by gathering the wall to form an annulus having an opening, and
wherein the opening of the annulus is sized to prohibit exit of an object from within the bag-like configuration.