Storage bag assembly and method of use
OwnerJames Robert Grahaminventor
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Abstract
A storage bag assembly for storing and readily retrieving an article includes a shell, which is semirigid or rigid and has a top that is open, and a hood, which is resiliently flexible. The shell comprises opposed sidewalls, which extend between front and back walls. As the front wall is dimensionally shorter than the back wall, an upper section of each opposed sidewall extends convexly from the front wall to the back wall. The hood comprises a center panel and a pair of side panels. A front edge of the center panel is attached to an upper edge of the front wall and the side panels are attached to its opposing edges. Rear and bottom edges of the side panels are resiliently elastic, enabling the hood to be positionable and self-retained in an open configuration and a closed configuration.
Claims16
A storage bag assembly comprising:
- a shell defining an interior space and being semirigid or rigid, a top of the shell being open, the shell comprising a front wall, a back wall, and opposed sidewalls, with each opposed sidewall extending between the front wall and the back wall, the front wall being dimensionally shorter than the back wall, an upper section of each opposed sidewall extending convexly from an upper edge of the front wall to an upper end of the back wall;
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- a hood, the hood being resiliently flexible and comprising:
- a center panel having a front edge attached proximate to the upper edge of the front wall, and
- a pair of side panels shaped complementarily to the upper sections of the sidewalls and being attached singly to opposing edges of the center panel, rear edges and bottom edges of the side panels being resiliently elastic, enabling the hood to be positionable and self-retained in an open configuration, wherein the shell is configured for selective insertion or extraction of an article, and a closed configuration, wherein the hood covers the top and substantially covers the upper sections of the opposed sidewalls.
A method of storing and retrieving an article comprising the steps of:
- motivating a hood attached to a shell from a closed configuration to an open configuration, the hood being retained in the open configuration by constriction of rear edges and bottom edges of side panels of the hood, which are resiliently elastic;
- inserting an article through a top of the shell into an interior space defined by the shell;
- motivating the hood from the open configuration to the closed configuration, the hood being retained in the closed configuration by constriction of the rear edges and of the side panels;
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- motivating the hood from the closed configuration to the open configuration, as needed, to extract the article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.