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US 2025/0074660 A1Published application
Evertable bag for containing items
AssigneeInteplast Group Corporation
InventorsPai-Mei Tseng, Jyh-Yao Raphael Li
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Abstract
A bag that is capable of being turned inside out (“everted”) so that items can be picked up using the bag so that the item does not contact a user's hand. The bag is formed with a tall gusset that defines spaces for the user to place the fingers and thumb, respectively in the bag. The gusset can then be used to grasp the item before everting the bag by pulling the item and gusset upwardly through the top of the bag to achieve eversion.
Claims20
An evertable bag for containing one or more items, the bag comprising:
- a first sheet of flexible material having an exterior surface and an interior surface;
- a second sheet of flexible material having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surfaces of the first and second sheets being generally opposed to each other in an interior of the bag and the exterior surfaces of the first and second sheets facing away from the interior of the bag, the bag having a volume sized and shaped for receiving an adult human hand therein;
- a first closure member mounted on the exterior surface of the first sheet;
- a second closure member mounted on the exterior surface of the second sheet, the second closure member being configured for mating engagement with the first closure member;
- a gusset operatively connecting the first and second sheets to each other thereby closing a bottom of the bag, the gusset having a height of at least about one inch in a flattened condition of the gusset, the gusset forming a first volume between a first surface of the gusset and the interior surface of the first sheet, and a second volume between a second surface of the gusset and the interior surface of the second sheet, the first volume being sized and shaped to receive one of fingers of the adult human hand and a thumb of the adult human hand, and the second volume being sized and shaped to receive the other of the fingers and the thumb of the human hand for grasping the one or more items to be stored in the bag such that an exterior surface of the gusset engages the one or more items;
- the bag being evertable by pulling a grasped one or more items upward through an open top of the bag whereby the positions of the interior and exterior surfaces of the first and second sheets are exchanged, the one or more items are located within the bag and the first and second closure members are position on an interior of the bag and mateable for closing the everted bag.
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An evertable bag for containing one or more items, the bag comprising:
- a first sheet of flexible material having an exterior surface and an interior surface;
- a second sheet of flexible material having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surfaces of the first and second sheets being generally opposed to each other in an interior of the bag and the exterior surfaces of the first and second sheets facing away from the interior of the bag, the bag having a volume sized and shaped for receiving an adult human hand therein;
- a first closure member mounted on the exterior surface of the first sheet;
- a second closure member mounted on the exterior surface of the second sheet, the second closure member being configured for mating engagement with the first closure member;
- a gusset operatively connecting the first and second sheets to each other thereby closing a bottom of the bag, the gusset comprising a first fold, a second fold and a third fold, the second fold being located proximate the first sheet, the third fold being located proximate the second sheet and the first fold being located between the first and second fold, the first fold having a height greater than heights of the second and third folds, when the first, second and third folds are in a flattened condition, the gusset forming a first volume between the first fold and the interior surface of the first sheet, and a second volume between the first fold and the interior surface of the second sheet, the first volume being sized and shaped to receive one of fingers of the adult human hand and a thumb of the adult human hand, and the second volume being sized and shaped to receive the other of the fingers and the thumb of the human hand for grasping the one or more items to be stored in the bag such that an exterior surface of the gusset engages the one or more items;
- the bag being evertable by pulling a grasped one or more items upward through an open top of the bag whereby the positions of the interior and exterior surfaces of the first and second sheets are exchanged, the one or more items are located within the bag and the first and second closure members are position on an interior of the bag and mateable for closing the everted bag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.