Shopping bag kit

A shopping bag kit for the compact carrying on the person of a plurality of shopping bags for use and reuse in connection with marketing, the shopping bag kit comprising:

• a compact carrying case constructed of a flexible collapsible material and having an interior and divider means for dividing the interior into a plurality of compartments placed laterally adjacent one another and extending longitudinally essentially parallel to one another throughout the interior;
• a corresponding plurality of shopping bags, each shopping bag being constructed of a relatively thin, foldable reusable material capable of being folded over upon itself about a generally longitudinal axis to establish a compact reinforcing column when the shopping bag is not in use;
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• securing means including a strap affixed to the carrying case for extending horizontally around the person so as to selectively secure the carrying case upon the person with the axes of the reinforcing columns oriented in the vertical direction said strap being the sole securing means so as to provide ready access to the compartments of the carrying case from vertically above the compartments when the carrying case is secured upon the person;
• the compartments of the carrying case each being essentially complementary to a corresponding reinforcing column for reception of the reinforcing columns within corresponding compartments in the carrying case with the axes of the reinforcing columns aligned longitudinally generally parallel with one another such that the reinforcing columns cooperate with the compartmented carrying case to assist in maintaining the assembled shopping bags and carrying case erect for facilitating carrying the shopping bag kit and the selective withdrawal of each shopping bag for deployment and use with the carrying case secured upon the person such that removal of the carrying case from the person is unnecessary to accomplish said selective withdrawal of the shopping bags from the carrying case.