Luggage with seat

A combination duffle bag and separable seat comprising:

• a duffle bag having a pair of spaced end walls and connecting walls between said end walls to define an article receiving compartment therebetween, an openable closure means within said connecting walls to provide access to said article receiving compartment, and strap means extending from said duffle bag for manual grasping;
• one of said end walls including an auxiliary compartment, which spans a substantial portion of the width and length of said one end wall, and is recessed towards said article receiving compartment, the depth of said auxiliary compartment being substantially less than the depth of said article receiving compartment;
• a collapsible seat:
• said auxiliary compartment adapted to releasably receive said collapsible seat;
• said collapsible seat including a pair of pivoted legs and a flexible seat, each of said legs formed of rectangularly bent tubular members, having an upper bight portion, a lower bight portion, and intermediate arms;
• said flexible seat including downwardly turned ends to define a first loop forming pocket at a first end of said flexible seat, and a second loop forming pocket at the opposed second end of said seat, said second pocket being significantly longer than said first pocket, and including an outer end at the said seat second end and an inward end inward of said seat second end;
• the upper bight portion of a first of said legs located within said first pocket, and the upper bight portion of a second of said legs located within said second pocket;
• said legs being pivotally movable between a first operative condition, and a second storage condition;
• said first operative condition characterized as said legs being pivotally open with said second bight portion being at said outer end of said second pocket;
• said upper bight portions tensioning said flexible seat to maintain said flexible seat in a generally horizontal taut condition, and said lower bight portions adapted to engage a generally horizontal support surface vertically displaced downward from said flexible seat;
• said second storage condition characterized as said legs being pivoted to a nested flat configuration, with one of said upper bight portions, overlying the other upper bight portion, said second bight portion being at the inward end of said second pocket, and said flexible seat being collapsed and depending towards said lower bight portions, with said lower bight portions overlying each other, and said first and second legs being in coplanar relationship;
• a first releasable means within said auxiliary compartment and complementary second releasable means secured to said collapsible seat for engaging said first releasable means, for storing said collapsible seat in said auxiliary compartment when said collapsible seat is in said second storage condition, whereby:
• said first releasable means selectively being disengaged from said second releasable means to completely remove said collapsible seat from said auxiliary compartment prior to converting said collapsible seat to its first operative condition.

A combination duffle bag and unit seat, comprising:

• a duffle bag including:
• a pair of spaced end walls and connecting walls between said end walls to define an article receiving compartment therebetween;
• a manually openable means within said connecting walls for providing access to said article receiving compartment and closing same;
• strap means extending outward of said duffle bag for manual grasping;
• one of said end walls including an auxiliary compartment which spans a substantial portion of the width and length of said one end wall, and is recessed from its rearmost extent, towards said article receiving compartment by a depth which is substantially less than the depth of said article receiving compartment, such that said auxiliary compartment is externally accessible from said one end wall;
• a separator wall at the recessed inward extent of said auxiliary compartment for separating said auxiliary compartment from said article receiving compartment;
• a seat unit including:
• first and second leg members pivotally connected to each other, each of said leg members including upper and lower ends;
• a flexible seat connected to the upper ends of said first and second leg members;
• said seat unit manually movable between a first operative condition and a second storage condition;
• said first operative condition characterized as said leg members pivoted open to separate both the upper and lower ends of the leg members in respective spaced coplanar relationship, with said flexible seat spanning between said separated upper ends, and being maintained in a taut condition, and said separated lower ends adapted to engage a support surface;
• said second storage condition characterized as said leg members pivoted closed to a nested flat configuration with both of said leg members, including their upper and lower ends, lying substantially in the same plane, with said flexible seat being adapted to be flexibly contained in the same plane, whereby the seat unit is compactly folded into a planar assembly, said planar assembly substantially corresponding to the depth of said auxiliary compartment;
• securing means for maintaining said seat unit in said auxiliary compartment when said seat unit is in said second storage condition, and permitting attachment of said seat unit to said auxiliary compartment when said seat unit is in said first operative condition;
• said duffle bag further including an outer panel pivotally connected to said one end wall and overlying said auxiliary compartment;
• said outer panel covering said seat unit when said seat unit is inserted in said auxiliary compartment in its storage condition, and pivotable open for removal of said seat unit from said auxiliary compartment.