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US 6,206,224 B1Granted
Shopping caddy and bag system
OwnerKenneth Lee Potts, Debra Lee Pottsinventors
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Abstract
A shopping caddy system including a multi-compartmented caddy and a plurality of collapsible bags that fit into the compartments of the caddy. The caddy is preferably collapsible so that its end panels and intermediate dividers form a stack. The end panels of the caddy can preferably folded downward to provide extra support when the endmost caddy compartments are not occupied. The caddy and bags are preferably sized and shaped to allow close engagement between the caddy and the bags when the caddy is in the open position and the collapsible bags are in the open position.
Claims18
A device for holding bags in an upright position, the device comprising:
- a rigid first end panel;
- a rigid second end panel;
- a rigid first divider panel;
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- a pliable base defining two side panels and a bottom panel connected to at least side edges of said end panels and divider panel and structured to constrain the first end panel, the second end panel and the first divider panel to each other so that the first divider panel is located substantially between the first end panel and the second end panel and so that the base is structured to be collapsible between a closed position with the first end panel, the second end panel and the first divider panel being in close face to face proximity to each other and an open position with the second end panel and the first divider being spaced apart and the first end panel is moveable between a first angular orientation substantially parallel to the first divider panel and a second angular orientation inclined substantially perpendicular to the first divider panel.
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A device for holding bags, the device comprising:
- a first end panel having a first side edge, a second side edge and a bottom edge;
- a second end panel having a first side edge, a second side edge and a bottom edge;
- a first divider panel having a first side edge, a second side edge and a bottom edge;
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- a pliable base defining two side panels and a bottom panel connected to at least side edges of said end panels and divider panel and structured to constrain the first end panel, the second end panel and the first divider panel to each other so that the first divider panel is located substantially between the first end panel and the second end panel, with the base being collapsible between an open position with the first end panel, the second end panel and the first divider panel being spaced apart and substantially parallel to each other and a closed position with the first end panel, the second end panel and the first divider panel being in close substantially face to face engagement and substantially parallel to each other.
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A shopping bag caddy system comprising:
- a collapsible shopping bag caddy defining a first shopping bag receiving area and a second shopping bag receiving area, the shopping bag caddy comprising a rigid first end panel, a rigid second end panel, a rigid first divider panel, and a pliable base defining two side panels and a bottom panel connected to at least side edges of said end panels and divider panel and structured to constrain the first end panel, the second end panel and the first divider panel to each other so that the first divider panel is located substantially equal distance between the first end panel and the second end panel, the shopping bag caddy being collapsible between a caddy open position and a caddy closed position wherein said divider panel and end panels are in substantially face to face engagement;
- a first collapsible shopping bag made substantially of pliable fabric collapsible between a first bag open position and a first bag closed position, with the first bag being sized and shaped to engage the first receiving area when the caddy is in the caddy open position and the first bag is in the first bag open position;
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- a second collapsible shopping bag made substantially of pliable fabric collapsible between a second bag open position and a second bag closed position, with the second bag being sized and shaped to engage with the second receiving area when the caddy is in the caddy open position and the first bag is in the second bag open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.