Bag for storing and dispensing cord
AssigneeLiberty Tool, LLC
InventorsJerome M. Witt, Benjamin R. Groeser, Morse L. Roberts
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Abstract
A bag for storing and dispensing cord includes a sidewall formed from a pliable sheet of material. The sidewall defines an interior compartment having a central portion defined between two ends. In one embodiment, a resilient ring having sufficient stiffness to maintain the interior compartment in an at least partially uncollapsed shape when the bag lies on its side supports the central portion of the interior compartment. A cord is stored within the interior compartment with one end of the cord protruding through an aperture in the closed end and the other end of the cord protruding from the open end of the compartment. In one embodiment, an end cover attached to the sidewall forms the closed end of the bag.
Claims17
A bag comprising:
- a. a sidewall formed from a pliable sheet of material, the sheet formed to define an interior compartment having a first end, a second end, and a central portion defined between the first and second ends;
- b. a support attached to the sidewall around the central portion of the interior compartment, the support having sufficient stiffness to maintain the interior compartment in an at least partially uncollapsed shape when the bag lies on the sidewall;
- c. a first aperture in the first end adapted to admit access to the interior compartment;
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- d. a second aperture in the second end adapted to admit access to the interior compartment.
A system comprising:
- a. a length of cord having first and second cord ends;
- b. a sidewall formed from a first pliable sheet of material, the sheet defining an interior compartment having first and second compartment ends and a portion defined between the first and second ends, the interior compartment receiving and storing the cord;
- c. a support attached to the sidewall around the interior compartment and between the first and second compartment ends, the support having sufficient stiffness to maintain the interior compartment in an at least partially uncollapsed shape when the bag lies on the sidewall;
- d. a first aperture defined in the sidewall and admitting the first cord end;
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- e. a second aperture defined in the sidewall and admitting the second cord end.
A system comprising:
- a. a length of cord having first and second cord ends;
- b. a sidewall formed from a pliable sheet of material, the sheet having:
- i. first and second opposite sheet edges joined to form an interior compartment adapted to store the cord;
- ii. a third sheet edge defining a first aperture through which extends the first cord end;
- iii. a fourth sheet edge defining a second aperture through which extends the second cord end;
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- iv. a support attached to the sidewall around the interior compartment and between the first and second apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.