Combination cosmetic bag and travel bag with multiple carrying modes
OwnerWendy S. Knechtinventor
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Abstract
A travel bag is disclosed that includes a pair of flaps. The flaps fold with respect to each other to lay flat or can be positioned to lie adjacent with respect to each other as would be used in a travel bag. Each flap also has at least one sub-flap that enables similar orientation with respect to its respective flap. This combination enables the bag to be positioned flat as it would be if hung open, folded in half as a travel/garment bag or folded to one-quarter size as a travel carryon item or even smaller with additional sub-flaps. The bag can also include a series of pockets, at least some of which are in the form of modules, each may contain several receptacles or individual pockets.
Claims26
A travel bag comprising:
- a first flap and a second flap permanently joined together by a flap connector disposed therebetween;
- a first sub-flap and a second sub-flap positioned as part of said first flap and said second flap respectively, and located opposite to said flap connector, said first flap being foldable along a boundary of said first sub-flap, and said second flap being foldable along a boundary of said second sub-flap, allowing for multiple foldable configurations of said travel bag, wherein the multiple foldable configurations include a single-fold configuration and a double-fold configuration, said single-fold configuration reducing a length of said bag to one-half of an unfolded length, and said double fold configuration reducing a length of said bag to one-quarter of said unfolded length;
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- a plurality of pockets attached to said first and second flaps.
A travel bag comprising:
- a first flap and a second flap permanently joined together by a flap connector disposed therebetween;
- a first sub-flap and a second sub-flap positioned as part of said first flap and said second flap respectively, and located opposite to said flap connector, said first flap being foldable along a boundary of said first sub-flap, and said second flap being foldable along a boundary of said second sub-flap, allowing for multiple foldable configurations of said travel bag;
- a plurality of pockets attached to said first and second flaps;
- a pair of first fasteners disposed on said first flap;
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- a pair of closure flaps attached to said second flap, each said closure flap having a second fastener disposed thereon, said second fasteners being configured to engage with said first fasteners.
A method of varying luggage dimension comprising:
- providing a luggage device which includes a first flap and a second flap permanently joined by a flap connector;
- providing a first sub-flap and a second sub-flap positioned as part of said first flap and said second flap respectively, and located opposite to said flap connector;
- positioning said first sub-flap and said second sub-flap to be substantially coplanar with a remainder of said first flap and a remainder of said second flap respectively;
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- repositioning said first sub-flap and said second sub-flap to be substantially parallel but not coplanar with said remainders of said first and second flaps respectively, thereby reducing the overall dimension of said luggage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.