Patent Application
20230225471
The present disclosure is directed generally to sports bags, an more particularly to a coaching bag for carrying, among other things, a plurality of balls.
Coaches of sports that require significant equipment to be used during the practice need to carry multiple bags of equipment, have multiple people assist in carrying equipment to the practice site, or have to take multiple trips to bring the equipment to the practice site. For example, a soccer practice generally requires multiple soccer balls, cones or other boundary/goal marking devices, pinneys, water, and other items to be carried to the practice site. These manners of facilitating a practice is generally inefficient and time consuming.
Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a coaching bag that organizes and retains all the items needed to run a practice in a manner that can be easily carried by one person.
The present disclosure is directed to a coaching bag.
According to an aspect is a coaching bag, comprising an interior space defined by a bag body that is adapted to be selectively open and closed; at least one divider positioned within the interior space that divides the interior space into at least two areas into each of which at least one ball can be contained; a two-piece strap attached to the bag body that includes a closure buckle that permits the two pieces to be connected and disconnected from one another, the two-piece strap adapted to retain a plurality of cones; a hand carrying strap attached to the bag body; a shoulder carrying strap attached to the bag body; a plurality of pockets attached to the bag body; and a tripod retaining strap assembly attached to the bag body.
According to an embodiment, the coaching bag further comprises a water bottle holding sleeve attached to the bag body.
According to an embodiment, the coaching bag further comprises a set of cones that are selectively removably coupled to the two-piece strap.
According to an embodiment, each of the at least two areas defined by the dividers are sized and shaped to retain a plurality of soccer balls in a stacked relation to one another.
According to an embodiment, the tripod retaining strap assembly comprises at least two straps positioned in vertically spaced relation to one another.
These and other aspects of the invention will be apparent from the embodiments described below.
The present invention will be more fully understood and appreciated by reading the following Detailed Description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
The present disclosure describes a coaching bag, designated generally by reference numeral 10.
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The bag 10 is preferably composed of ballistic nylon or other durable, flexible material, and preferably a material that is water-proof or water-resistant.
While various embodiments have been described and illustrated herein, those of ordinary skill in the art will readily envision a variety of other means and/or structures for performing the function and/or obtaining the results and/or one or more of the advantages described herein, and each of such variations and/or modifications is deemed to be within the scope of the embodiments described herein. More generally, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that all parameters, dimensions, materials, and configurations described herein are meant to be exemplary and that the actual parameters, dimensions, materials, and/or configurations will depend upon the specific application or applications for which the teachings is/are used. Those skilled in the art will recognize, or be able to ascertain using no more than routine experimentation, many equivalents to the specific embodiments described herein. It is, therefore, to be understood that the foregoing embodiments are presented by way of example only and that, within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereto, embodiments may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described and claimed. Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to each individual feature, system, article, material, kit, and/or method described herein. In addition, any combination of two or more such features, systems, articles, materials, kits, and/or methods, if such features, systems, articles, materials, kits, and/or methods are not mutually inconsistent, is included within the scope of the present disclosure.
