Patent Application
20250066079
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The disclosure relates to flood protection devices and more particularly pertains to a new flood protection device for protecting furniture or personal items from flood waters. The device includes a shaped sack which is comprised of a deformable and fluid impermeable material into which an article of furniture or personal items can be placed. The device includes a plurality of adhesive strips that are each bonded to a respective one of a pair of lid panels of the shaped sack for adhering the pair of lid panels to the shaped sack for sealing the shaped sack.
The prior art relates to flood protection devices including a variety of storage bags for accommodating objects for protecting the objects from flood waters. In no instance does the prior art disclose a shaped sack which is comprised of a deformable and fluid impermeable material for storing an article of furniture to protect the article of furniture from flood waters and a plurality of adhesive strips applied to respective lid panels of the shaped sack for sealing the shaped sack closed.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shaped sack defining a storage area to receive an article of furniture or personal items. The shaped sack is comprised of a deformable material thereby facilitating the shaped sack to be folded for storage when the shaped sack is not being employed. The shaped sack is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to protect the article of furniture or personal items from flood waters. A plurality of adhesive strips is each applied to a respective one of the lid panels of the shaped sack. Each of the plurality of adhesive strips adheres to the shaped sack and a respective one of the plurality of strips to adhere to a respective one of the pair of lid panels thereby retaining the pair of lid panels in the closed position.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The shaped sack 12 has a bottom wall 18 and an outer wall 20 extending upwardly from the bottom wall 18 such that the bottom wall 18 and the outer wall 20 define the storage area 14. The outer wall 20 has a distal edge 22 with respect to the bottom wall 18 defining an opening 24 into the storage area 14 to facilitate the article of furniture 16 or personal items to be inserted into the shaped sack 12. The shaped sack 12 has a pair of lid panels 26 each foldably disposed on a respective one of a front side 28 and a back side 30 of the distal edge 22 of the outer wall 20. Each of the pair of lid panels 26 extends along a full length of the respective front side 28 and back side 30 and each of the lid panels 26 is positionable in a closed position for closing the opening 24 into the storage area 14. Additionally, each of the lid panels 26 has a lower surface 32, a front edge 34, a first lateral edge 36 and a second lateral edge 38.
A plurality of adhesive strips 40 is provided and each of the plurality of adhesive strips 40 is applied to a respective one of the lid panels 26 of the shaped sack 12. Each of the plurality of adhesive strips 40 is strategically positioned on the respective lid panel 26 to facilitate respective ones of the plurality of adhesive strips 40 to adhere to the shaped sack 12 and to facilitate a respective one of the plurality of adhesive strips 40 to adhere to a respective one of the pair of lid panels 26 thereby retaining the pair of lid panels 26 in the closed position. Furthermore, each of the plurality of adhesive strips 40 comprises a fluid impermeable adhesive to inhibit flood water from entering the shaped sack 12.
Each of the plurality of adhesive strips 40 is positioned on the lower surface 32 of the respective lid panel 26. Additionally, each of the plurality of adhesive strips 40 extends along a respective one of the front edge 34, the first lateral edge 36 and the second lateral edge 38 of a respective lid panel 26. Each of the plurality of adhesive strips 40 which are aligned with the first lateral edge 36 and the second lateral edge 38 of each of the lid panels 26 adheres to an outside surface 42 of the outer wall 20 of the shaped sack 12 when each of the lid panels 26 is folded downwardly along the adhesive strips 40 aligned with the first lateral edge 36 and the second lateral edge 38. Additionally, a respective one of the adhesive strips 40 which is aligned with the front edge 34 of a respective one of the lid panels 26 adheres to a top surface 44 of an opposing one of the lid panels 26 when the pair of lid panels 26 is in the closed position. A plurality of protective sheets 46 is each removably applied to an exposed surface 48 of a respective one of the plurality of adhesive strips 40 thereby inhibiting the plurality of adhesive strips 40 from being adhered. Each of the plurality of protective sheets 46 completely covers the exposed surface 48 of the respective adhesive strip 40.
In use, the article of furniture 16 or personal items is positioned in the shaped sack 12, either by lowering the article of furniture 16 or personal items into the shaped sack 12 or by placing the shaped sack 12 around the article of furniture 16 or personal items. Each of the protective sheets 46 is removed from the respective adhesive strip 40 and each of the lid panels 26 is positioned in the closed position to facilitate the pair of lid panels 26 to be folded downwardly along the outer wall 20 of the shaped sack 12. In this way the adhesive strips 40 that are aligned with the first lateral edge 36 and the second lateral edge 38 of the lid panels 26 can adhere to the outer wall 20 of the shaped sack 12. Additionally, a respective one of the adhesive strips 40 that is aligned with the front edge 34 of a respective lid panel 26 is adhered to the top surface 44 of an opposing lid panel 26. In this way the article of furniture 16 or personal items is sealed in the shaped sack 12 for protecting against flood waters when a flood is imminent. As is shown in
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, device and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
