Patent Application
20240423347
The present disclosure relates to a multi-pocket bag.
There are various pre-existing systems for allowing wearers to carry various items on their bodies, such as, for example, backpacks, purses and tote bags. Backpacks allow for items to be carried hands-free but the main body of the bag is adjacent to the back of the wearer and therefore, is not easily accessible. Backpacks are also designed to be worn in one configuration, with the two straps over the shoulders of the wearer. Purses and tote bags are used on one shoulder of the wearer and although the main pocket(s) of the bag are more easily accessible than a backpack, wearing the bag on one shoulder may be uncomfortable to the wearer, particularly when the bag is worn for longer periods of time.
Wearers often wish to carry various items with them, such as phones, wallets, snacks and water bottles, but do not wish to store these items in the same pocket, for security reasons and in case of spills, particularly for food and drink items. Furthermore, wearers may wish to adjust the number of pockets available depending on what items they are carrying.
Thus, there remains a need for bags with multiple pockets in which to carry various items, as well as bags that can be worn such that those items are easily accessible to a wearer. Furthermore, there remains a need for bags where the number of pockets that are easily adjustable, to customize the bag for the items the wearer is carrying.
In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides multi-pocket bags that allow a wearer to easily access separately stored items. The number of accessible pockets may also be adjusted.
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a multi-pocket bag, the multi-pocket bag comprising: a body, the body comprising: a first storage bag having an outer panel, an inner panel, a top edge, a bottom edge and an opening; and a second storage bag having an outer panel, an inner panel, a top edge, a bottom edge and an opening; the first and second storage bags being joined together at the inner panel of the first storage bag and the inner panel of the second storage bag; a foldable pocket bag outer panel having a first side connected to the inner panel of the first storage bag and a second side connected to the inner panel of the second storage bag, the foldable pocket bag outer panel forming at least one foldable pocket bag with at least one entrance opening; at least one strap connected to the body; and a two part fastener having a first fastening part coupled to at least one edge of the first storage bag and a second fastening part coupled to at least one edge of the second storage bag, wherein when the two part fastener is in a closed position, the foldable pocket bag outer panel is folded and positioned between the inner panels of the first and second storage bags, and when the two part fastener is in an open position, the foldable pocket bag outer panel is unfolded and in a suspended position such that a wearer can access the at least one foldable pocket bag.
In various embodiments, the first and second storage bags are joined together along at least a portion of the top edge of the first storage bag and a portion of the top edge of the second storage bag, and the two part fastener is attached along side and bottom edges of the first storage bag and the second storage bag.
In various embodiments, the at least one foldable pocket bag further comprises an internal wall within the at least one foldable pocket bag, splitting the at least one foldable pocket bag into two separate foldable pockets, and two entrance openings, one for each separate foldable pocket. For example, the two entrance openings may be located on opposite sides of the body and are defined by the inner panels of the first and second storage bags and the foldable pocket bag outer panel. In various embodiments, the internal wall may extend longitudinally across a length of the at least one foldable pocket bag. In various embodiments, the internal wall may extend diagonally across a length of the at least one foldable pocket bag. In various embodiments, the internal wall may traverse across a width of the at least one foldable pocket bag.
In various embodiments, and from a front view of the multi-pocket bag, a lower edge of the foldable pocket bag outer panel is located below the bottom edge of the outer panel of the first storage bag and the bottom edge of the outer panel of the second storage bag.
In various embodiments, the opening of the first storage bag is located adjacent the top edge of the first storage bag.
In various embodiments, the first storage bag further comprises a flap for covering the opening of the first storage bag. In various embodiments, the first storage bag further comprises a flap two part fastener, a first part of the flap two part fastener on the flap and a second part of the flap two part fastener on the outer panel of the first storage bag.
In various embodiments, the at least one foldable pocket bag further comprises a securing loop adjacent to the at least one entrance opening of the at least one foldable pocket bag. In various embodiments, the securing loop may further comprise an adjustor for adjusting a size of the securing loop.
In various embodiments, the at least one strap connected to the body extends from a first side of the body to a second side of the body.
In various embodiments, a length of the at least one strap is adjustable.
In various embodiments, the two part fastener comprises a zipper.
In various embodiments, the opening of the second storage bag is located adjacent the top edge of the second storage bag.
In various embodiments, the second storage bag further comprises a second storage bag fastener for the opening of the second storage bag.
In various embodiments, the first storage bag further comprises an interior pocket bag having an opening, the opening for the interior pocket bag on the inner panel of the first storage bag.
In various embodiments, the multi-pocket bag is a cross-body bag, a sling bag or a backpack.
In addition to the aspects and embodiments described above, further aspects and embodiments will become apparent by reference to the drawings and study of the following detailed description.
Throughout the drawings, reference numbers may be re-used to indicate correspondence between referenced elements. The drawings are provided to illustrate example embodiments described herein and are not intended to limit the scope of the application. Sizes and relative positions of elements in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. For example, the shapes of various elements and angles may be not drawn to scale, and some of these elements may be arbitrarily enlarged and positioned to improve drawing legibility.
In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one or more exemplary embodiments:
In the following description, details are set forth to provide an understanding of the application. In some instances, certain structures, techniques, and methods have not been described or shown in detail in order not to obscure the application.
In the context of the present disclosure, various terms are used in accordance with what is understood to be the ordinary meaning of those terms.
Directional terms such as “top”, “bottom”, “front”, “back”, “upper”, “lower”, “outer” and “inner” are used in the following description for the purpose of providing relative reference only, and are not intended to suggest any limitations on how any article or garment is to be positioned during use, or to be mounted in an assembly or relative to an environment. The use of the word “a” or “an” when used herein in conjunction with the term “comprising” may mean “one”, but it is also consistent with the meaning of “one or more”, “at least one” and “one or more than one”. Any element expressed in the singular form also encompasses its plural form. Any element expressed in the plural form also encompasses its singular form. The term “plurality” as used herein means more than one, for example, two or more, three or more, four or more, and the like.
The present disclosure relates to a multi-pocket bag. In various embodiments, the disclosure provides multi-pocket bags with different storage pockets for various items that are easily accessible to a wearer, and the number of accessible storage pockets can be modified. This modification allows the wearer to store different items in different pockets so that items are not damaged in case of spills or breaks, and to adjust the size of the multi-pocket bag depending on the type and number of items being carried.
Referring to
The multi-pocket bag 10 also includes a foldable pocket bag outer panel 38. The foldable pocket bag outer panel 38 has a first side 40 connected to the inner panel 18 of the first storage bag 14 and a second side 42 connected to the inner panel 30 of the second storage bag 26. The foldable pocket bag outer panel 38 forms at least one foldable pocket bag 44 with at least one entrance opening 46. In various embodiments, the foldable pocket bag outer panel 38 is a mesh. In various embodiments, the at least one entrance opening 46 is elastic.
In order to access the least one foldable pocket bag 44, the multi-pocket bag 10 includes a two part fastener 50 having a first fastening part 52 coupled to at least one edge 54 of the first storage bag 14 and a second fastening part 56 coupled to at least one edge 58 of the second storage bag 26. An example of the two part fastener 50 is a zipper. In various embodiments, the first fastening part 52 may be coupled along both side 60 and bottom 22 edges of the first storage bag 14 and the second fastening part 56 may be coupled along both side 62 and bottom 34 edges of the second storage bag 26. When the two part fastener 50 is in a closed position, as shown in
In various embodiments, the at least one foldable pocket bag 44 further comprises an internal wall 68 within the at least one foldable pocket bag 44. The internal wall 68 splits the at least one foldable pocket bag 44 into two separate foldable pocket bags 44. The two separate foldable pocket bags 44 are non-communicating and therefore, the at least one entrance opening 46 is two entrance openings 46, one for each separate foldable pocket bag 44. In the example shown in
The internal wall 68 may have various configurations. For example, the internal wall 68 may extend longitudinally across a length of the at least one foldable pocket bag 44, such as diagonally across a length of the at least one foldable pocket bag 44, as shown in
In order to further aid in securing items in the at least one foldable pocket bag 44, the at least one foldable pocket bag 44 may further comprise a securing loop 70 adjacent to the at least one entrance opening 46 of the at least one foldable pocket bag 44. The securing loop 70 is shown in
At least one strap 74 is connected to the body 12. In various embodiments, the at least one strap 74 connected to the body 12 may extend from side-to-side of the body 12. In various embodiments, the at least one strap 74 may have an adjustable length. Alternatively or in addition, the at least one strap 74 may have a two part strap fastener 76 in order to open and close the strap. The at least one strap 74 may also be a handle 78 connected to the top edge 20 of the first storage bag 12 and/or the top edge 32 of the second storage bag 14. An example of the handle is shown in
The opening 24 of the first storage bag 14 may be located adjacent the top edge 20 of the first storage bag 14 as shown in
The opening 36 of the second storage bag 26 may be located adjacent the top edge 32 of the second storage bag 26 as shown in
In various embodiments, the first storage bag 14 and the second storage bag 26 may contain internal pocket bags. For example, as shown in
The outer panel 28 of the second pocket may further comprise exterior cushioning 96. The exterior cushioning may increase comfort of multi-pocket bag 10 against the body of the wearer. The exterior cushioning 96 may comprise separate panels such that the exterior cushioning wraps around the body of the wearer. In various embodiments, the exterior cushioning 96 may comprise padded mesh. In various embodiments, the exterior cushioning 96 may comprise a foam material.
In various embodiments, the body 12 and the components thereof may be made of any suitable material for a bag, such as, for example, polyester or recycled polyester, or any other synthetic polymer, biopolymer or natural fiber material.
While particular elements, embodiments and applications of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood, that the scope of the application is not limited thereto, since modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present application, particularly in light of the foregoing teachings. Thus, for example, in any method or process disclosed herein, the acts or operations making up the method/process may be performed in any suitable sequence and are not necessarily limited to any particular disclosed sequence. Elements and components can be configured or arranged differently, combined, and/or eliminated in various embodiments. The various features and processes described above may be used independently of one another, or may be combined in various ways. All possible combinations and subcombinations are intended to fall within the scope of this application. Reference throughout this disclosure to “some embodiments,” “an embodiment,” or the like, means that a particular feature, structure, step, process, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. Thus, appearances of the phrases “in some embodiments,” “in an embodiment,” or the like, throughout this disclosure are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment and may refer to one or more of the same or different embodiments. Indeed, the novel methods and systems described herein may be embodied in a variety of other forms; furthermore, various omissions, additions, substitutions, equivalents, rearrangements, and changes in the form of the embodiments described herein may be made without departing from the spirit of the application.
Various aspects and advantages of the embodiments have been described where appropriate. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such aspects or advantages may be achieved in accordance with any particular embodiment. Thus, for example, it should be recognized that the various embodiments may be carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other aspects or advantages as may be taught or suggested herein.
Conditional language used herein, such as, among others, “can,” “could,” “might,” “may,” “e.g.,” and the like, unless specifically stated otherwise, or otherwise understood within the context as used, is generally intended to convey that certain embodiments include, while other embodiments do not include, certain features, elements and/or steps. Thus, such conditional language is not generally intended to imply that features, elements and/or steps are in any way required for one or more embodiments or that one or more embodiments necessarily include logic for deciding, with or without operator input or prompting, whether these features, elements and/or steps are included or are to be performed in any particular embodiment. No single feature or group of features is required for or indispensable to any particular embodiment. The terms “comprising,” “including,” “having,” and the like are synonymous and are used inclusively, in an open-ended fashion, and do not exclude additional elements, features, acts, operations, and so forth. Also, the term “or” is used in its inclusive sense (and not in its exclusive sense) so that when used, for example, to connect a list of elements, the term “or” means one, some, or all of the elements in the list.
The example calculations, simulations, results, graphs, values, and parameters of the embodiments described herein are intended to illustrate and not to limit the disclosed embodiments. Other embodiments can be configured and/or operated differently than the illustrative examples described herein.
