1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to sports bags, and more particularly to a bag containing interior nylon mesh pouches.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Bags are well known and enable people to store, carry and transport various types of personal belongings including sports equipment. A very popular type of bag is a duffel bag with a plain storage compartment having a zippered top. However, the bag with one plain compartment fails to effectively keep various items placed inside of the compartment in an organized fashion. There is a significant need to have a bag which provides a means to more efficiently store and organize items and especially sports items retained within the bag.
The present invention is related to a bag which includes the addition of pouches affixed into an interior compartment of the bag. In one preferred embodiment, two identical pouches are affixed in series onto an interior side of a bottom of the bag. Each of the pouches is comprised of a pouch body having a top opening, a right and left side end, and an enclosed bottom side. The top opening of the pouch includes a hem which further has a front and back drawstring, wherein a first end of the front and back drawstring is placed throughout an opening of the hem. Therefore, the top opening of the pouches can be closed through tightening the first end of the front and back string. In another preferred embodiment, at least one pouch is placed onto an interior side of the front or back side of the bag. The present invention addition of pouches within the bag provides a significantly improved and more convenient bag, and further provides a more efficient way to organize items being placed inside of the bag and increases the storage capacity of the bag.
It has been discovered, according to the present invention, that if two identical pouches are added in series onto a bottom interior side of a bag compartment, wherein each of the pouches has a top opening including a hem which includes a front and back drawstring, then the bag can be used by people to safely store items in the pouches in an organized fashion after closing the opening of each pouch by tightening the first end of each drawstring.
It has also been discovered, according to the present invention, that if at least one pouch is added onto a bottom interior side of a bag compartment, wherein at least one pouch has a top opening including a hem which has a front and back drawstring, wherein a first end of the front and back drawstring is placed throughout an opening of the hem, then the bag can be used by people to safely carry items in at least one pouch in an organized fashion after closing the opening of the at least one pouch.
It has been further discovered, according to the present invention, that if at least one pouch is added into an interior of a bag, wherein the at least one pouch has a top opening including fastener means, then the bag can be used by people to safely carry items in the at least one pouch.
It has also been discovered, according to the present invention, that if the at least one pouch is placed into the interior of a backpack, wherein the at least one pouch has a top opening including fastener means, then the backpack can be used by people to safely carry items in the at least one pouch.
It has additionally been discovered, according to the present invention, that if the at least one pouch is placed into an exterior compartment of a backpack, wherein the at least one pouch has a top opening including fastener means, then the backpack can be used by people to safely carry items in the at least one pouch.
It is an object of the present invention to provide two identical pouches which are added in series onto a bottom interior side of a bag compartment, wherein each of the pouches has a top opening including a hem which has a front and back drawstring, wherein a first end of the front and back drawstring is placed throughout an opening of the hem, so that the bag can be used by people to safely carry items in the pouches in an organized fashion after the pouches have been closed
It is also an object of the present invention to provide at least one pouch which is added onto a bottom interior side of a bag compartment, wherein the at least one pouch has a top opening including a hem having a drawstring which enables the pouch to be closed.
It is an additional object of the present invention to provide at least one pouch which is added into an interior of a bag, wherein the at least one pouch has a top opening including the fastener means, so that the bag can be used by people to safely carry items in the at least one pouch in an organized fashion after closing the opening of the at least one pouch.
It is also an object of the present invention to provide at least one pouch which is placed into the interior of a backpack, wherein the at least one pouch has a top opening including fastener means, so that the backpack can be used by people to safely carry items in the at least one pouch.
It is an additional object of the present invention to provide at least one pouch which is placed into an exterior compartment of a backpack, wherein the at least one pouch has a top opening including fastener means, so that the backpack can be used by people to safely carry items in the at least one pouch.
Further novel features and other objects of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, discussion and the appended claims, taken in conjunction with the drawings.
Referring particularly to the drawings for the purpose of illustration only and not limitation, there is illustrated:
Although specific embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings, it should be understood that such embodiments are by way of example only and merely illustrative of but a small number of the many possible specific embodiments which can represent applications of the principles of the present invention. Various changes and modifications obvious to one skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains are deemed to be within the spirit, scope and contemplation of the present invention as further defined in the appended claims.
The present invention is a bag or backpack with the addition of at least one mesh pouch affixed within the bag or backpack. The at least one pouch is preferably made of mesh fabric, and comprises a top opening with a top hem to contain fasteners which are placed inside of the hem. Therefore, the top opening of the at least one pouch can be tightened together so that personal belongings which are placed inside of the at least one pouch will not drop out of the pouch while the bag or backpack is being carried. With the aid of the at least one interior pouch, the present invention bag or backpack provides a significantly more convenient way to organize personal belongings being placed inside of the bag or backpack, and provides significantly greater storage capacity within the bag or backpack.
Referring to the perspective view of
The top side 10 of the bag body 2 is comprised of a top elongated rectangular panel 24 and a pair of two short rectangular front and back panels 40 and 42. The top elongated panel 24, which can be swung backwards and forwards with respect to the left end 20 of the bag, is illustrated to have a lower end 25 which is affixed to the left end 20 of the bag and is remote from an upper fixed end 26 and is therefor free to move in a forward and backward swinging movement. The panel 24 is further comprised of a front elongated edge which is affixed to one set 30 of a front side zipper. Another set 32 of the zipper is affixed to a majority of the top edge of the front side 14 of the bag body 2, wherein the set 32 starts at a position close to the left end 20 of the bag and extends to a position 27 of the top edge of the bag front side 14. Referring to
The right end 26 of the top panel 24 is illustrated in
Referring to the cutaway view of
The top elastic opening 50 is comprised of a top hem 52 which further comprises front side and back side drawstrings 54 and 55. It will be appreciated that a second end of the front draw string 54 is affixed to the bottom interior side 13 of the bag through affixation of the left side end 60 of the pouch body 56 to the bottom interior side of the bag, while a first end 54a of the front draw string 54 is placed throughout an opening 53 at a middle of the hem 52. Similarly, a second end of the back drawstring 55 is affixed to the bottom 12 through affixation of the right side end 60 of the pouch body 50 to the bottom 12 of the bag, and a first end 55a is also placed throughout the opening 53 of the hem 52. Therefore, the top elastic opening 50 can be closed by tightening the first ends 54a and 55a of the respective front and back side drawstrings 54 and 55 to gather the elastic hem 50 together so that personal belongings placed inside of the pouch can be securely carried. It will be appreciated that it is within the spirit and scope of the present invention that the opening 53 does not have to be placed at the middle of the top hem 52. In addition, the front and back drawstrings 54 and 55 can be replaced with to a single string wherein a middle of the single string is placed throughout the opening 53 of the hem 52. Instead of the drawstrings, any type of fastening means can be utilized as long as the fastening means can securely close the top opening 50 of the pouch.
The second pouch 6 is structurally identical to the first pouch 4, comprising a body 72 having left and right side ends 76 and 78, a bottom side 74 and a top hem 68 of the body defining an elastic top opening 66 of the pouch. The top hem 68 further comprises front side and back side drawstrings 69 and 70, in which their respective first ends 69a and 70a are placed outside through an opening 67 of the hem 68 for fastening the top hem 68. It will be appreciated that specifications to affix the second pouch 6 to the interior side 13 of the bottom of the bag are similar to those for the first pouch 4.
In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, each pouch 4 and 6 has a depth “A” of seven and half inches for the body and a width “B” of twelve inches for the opening. In addition, the top opening 50 of the first pouch 4 is placed one inch away from the left end 20 of the bag body, and the top opening 66 of the second pouch 6 is four inches away from the bottom side 58 of the first pouch 4, which specified dimensions are respectively labeled “C” and “D” in
Referring to
While the two pouches illustrated in
It will be appreciated that it is within the spirit and scope of the present invention addition of interior pouches into bags that the first and second pouch 4 and 6 do not have to be identical and do not have to have the same orientation. The number of the interior pouches is also not limited to two as illustrated in
Referring to
The top elastic opening 82 is comprised of a top hem 84 which further comprises a bottom side and top side drawstring 85 and 86. It will be appreciated that a second end of the bottom draw string 85 is affixed to the interior side 17 of the bag through affixation of the bottom side end 90 of the pouch body 88 to the interior side 17 of the bag, while a first end 85a of the string 85 is placed through an opening 83 at a middle of the hem 84. Similarly, a second end of the top drawstring 86 is affixed to the bag back side 16 through affixation of the right side end 94 of the pouch body 88 to the top of the back side 16 of the bag, and a first end 86a is also placed throughout the opening 83 of the hem 84. Therefore, the top elastic opening 82 of the at least one pouch 8 can be closed through tightening the first ends 85a and 86a of the respective bottom and top drawstrings 85 and 86 to gather the elastic hem 84 together so that personal belongings placed inside of the pouch can be securely saved. It will be appreciated that it is within the spirit and scope of the present invention for the opening 83 to be located at a location which is not at the middle of the top hem 84. In addition, the drawstrings 85 and 86 can be replaced by a single string wherein a middle of the single string is placed through the opening 83 of the hem 84. Instead of the drawstrings, any type of fastener means can be utilized as long as the fastener means can securely close the top opening 82 of the pouch. Furthermore, the at least one pouch 8 is not limited to opening towards the left end 20 of the bag and can open in any direction.
It will be appreciated that the present invention pouches can be made of any kind of flexible material as long as they can flexibly retain objects.
Further, it will be appreciated that while the bag 100 has been described in detail, the present invention nylon mesh pouches can be incorporated into any sports bag which has exterior surfaces defining an interior chamber. One such alternative embodiment is a backpack 200 which contains traditional components such as a body 210 carried by shoulder straps 240 and 242 and having at least one interior chamber 206 having at least one interior wall 220. The present invention nylon mesh bag 4B which has the same design as the nylon mesh bags described in
In addition, as illustrated in
Defined in detail, the present invention is a bag comprising: (a) the bag including a bag body having a top, a bottom, a front side, a back side, a left end and a right end all defining an interior chamber, the bottom having an interior surface within the chamber; and (b) at least one pouch being affixed onto the interior surface of the bottom of the bag body, the pouch having a body having an elastic top opening, a left and right side end, an enclosed bottom side, and a back side, the pouch body at its left and right side end is affixed through stitches to a respective front and back side edge of the interior of the bottom of the bag, the pouch bottom side is also connected to the interior side of the bag bottom, the top elastic opening having a top hem which includes a front side and back side drawstring, a second end of the front side drawstring is affixed to the front edge of the interior side of the bag bottom, a first end of the front draw string is placed throughout an opening at a location of the hem, a second end of the back drawstring is affixed to the back edge of the interior side of the bag bottom side, a first end of the back draw string is placed throughout the opening of the hem, the second pouch is structurally identical to the first pouch which is placed.
Defined more broadly, the present invention is a bag comprising: (a) the bag including a bag body having a top, a bottom, a front side, a back side, a left end and a right end all defining an interior chamber, the bottom having an interior surface within the chamber; and (b) at least one pouch being affixed onto an interior side of the bottom of the bag body, the at least one pouch comprising a body having an elastic top opening which is towards an end of the bag, a first and second side end, an enclosed bottom side, and a back side, the pouch body at its first and second side end is affixed through stitches to a respective front and back side edge of the interior side of the bottom of the bag, the pouch bottom side is also connected to the interior side of the bag bottom, the top elastic opening has a top hem which includes a first drawstring to enable the pouch to be closed.
Defined even more broadly, the present invention is a bag comprising: (a) a bag including a bag body comprising a top and bottom side, a front and back side, a left and right side defining an interior chamber; (b) at least one pouch being affixed onto the interior of the bag body, the at least one pouch comprising a body including an elastic opening containing a fastener means which can be used to close the opening of the pouch; (c) whereby the elastic opening of the at least one pouch can be closed from operating the fastener means to close the elastic opening so that items placed inside of the pouch can be securely saved.
Defined most broadly, the present invention is a bag including comprising: (a) the bag having exterior walls which define an interior chamber and at least one interior sidewall; (b) at least one pouch being affixed onto the interior sidewall, the at least one pouch comprising a body including an elastic opening with a fastener means which can be used to close the opening of the pouch; and (c) whereby the elastic opening of the at least one pouch can be closed by operating the fastener means so that items placed inside of the pouch can be securely carried.
Defined alternatively in detail, the present invention is a backpack comprising: (a) the backpack including a backpack body defining an interior chamber having at least one interior sidewall; and (b) at least one pouch being affixed onto the interior sidewall of the backpack, the pouch having a body having an elastic top opening, said top elastic opening having a top hem which includes a front side and back side drawstring to close the opening.
Defined alternatively more broadly, the present invention is a backpack comprising: (a) the backpack having exterior walls which define an interior chamber and at least one interior sidewall; and (b) at least one pouch being affixed onto the interior sidewall, said at least one pouch comprising a body including an elastic opening with a fastener means which can be used to close the opening of the pouch; (c) whereby said elastic opening of said at least one pouch can be closed by operating said fastener means so that items placed inside of the pouch can be securely carried.
Defined as a variation on the alternative embodiment, the present invention is a backpack comprising: (a) the backpack including a backpack body supporting at least one exterior compartment which has at least one interior sidewall; and (b) at least one pouch being affixed onto the interior sidewall of the exterior compartment of the backpack, the pouch having a body having an elastic top opening, said top elastic opening having a top hem which includes a front side and back side drawstring to close the opening.
The variation defined more broadly is a backpack comprising: (a) the backpack including a backpack body supporting at least one exterior compartment which has at least one interior sidewall; and (b) at least one pouch being affixed onto the interior sidewall, said at least one pouch comprising a body including an elastic opening with a fastener means which can be used to close the opening of the pouch; (c) whereby said elastic opening of said at least one pouch can be closed by operating said fastener means so that items placed inside of the pouch can be securely carried.
Of course the present invention is not intended to be restricted to any particular form or arrangement, or any specific embodiment, or any specific use, disclosed herein, since the same may be modified in various particulars or relations without departing from the spirit or scope of the claimed invention hereinabove shown and described of which the apparatus or method shown is intended only for illustration and disclosure of an operative embodiment and not to show all of the various forms or modifications in which this invention might be embodied or operated.
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