Flexible bags – With closure – Including closure flap which overlaps sidewall exterior when...
Patent
1993-12-13
1996-09-24
Pascua, Jes F.
Flexible bags
With closure
Including closure flap which overlaps sidewall exterior when...
383 2, 383 66, 383120, B65D 3020
Patent
active
055584403
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates in general to an article useful for retaining objects, and more particularly relates to an expandable pouch that can be strapped or otherwise releasably fastened to a person's body for retaining objects.
Active people frequently need to carry personal objects with them while participating in physical activities. For example, joggers and bicyclist need to carry items such as money, a door key, or perhaps a snack with them while jogging or riding. Children also frequently require a container for storing personal objects during playtime.
Many children wear dental retainers that should not be worn while playing contact sports for example. Oftentimes these objects are either too large, bulky or breakable to store safely in a pocket. In addition, smaller objects such as keys or coins tend to fall out of pockets during vigorous activities. Purses, sacks or satchels are relatively bulky and burdensome to carry and they limit free movement substantially. There is also a substantial risk that a purse or satchel will be stolen if it is set aside to participate in activities. Therefore, it is desirable to have a closable container that can be easily carried by a person without limiting his or her freedom of movement.
It is known to provide a container such as a small closable sack or pouch for holding objects that can be strapped or otherwise releasably attached to a person's body. In the past, these containers have been provided as cloth sacks attached to a strap for fastening around the waist or wrist of a person. Although these sacks permit relatively free movement as compared with a purse or other similar satchel, they are relatively conspicuous and bulky even when empty.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an article for retaining objects that can be strapped or otherwise releasably attached to the body.
It is a further object to provide such an article which is easily compacted when empty to a flat configuration article that is non-obtrusive and nonconspicuous.
These and other objects are achieved by an expandable pouch that can be easily compacted to form a relatively thin flat relatively non-obtrusive strip when empty. The compacted pouch will remain compact without falling open even with relatively vigorous activity and movement.
The objects and features of the invention noted above are explained in more detail with reference to the drawings in which like reference numerals denote like elements, and in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pouch according to the present invention in a compact configuration attached to a circular band;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pouch of FIG. 1 affixed to a band that is lying flat;
FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the pouch of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4--4 of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a top plan view of a pouch according to the present invention in a fully expanded configuration.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 5.
Referring now to the drawings in more detail, numeral 10 generally designates a pouch made in accordance with the present invention. Looking to FIG. 6, the pouch 10 is made from a piece of fabric or similarly flexible material, wherein the fabric is folded over at both ends toward the center so that the opposing ends 20, 22 of the fabric overlap slightly at the center of the fabric piece thus forming a tubular shape.
Since the fabric is preferably somewhat flexible, this tubular shape may be collapsed to form a top layer and a bottom layer of cloth connected along the lateral edges by folds. As is best shown in FIG. 5, the top and bottom layers of fabric are permanently affixed to one another, preferably by stitching, along the longitudinal end edges 12, 14 of the fabric layers. It is noted that the overlap of the opposing ends 20,22 is maintained due to this fixing of the edges 12, 14. It is preferred that the corners of the longitudinal ends are removed prior to fixing to form angled portions 16 adjacent the lateral edges. The angled portions are prefera
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