Convertible bag
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1. A fabric bag, comprising a parallelopipedal fabric pouch having an open top, opposed front and back faces, opposed side ends and a bottom;
- a cover secured to said pouch for closing the open top;
an elongated divider panel extending from one side end to the other and swingably secured along one longitudinal end thereof to the inside of one of said faces and having a longitudinally extending free end;
a pair of cooperating elongated hook and eye tape fasteners, one tape fastener being secured to said divider panel at said free end and the other fastener being secured to the inside of the other of said faces;
said divider panel having a first position in which it is parallel to said bottom, thus dividing the pouch into an upper compartment located between said open top and said divider panel and a lower compartment located between said divider panel and said bottom, said divider panel being held in said first position when said cooperating tape fasteners are in contacting fastening relationship;
said divider panel being swingable, after disengagement of said cooperating tape fasteners, to a second position in which it lies against the inside of said one face to merge said compartments into a single space; and
a closable slot means in one of said faces for providing access to said lower compartment.
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A convertible utility bag has a divider panel spaced from and parallel to the bottom of the bag to provide, in a first position, two compartments of unequal size and to provide, when swung against the back of the bag, a larger compartment.
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1. A fabric bag, comprising a parallelopipedal fabric pouch having an open top, opposed front and back faces, opposed side ends and a bottom;
- a cover secured to said pouch for closing the open top;
an elongated divider panel extending from one side end to the other and swingably secured along one longitudinal end thereof to the inside of one of said faces and having a longitudinally extending free end;
a pair of cooperating elongated hook and eye tape fasteners, one tape fastener being secured to said divider panel at said free end and the other fastener being secured to the inside of the other of said faces;
said divider panel having a first position in which it is parallel to said bottom, thus dividing the pouch into an upper compartment located between said open top and said divider panel and a lower compartment located between said divider panel and said bottom, said divider panel being held in said first position when said cooperating tape fasteners are in contacting fastening relationship;
said divider panel being swingable, after disengagement of said cooperating tape fasteners, to a second position in which it lies against the inside of said one face to merge said compartments into a single space; and
a closable slot means in one of said faces for providing access to said lower compartment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- a cover secured to said pouch for closing the open top;
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