Expandable storage and carrying case
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1. A bag for carrying multiple, equal sized, modular, parallelepiped tackle boxes comprising, in combination:
- a rectangular parallelepiped bag enclosure having a back side, a bottom side and a front side joined to form a continuous, flexible U-shaped cross-section enclosure, said back side and front side further including, respectively, a folding back top side flap and front top side flap, each top side flap for covering, at least in part, the top side, said top side flaps sized to fold over each other to enclose the interior of the bag; and
said bag further including a first lateral side panel and a second lateral side panel, each lateral side panel joining the back side, front side and bottom side, each lateral side panel comprising a flexible mesh panel with an elastic band between the junction of the back side, lateral side panel and back side top flap and the junction of the front side, lateral side panel and front side top flap.
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Abstract
A storage bag is disclosed with two embodiments wherein the bag is in the form of a rectangular parallelpiped having overlapping top flaps to form an enclosure. In one embodiment the front and back panels are biased toward one another by elastic incorporated in mesh side panels. In a second embodiment the top flaps are joined by webs of insulating material which function to facilitate the insulating capacity of the storage bag.
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1. A bag for carrying multiple, equal sized, modular, parallelepiped tackle boxes comprising, in combination:
a rectangular parallelepiped bag enclosure having a back side, a bottom side and a front side joined to form a continuous, flexible U-shaped cross-section enclosure, said back side and front side further including, respectively, a folding back top side flap and front top side flap, each top side flap for covering, at least in part, the top side, said top side flaps sized to fold over each other to enclose the interior of the bag; and
said bag further including a first lateral side panel and a second lateral side panel, each lateral side panel joining the back side, front side and bottom side, each lateral side panel comprising a flexible mesh panel with an elastic band between the junction of the back side, lateral side panel and back side top flap and the junction of the front side, lateral side panel and front side top flap.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An expandable storage case comprising, in combination:
a parallelpiped case with an open top, a flat planar rigid bottom panel, a first flat planar side panel attached to the bottom panel by a flexible hinge section, a second flat planar side panel parallel to and spaced from the first side panel and attached to the bottom panel by a flexible hinge section;
a first end panel formed from a mesh and including an elastic link connecting the side panels;
a second end panel formed from a mesh and including an elastic link connecting the side panels whereby the side panels are elastically biased toward each other about their respective flexible hinges; and
further including first and second top closure flaps attached respectively to the first and second side panels by a flexible hinge, said first and second top closure flaps foldable over the open top and overlapping one another when folded over the full range of separation of the first and second side panels.- View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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