Sports bag including an attached mat

• US 6,742,635 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2000
• Issued: 06/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JR286 Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Jr286 Incorporated
• Inventors: Hirshberg, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): NGO, LIEN M
• Application Number:
  US09/745,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20020074251A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• Field of Search: 190/2, 190/1, 190/8, 190/11, 190/12.R, 190/109, 224/576, 224/577, 224/153, 224/155, 224/156, 224/653, 383/4, 383/113, 206/315.1
• US Class Current: 190/2
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 15/00 Purses, bags, luggage or other receptacles covered by groups A45C1/00 - A45C11/00, combined with other objects or articles A45C1/08, A45C3/14, A45C11/321, A45C13/28 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2003/007 Sport bags
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 3/10 Beach-bags; Watertight beach-bags
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 9/00 Purses, Luggage or bags convertible into objects for other use sacks or packs carried on the body and convertible into other articles A45F4/02; trunk-wardrobes A47B61/06; trunk-beds A47C17/82

Abstract

A sports bag which is defined to include any carrying bag such as a duffel bag, backpack, gym bag or other bag which is used to carry articles such as sports equipment, a thermos, sports clothing etc, which includes a mat which is conveniently stored inside the sports bag when not in use and can be removed through an opening in the sports bag to permit the mat to be extended transverse to the sports bag so that it provides a flat surface on which the user may rest or place articles. The mat can be permanently affixed to the sports bag or it can be removably affixed and attached by means of fasteners such as male and female mating hook and loop fasteners, snaps, etc. The mat can be rolled up and stored within the sports bag when not in use and unrolled and laid flat adjacent the sports bag when in use.

Claims

1. A sports bag comprising:

a. an exterior surface made of material and a first large interior compartment for retaining sports items, the first large interior compartment extending for a given interior length and having an interior surface;

b. said exterior surface having a first, opening leading to the first large interior compartment;

c. means to open and close said first opening in said exterior surface leading to said first large interior compartment;

d. a second interior compartment retained within said first large interior compartment, extending for substantially the same length as said first large interior compartment and divided therefrom by an interior dividing wall, the second interior compartment sharing a portion of the interior surface of the first large interior compartment and a second opening in said exterior surface leading only to said second interior compartment;

e. means to open and close said second opening in said exterior surface leading to said second interior compartment; and

f. a rollable mat made of the same material as said exterior surface, the rollable mat having a first end and a second end, and the rollable mat permanently affixed at its first end to said interior surface of said first large compartment so that the mat can be rolled into said second interior compartment and retained therein and segregated from the first large interior compartment, and the rollable mat can be unrolled and extend out of the second interior compartment and through said second opening so that the rollable mat lays flat against said sports bag with its second end extending farthest away from the sports bag.

2. The sports bag as defined in claim 1 wherein said means to open and close said first opening is a zipper.

3. The sports bag as defined in claim 1 wherein said means to open and close said second opening is a zipper.

4. The sports bag as defined in claim 1 wherein said mat is generally rectangular in configuration.

5. The sports bag as defined in claim 1 wherein said sports bag is in the shape of a duffle bag.

6. The sports bag as defined in claim 1 wherein said exterior surface of said sports bag and said mat are both made out of flexible synthetic material.

7. A sports bag comprising:

a. exterior surface made of material and a first large interior compartment for retaining sports items, the first large interior compartment extending for a given interior length and having an interior surface;

b. said exterior surface having a first opening leading to the first large interior compartment;

c. means to open and close said first opening in said exterior surface leading to said first large interior compartment;

d. a second interior compartment retained within said first large interior compartment, extending for substantially the same length as said first large interior compartment and divided therefrom by an interior dividing wall, the second interior compartment sharing a portion of the interior surface of the first large interior compartment, and a second opening in said exterior surface leading only to said second interior compartment;

e. means to open and close said second opening in said exterior surface leading to said second interior compartment; and

f. a rollable mat made of the same material as said exterior surface, the rollable mat having a first end and a second end, and the rollable mat removably affixed at its first end to said interior surface of said first large compartment so that the mat can be rolled into said second interior compartment and retained therein and segregated from the first large interior compartment, and the rollable mat can be unrolled and extend out of the second interior compartment and through said second opening so that the rollable mat lays flat against said sports bag with its second end extending farthest away from the sports bag.

8. The sports bag as defined in claim 7 wherein said means to open and close said first opening is a zipper.

9. The sports bag as defined in claim 7 wherein said means to open and close said second opening is a zipper.

10. The sports bag as defined in claim 7 wherein said mat is generally rectangular in configuration.

11. The sports bag as defined in claim 7 wherein said sports bag is in the shape of a duffle bag.

12. The sports bag as defined in claim 7 wherein said exterior surface of said sports bag and said mat are both made out of flexible synthetic material.

13. The sports bag as defined in claim 7 wherein said rollable mat is removably affixed by means of mating hook and loop attachment members, with one attachment member affixed to the interior surface of said first large interior compartment of said sports bag and the other attachment member attached to said first end of said rollable mat.