HAND-CARRYING BAG WITH CUSHIONING PROTECTION
A hand-carrying bag with cushioning protection in made of a blank including a plurality of longitudinally-extending laterally-spaced inflated cells, which are formed of overlapping layers that are fused to each other along opposite edges of the blanks and at locations between adjacent cells. The blank forms on opposite longitudinal ends with hand grips. Each cell is provided at a longitudinally middle section thereof with folding spots that are formed by fusing the layers together at small areas so as to allow opposite portions of the cells on the opposite side the spot to be folded to overlap and the folded portions of the edges fused to each other to form a circumferentially-enclosed and bottom bag. The inflated cells that form the circumference and the bottom of the bag provide cushioning protection to an article received in the bag. The hand grips allow the bag to be carried by hands.
(a) Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a hand-carrying bag, and in particularly to a hand-carrying bag featuring cushioning protection for carrying a fragile article or articles that are protected from undesired impacts.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
A regular hand-carrying bag is often made of plastics or paper. Such bags are convenient and cheap for carrying articles, but do not provide protection against external impact to the article carried. In other words, when the bag is used to carry a file article, such as a glass made article, since it does not provide cushioning protection against impact, the article carried may get damaged due to accidental impact by an external object. Cushioning materials, such as foamed substance, for example Styrofoam®, that is commonly known is not adequate for making a hand-carrying bag for carrying articles. Other known technology, such as Taiwan Utility Model Nos. M256361 and M293231, discloses cushioning realized with inflatable articles, which provide cushioning in the same way as the foamed substances and cannot be used to protect an article carried in a hand-carrying bag.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a hand-carrying bag with cushioning protection, which in made of a blank comprising a plurality of longitudinally-extending laterally-spaced inflated cells, which are formed of overlapping layers that are fused to each other along opposite edges of the blanks and at locations between adjacent cells. The blank forms on opposite longitudinal ends with hand grips. Each cell is provided at a longitudinally middle section thereof with folding spots that are formed by fusing the layers together at small areas so as to allow opposite portions of the cells on the opposite side the spot to be folded to overlap and the folded portions of the edges fused to each other to form a circumferentially-enclosed and bottom bag. The inflated cells that form the circumference and the bottom of the bag provide cushioning protection to an article received in the bag, such as fragile articles, including a glass-made article or fruits that may damage by external impacts. The hand grips allow the bag to be carried by hands.
The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.
The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
With reference to the drawings, and in particular to
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment thereof it is apparent to those skilled in the art that a variety of modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention which is intended to be defined by the appended claims.
It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the type described above.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
Claims
1. A hand-carrying bag comprising a body and a hand grip, the body having a circumference and a bottom both comprised of spaced and connected inflated cells, the body also having a top, which is opposite to the bottom and forms the hand grip, the body being adapted to receive an article therein and provide protection of the article against external impact with the inflated cells, the hand grip allowing the body to be carried by hand.
2. The hand-carrying bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body comprises a plurality of inflated cells that are formed by two overlapped layer having opposite side margins fused together to form edges of the body, the two layers being also fused at locations between adjacent cells to form spacers.
3. The hand-carrying bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cells are extended in longitudinal direction and each cell has a middle section in the longitudinal direction, at least one folding spot being formed in the middle section to allow opposite portions of the cells on opposite sides of the spot to be folded to overlap each other for forming the circumference of the body.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 2, 2008
Publication Date: Jul 2, 2009
Inventor: YI-CHEN HSU (Chung He City)
Application Number: 11/968,203
International Classification: B65D 30/00 (20060101); B65D 33/10 (20060101); B65D 33/06 (20060101);