Board Bag
The object of the Board Bag is to provide a storage and transportation device for a plurality of A-boards or other marketing signs, that a realtor or other professional, needs to transport from one location to another. When opened in a car trunk, the Board Bag protects the car from damage by providing a barrier between the car and the boards. The Board Bag is also fitted with a drainage panel to allow wet boards to dry. Furthermore, there is no need to unpack boards from the Board Bag. The boards can be moved from car to home or office by using the Board Bag's handles.
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BACKGROUNDOn most weekends, all over the United States, one can observe well dressed, real estate agents carrying A-boards, for example, from their cars to an appropriate location advertising an open house. These same boards are returned to the car wet and dirt by said real estate agents.
Because the boards can be heavy, they are difficult to load into the trunk of a car. Consequently, said well dressed real estate agents become dirty and cars become damage. Said signs are also hauled from the car trunk to a home garage or office where they are stored in a haphazard manner.
Information relevant to attempts to address these problems can be found in: Gonzalez, US Pub. No. 2007/0289183 (Dec. 20, 2007); Williams, US Pub. No 2007/0193842 (Aug. 23, 2007); Peregrine, U.S. Pat. Des. 300,986 (May 9, 1989); Williams, U.S. Pat. Des. 294,307 (Feb. 23, 1988); Castle, U.S. Pat. No. 4,765,381 (Aug. 23, 1988); Valento, U.S. Pat. Des. 292,995 (Dec. 1, 2987). However, each of these references suffers from one or more of the following disadvantages:
(1) dividers make it difficult to load signs;
(2) does not allow wet or muddy sign to dry;
(3) does not provide protection to the car while loading signs into trunk of car;
(4) does not provide an apparatus to easily store and carry signs.
The object of the Board Bag is to provide a storage and transportation device, for a plurality of A-boards or other types of marketing signs, that a realtor or other professional, needs to transport from one location to another. When opened in a car trunk, the Board Bag protects the car from damage by providing a barrier between the car and the boards. The Board Bag is also fitted with a drainage panel to allow wet boards to dry. Furthermore, there is no need to unpack the boards from the Board Bag. The boards can be moved from car to home or office using the Board Bag's handle which equalizes the load.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe Board Bag provides persons, such as real estate agents, with a storage and transportation device for A-boards and other marketing type boards.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
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While preferred embodiments of the invention have be shown and described, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that changes and modification may be made therein without departing from the invention in its broader aspects.
Claims
1. an apparatus for carrying real estate signs and other similar signage comprising:
- a container, the container having a back side, a top side, a bottom side, and opposing lateral sides joined together to from an enclosure with an open side;
- the bottom side comprises a grill or web-type fabric;
- a cover, the cover connected to the container and covering the open side of the container, the cover being independently openable and closable;
- a handle on the opposing lateral side of the back side;
2. the apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of handles;
3. the apparatus of claim 2 further comprising a means to secure the cover in a closed position;
4. a method to use the apparatus of claim 1 in a car trunk comprising: placing the apparatus on its back side so that when the cover is open the cover lies over the bottom portion of the trunk.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 17, 2008
Publication Date: Aug 20, 2009
Inventor: Pat Craft (Seattle, WA)
Application Number: 12/032,681
International Classification: A45F 5/00 (20060101);