FOLDABLE BAG DEVICE
The present invention provides methods and systems for a foldable bag that includes a rear wall part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side; a front wall part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side; a middle part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side. The front wall part is engaged to the middle part along a fold line, and the rear wall part is engaged to the middle part along a fold line. The foldable bag is moveable between a first position and a second position.
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The present invention relates generally to a bag that can be unfolded into a resting device, and more generally relates to a bag having a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is in the form of a bag with storage compartments and the second position is in an open position allowing the user to rest upon the device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONUnfortunately, there are many tragedies around the world. The victims of these tragedies have undergone a life changing experience and face many hardships. These victims are typically without the basic needs such as food, potable water, and housing. The victims may have to spend countless days and nights in shelters and without housing. These victims need as quickly as can be provided some semblance of normalcy and comfort, during these trying times. The present invention may be given to these victims so that they can carry what personal belongings they have and to provide a comfortable place to rest by providing a substantial barrier or separation between the user and the ground or surface the present invention is placed.
Luckily, there are brave and driven individuals that are willing to confront these tragedies and aid the individual victims that have been affected by these tragedies. Very often, these relief workers place their life and health on the line to aid others in a time of need and will find relief in the present invention. This invention may also be utilized by these workers who need a place to rest comfortably during the brief time period they may have to rest. The present invention may also be utilized by relief workers who need a place to rest comfortably. The present invention provides a bag that may carry relief supplies and gear, but also converts into an inflatable and/or expandable device, such as a mattress or the like, for allowing the relief worker a safe and comfortable place to rest.
The present device may also serve a military function. The device may be utilized by soldiers that need a safe and comfortable place to rest, while also carrying supplies or military wares.
The present device can also be used by others, such as a traveler, a child or the like that needs to have a readily available and comfortable place to rest. For example, the weary airline traveler that experiences a longer than expected layover at the airport or even a flight cancellation, can utilize the present device to both carry items and provide a readily available and deployable device providing a comfortable place to rest.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAccording to an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is a foldable bag that includes a rear wall part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side; a front wall part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side; a middle part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side. The front wall part is engaged to the middle part along a fold line, and the rear wall part is engaged to the middle part along a fold line. The foldable bag is moveable between a first position in which the front side of the front wall part is adjacent the front side of the middle part, the back side of the middle part is adjacent the front side of the rear wall part; and a second position in which the back side of the front wall part, the back side of the middle part, and the back side of the rear wall part are in a substantially planar relationship with the front side of the front wall part, the front side of the middle part, and the front side of the rear wall part.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the foldable bag includes a cavity for receiving an inflatable and/or expandable device.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, the foldable bag includes a portion of the rear wall part that overlaps the front wall part while in the first position.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, the foldable bag wherein the rear wall part includes a side wall, and the middle part includes a side wall, wherein the side wall of the rear wall part and the side wall of the middle part include an engagement means for engaging the side wall of the rear wall part to the side wall of the middle part.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, the foldable bag wherein the front wall part includes a side wall and the middle part includes a side wall, wherein the side wall of the front wall part and the side wall of the middle part includes an engagement means for engaging the side wall of the front wall part to the side wall of the middle part.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, the foldable bag may include other a secondary bag or secondary bags that are engaged to the primary bag, and particularly the rear wall part.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, the foldable bag includes a raised portion on the interior side of the rear wall part.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, the foldable bag includes an interior side of the front wall part, an interior side of the middle part, and an interior side of the rear wall part is substantially bisected by a center fold line.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, the foldable bag includes a rear wall part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part; a front wall part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part; a first middle part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part; a second middle part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part, and a cavity for receiving an inflatable and/or expandable device. The front wall part is engaged to the first middle part along a first fold line, the first middle part is engaged to the second middle part along a second fold line, and the rear wall part is engaged to the second middle part along the third fold line. The foldable bag is moveable between a first position in which the front side of the front wall part is adjacent the front side of the first middle part, the back side of the first middle part is adjacent the back side of the second middle part, and the front side of the second middle part is adjacent the front side of the rear wall part, and the side wall part of the front wall is selectively secured to the side wall part of the first middle part forming a cavity therein, and the side wall part of the second middle part is selectively secured to the side wall part of the rear wall part forming a cavity therein. The foldable bag has a second position in which the back side of the front wall part, the back side of the first middle part, the back side of the second middle part, and the back side of the rear wall part are in a substantially planar relationship with the front side of the front wall part, the front side of the first middle part, the front side of the second middle part, and the front side of the rear wall part.
The present invention is illustrated and described herein with reference to the various drawings, in which like reference numbers denote like method steps and/or system components, respectively, and in which:
Referring now specifically to the drawings, a foldable bag device is illustrated in
The rear wall part 12, front wall part 14, first middle part 16, and second middle part 18 collectively form a foldable bag 10 in a first position and a resting device in the second position. The rear wall part 12, front wall part 14, first middle part 16, and second middle part 18 have a cavity 56 formed therein. The cavity 56 is formed within the bag 10 and designed to receive an inflatable device 58.
As illustrated in
The front wall part 14 has a first interior side 66 and a second interior side 68. The rear wall part 12 has a first interior side 70 and a second interior side 72. The first middle part 16 has a first interior side 74 and a second interior side 76. The second middle part 18 has a first interior side 78 and a second interior side 80. The first interior sides (66, 70, 74, and 78) are separated from the second interior sides (68, 72, 76, and 80) by a center fold line 82. In other words, the interior sides (66,68,70,72,74,76,78, and 80) are bisected by the center fold line 82. It should be noted that the center fold line 82 may be stitched or embedded into the bag 10, but as illustrated, the center fold line 82 is the natural fold line for folding the bag 10 of the present invention in the longitudinal direction.
The bag 10 has a first position and a second position. In the first position, the front side 20 of the front wall part 14 is adjacent the front side 40 of the first middle part 16, the back side 42 of the first middle part 16 is adjacent the back side 50 of the second middle part 18, and the front side 48 of the second middle part 18 is adjacent the front side 20 of the rear wall part 12. The first position is illustrated in
The second side wall part 26 of the rear wall part 12 and the second side wall part 54 of the second middle part 18 contain an engagement means (88, 94) that selectively secures the second side wall part 26 of the rear wall part 12 and the second side wall part 54 of the second middle part 18 to each other. The engagement means 94 of the second middle part 18 and the engagement means 88 of the rear wall part 12 are engaged to each other forming a selectively secure arrangement. The second side wall part 36 of the front wall part 14 and the second side wall part 46 of the first middle part 16 contain an engagement means (90, 92) that selectively secures the second side wall part 36 of the front wall part 14 and the second side wall part 46 of the first middle part 16 to each other. The engagement means 92 of the first middle part 16 and the engagement means 90 of the front wall part 14 are engaged to each other forming a selectively secure arrangement.
An additional engagement means may also be disposed on the front side or the rear side of the rear wall part 12, front wall part 14, first middle part 16, and second middle part 18. This additional engagement means is disposed within close proximity to the center fold line 82. As illustrated in
The bag 10 may also contain a handle 96. The handle 96 may be positioned on the rear wall part 12 and allow a user to carry the bag 10 while in the first position. Alternatively, the handle 96 of the bag 10 may contain a telescoping handle 96 that is raised upwards in the “up” position when transporting the bag 10 and is lowered downward in the “down” position when the bag 10 is not being transported. The bag 10 may also contain wheels that allow the bag 10 to be transported easily. Preferably, the bag 10 contains both wheels and a telescoping handle which allows the user to drag or roll the bag 10 along the ground for easy transport.
The bag 10 may also contain a bottom retention means 98. The bottom retention means 98 allows a second bag 100 or other like device or apparatus to be selectively secured to the bag 10. As illustrated in
As illustrated in
In the process of transitioning the bag 10 from the first position to the second position, the first step is to release the retention means 84 selectively securing the front wall part 14 to the rear wall part 12. After the retention means 84 has been released, the portion of the rear wall part 12 that is overtop the front wall part 14 is flipped backward along the rear wall part fold line 106, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
In one embodiment, the bag 10 contains a pair of pockets 114 that are engaged to the rear wall part 12. Preferably, the pockets 114 are engaged to the first side wall 24 and second side wall 26 of the rear wall part 12. It should be noted that the bag 10 may contain one or more pockets 114, or the two pockets 114 as illustrated in
As illustrated in
Although the present invention has been illustrated and described herein with reference to preferred embodiments and specific examples thereof, it will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that other embodiments and examples may perform similar functions and/or achieve like results. All such equivalent embodiments and examples are within the spirit and scope of the present invention and are intended to be covered by the following claims.
Claims
1. A foldable bag, comprising:
- a rear wall part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side; a front wall part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side; a middle part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side;
- whereby the front wall part is engaged to the middle part along a fold line, and the rear wall part is engaged to the middle part along a fold line; and
- wherein the foldable bag is moveable between:
- a first position in which the front side of the front wall part is adjacent the front side of the middle part, the front side of the middle part is adjacent the front side of the rear wall part; and
- a second position in which the back side of the front wall part, the back side of the middle part, and the back side of the rear wall part are in a substantially planar relationship with the front side of the front wall part, the front side of the middle part, and the front side of the rear wall part.
2. The foldable bag of claim 1, further comprising a cavity for receiving an inflatable device or an expandable device.
3. The foldable bag of claim 1, wherein a portion of the rear wall part overlaps the front wall part while in the first position.
4. The foldable bag of claim 1, wherein the rear wall part includes a side wall, and the middle part includes a side wall, wherein the side wall of the of the rear wall part and the side wall of the middle part include an engagement means for engaging the side wall of the rear wall part to the side wall of the middle part.
5. The foldable bag of claim 1, wherein the front wall part includes a side wall and the middle part includes a side wall, wherein the side wall of the front wall part and the side wall of the middle part include an engagement means for engaging the side wall of the front wall part to the side wall of the middle part.
6. The foldable bag of claim 1, further comprising a second bag engaged to the front wall part.
7. The foldable bag of claim 1, further comprising a raised portion on the interior side of the rear wall part.
8. The foldable bag of claim 1, wherein the interior side of the front wall part, the interior side of the middle part and the interior side of the rear wall part is substantially bisected by a center fold line.
9. A foldable bag, comprising:
- a rear wall part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part; a front wall part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part; a first middle part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part; a second middle part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part;
- whereby the front wall part is engaged to the first middle part along a first fold line, the first middle part is engaged to the second middle part along a second fold line, and the rear wall part is engaged to the second middle part along the third fold line, and
- wherein the foldable bag is moveable between:
- a first position in which the front side of the front wall part is adjacent the front side of the first middle part, the back side of the first middle part is adjacent the back side of the second middle part, and the front side of the second middle part is adjacent the front side of the rear wall part, and the side wall part of the front wall is selectively secured to the side wall part of the first middle part forming a cavity therein, and the side wall part of the second middle part is selectively secured to the side wall part of the rear wall part forming a cavity therein; and
- a second position in which the back side of the front wall part, the back side of the first middle part, the back side of the second middle part, and the back side of the rear wall part are in a substantially planar relationship with the front side of the front wall part, the front side of the first middle part, the front side of the second middle part, and the front side of the rear wall part.
10. The foldable bag of claim 9, further comprising a cavity for receiving an inflatable device or an expandable device.
11. The foldable bag of claim 9, wherein a portion of the rear wall part overlaps the front wall part while in the first position.
12. The foldable bag of claim 9, further comprising a pair of engagement members disposed on the back side of the front wall part for receiving a corresponding engagement member.
13. The foldable bag of claim 9, wherein the back side of the front wall part includes a side wall and the back side of the first middle part includes a side wall, wherein the side wall of the front wall part and the side wall of the second middle part include an engagement means for engaging the side wall of the front wall part to the side wall of the first middle part.
14. The foldable bag of claim 9, further comprising at least one strap disposed on the foldable bag for allowing a user to carry the foldable bag.
15. The foldable bag of claim 9, further comprising two straps disposed on the rear wall part for allowing a user to carry the foldable bag.
16. A method for erecting a resting device, comprising:
- providing a foldable bag comprising a rear wall part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part; a front wall part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part; a first middle part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part; a second middle part having a front side, a back side, an interior side, and a side wall part, and a cavity for receiving an inflatable device or an expandable device;
- whereby the front wall part is engaged to the first middle part along a first fold line, the first middle part is engaged to the second middle part along a second fold line, and the rear wall part is engaged to the second middle part along the third fold line, the interior side of the first middle part, the interior side of the second middle part, and the interior side of the rear wall part is substantially bisected by a center fold line; and
- wherein the foldable bag is moveable between:
- a first position in which the front side of the front wall part is adjacent the front side of the first middle part, the back side of the first middle part is adjacent the back side of the second middle part, and the front side of the second middle part is adjacent the front side of the rear wall part, and the side wall part of the front wall is selectively secured to the side wall part of the first middle part forming a cavity therein, and the side wall part of the second middle part is selectively secured to the side wall part of the rear wall part forming a cavity therein; and
- a second position in which the back side of the front wall part, the back side of the first middle part, the back side of the second middle part, and the back side of the rear wall part are in a substantially planar relationship with the front side of the front wall part, the front side of the first middle part, the front side of the second middle part, and the front side of the rear wall part;
- separating the front wall part from the first middle part;
- separating the rear wall part from the second middle part;
- separating the first middle part from the second middle part;
- separating the interior sides of the first middle part, the interior sides of the second middle part, and the interior sides of the rear wall part along the center fold line, whereby the interior sides are in a substantially planar relationship to one another; and
- inflating the inflatable means.
17. The method of erecting a temporary resting structure according to claim 16, further comprising providing an inflatable means that is integral to the inflatable device and inflating the inflatable device with the inflatable means.
18. The method of erecting a temporary resting structure according to claim 16, further comprising inflating the inflatable device with a pump.
19. The method of erecting a temporary resting structure according to claim 16, further comprising providing a retention means for retaining the front wall part to the rear wall part when the foldable bag is in the first position.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 26, 2011
Publication Date: Feb 28, 2013
Applicant: GLOBEPAC, LLC (Hilton Head Island, SC)
Inventors: Wayne Mitchell MCDONALD (Bluffton, SC), Colton Sands MCDONALD (Bluffton, SC), Joseph Ridge MCDONALD (Charleston, SC)
Application Number: 13/219,201
International Classification: A63B 57/00 (20060101); B65D 33/00 (20060101);