Expandable shopping bag

- `totes`, incorporated
Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of an expandable shopping bag showing my new design in its folded and closed position, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged scale left end view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged scale right end elevational view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged scale top plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged scale bottom plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of one side of the bag in its unfolded and expanded position;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the bag in its unfolded and expanded position;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the other side of the bag in its unfolded and expanded position;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view of the bag in its unfolded and expanded position; and

FIG. 10 is an end view of one end of the bag in its unfolded and expanded position, the other end of the bag being a mirror image thereof in the unfolded and expanded position.

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Patent History
Patent number: D280043
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 18, 1983
Date of Patent: Aug 13, 1985
Assignee: `totes`, incorporated (Loveland, OH)
Inventor: James H. Allen (Covington, KY)
Primary Examiner: George P. Word
Law Firm: Wood, Herron & Evans
Application Number: 6/486,051
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 3/42; D 3/71; D 3/77; D/9305