U.S. patent application number 10/156951 was filed with the patent office on 2003-12-04 for flap picnic bag.
Invention is credited to Tong, Joy.
Application Number | 20030221924 10/156951 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 29582365 |
Filed Date | 2003-12-04 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030221924 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Tong, Joy |
December 4, 2003 |
Flap picnic bag
Abstract
A flap picnic bag comprised of a bag, an ice bucket pocket, a
partitioning panel and a set of trolley frame with the bag
comprised of four continuous flaps and two side flaps joined by
zippers and foldable for storage; and both of the ice bucket pocket
and the portioning panel made detachable inside the bag; and the
trolley frame being provided back of the bag to separate cold
edibles from the hot ones and to facilitate carrying the bag on the
ground.
Inventors: |
Tong, Joy; (Lauderdale,
FL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
625 SLATERS LANE
FOURTH FLOOR
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314
|
Family ID: |
29582365 |
Appl. No.: |
10/156951 |
Filed: |
May 30, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
190/107 ;
190/110; 190/115; 190/18A |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45C 5/06 20130101; A45C
11/20 20130101; A45C 7/0054 20130101; A45F 3/46 20130101; A45C
13/02 20130101; A45C 5/14 20130101; A45C 7/0036 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
190/107 ;
190/110; 190/115; 190/18.00A |
International
Class: |
A45C 013/30; A45C
007/00 |
Claims
1. A flap picnic bag, comprised of a bag, an ice bucket pocket and
a partitioning panel, wherein, the bag including four continuous
flaps, respectively a base flap, a front flap, a rear flap and an
upper flap, and two side flaps folded into a bag with a zipper
respectively provided on the peripheral of the four continuous
flaps and the side flaps; a foldable hard base board being provided
at the front edge of the base flap to be flapped over and placed on
the inner side of the base flap to secure the bottom of the bag;
the ice bucket bag made of plastic materials and placed inside the
bag having at its upper end provided with a movable cover, and a
zipper provided between the cover and the peripheral of the upper
end of the ice bucket pocket to open or close the movable cover;
the partitioning panel provided in the bag to separate where the
ice bucket pocket is located from other spaces, and a refractory
layer is provided on its surface to isolate the temperature of the
ice bucket pocket from other areas in the bag; and when assembled
into a foldable flap picnic bag, both of the ice bucket pocket and
the partitioning panel being detachable to the bag with the latter
inserted into the bag to separate the former from other areas in
the bag.
2. A flap picnic bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein, a magic tap is
vertically provided between the front and the rear flaps from the
four continuous flaps to be adhered to another magic tape provided
on the peripheral of the partitioning panel inserted in bag for the
partitioning panel to become detachable.
3. A flap picnic bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the magic tape
provided on the rear and the front flaps of the four continuous
flaps with its upper end of the magic tape externally extends to
one side flap; another magic tape being laterally provided on the
upper part of the inner wall of that side flap to hold the ice
bucket pocket and the partitioning panel detachable.
4. A flap picnic bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein, a refractory
layer is provided on the inner side defined by the magic tape
provided on the upper, front and rear flaps of those four
continuous flaps and another refractory layer is provided on the
inner side of the upper flap.
5. A flap picnic bag as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the
partitioning panel is in rectangular having its peripheral fixed
with or movable adapted with a magic tape for the positioning panel
to become detachable to the bag.
6. A flap picnic bag as claimed in claim 3, wherein, a magic tape
is provided in the peripheral of the upper part of the ice bucket
pocket and movably adapted to the magic tape in the bag for the ice
bucket pocket to become detachable to the bag.
7. A flap picnic bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein, an external
pocket is provided to the front flap of the bag; the external
pocket in rectangular and a zipper being provided on the peripheral
of its rear to connect the front side of the bag; an outer flap
being provided in front of the external pocket and another zipper
being provided on the peripheral of an opening defined by the outer
cover and the external pocket to zip up or down the outer cover; an
inner lining connected to the upper edge of the outer cover being
folded for storage in or taken out of the outer cover; and a
fastener or a magic tape being provided to the outer cover and on
the inner side of the inner lining to secure dinning sets and
dishes in position.
8. A flap picnic bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the trolley
frame is provided back of the bag with its L-shape base fixed to
the rear and the bottom of the bag; and an external pocket being
provided to the rear flap to conceal the trolley frame in the back
of the bag.
9. A flap picnic bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the trolley
frame relates to a retractable frame having at its bottom provided
with the L-shape base, two casters being provided below the base
while a hollow tube being respectively erected from both ends of
the base and held in position by a lateral rod connected to the
upper ends of the hollow tubes inserted with a II-shape,
retractable rod.
10. A flap picnic bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the present
invention becomes an ordinary traveling bag with the ice bucket
pocket removed.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (a) Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention is related to flap picnic bag, and
more particularly, to one used to contain food and dinning set,
comprised of ice bucket pocket, partitioning panel, and trolley
frame in the rear to achieve purposes of being foldable, separating
hot and cold meals and facilitating to carry on the ground.
[0003] (b) Description of the Prior Art:
[0004] Picnic bags or buckets generally available in the market
come in versatile types and usually they are either provided at top
a handle or a shoulder strap for carriage. A zipper or a flap lid
sewn with a zipper is provided at the top to serve as the entry for
putting objects into or out of the bag. However, such configuration
of the prior art prevents from achieving a reduced size for storage
when not used. When in use, all dinning sets, dishes, hot and cold
edibles can easily bump into each other, the edibles are vulnerable
to get soured for lacking in sufficient separation. The efforts
taken to fumble for the dinning set may spoil the fun of having a
picnic. Furthermore, carrying a fully loaded bag either by hand or
by shoulder may be too heavy.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a
picnic bag that can be folded for storage, accommodating an ice
bucket and carrying on the ground essentially comprised of a bag,
an ice bucket pocket, a partitioning panel and a set of trolley
frame. Within, the bag includes four continuous flaps and two side
flaps with both side flaps provided by the fourth flap sewn in its
peripheral a zipper so that when four continuous flaps are
extended, they form a bag together with both side flaps; and the
bag contains the inner detachable ice bucket pocket, a detachable
partitioning panel in the middle and an external trolley frame in
the rear.
[0006] Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a
flap picnic bag, within, a magic tap is vertically provided between
the front and the rear flaps from the four continuous flaps, and
the upper end of the magic tape externally extends to one side
flap; another magic tape is laterally provided on the upper part of
the inner wall of that side flap to hold the ice bucket pocket and
the partitioning panel detachable.
[0007] Another purpose yet of the present invention is to provide a
flap picnic bag, within, a foldable hard baseboard is provided at
the front edge of the bottom flap of the four continuous flaps to
form a solid bottom to fold in the flaps.
[0008] Another purpose yet of the present invention is to provide a
flap picnic bag, within, a refractory layer is provided on the
inner wall at where the ice bucket pocket and on the partitioning
panel to keep cooling effect for the ice bucket pocket by fending
off the heat.
[0009] Another purpose yet of the present invention is to provide a
flap picnic bag, within, a detachable pocket is provided externally
to the front flap of the four continuous flaps that can be fully
opened up, a fastener is provided to the inner wall of the
detachable pocket to receive dinning sets and dishes in place.
[0010] Another purpose yet of the present invention is to provide a
flap picnic bag, within, the bag functions as a traveling suitcase
when not provided with the ice bucket pocket.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] FIG. 1 is perspective view of a local part of a preferred
embodiment of the present invention.
[0012] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the fully expanded preferred
embodiment of the present invention.
[0013] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of
the present invention with a trolley frame and an external
pocket.
[0014] FIG. 4 is a front view of the preferred embodiment of the
present invention as assembled.
[0015] FIG. 5 is a rear view of the preferred embodiment of the
present invention as assembled.
[0016] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the back of the preferred
embodiment of the present invention as assembled.
[0017] FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the preferred embodiment of
the present invention in operation.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0018] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a preferred embodiment of the
present invention is essentially comprised of a bag 1, an ice
bucket pocket 2, a partitioning panel 3 and a set of trolley frame
4. Within, the bag 1 includes four continuous flaps 11 comprised of
a base flap 111, a rear flap 112, an upper flap 113 and a front
flap 114, and two side flaps 12, 13 connected to both sides of the
base flap 111 then a zipper 14 is provided in the peripheral of
those four continuous flaps 11 and two side flaps 12, 13 to zip up
those four continuous flaps 11 folded up with those two side flaps
12, 13 to form the bag 1; another zip 1131 is provided on the upper
flap 113 to define an opening for the bag 1; a magic tap 15 is
vertically provided between the rear flap 112 and the inner side of
the front flap 114 with the upper end of the magic tape 15
laterally extending to the side flap 12 to join another magic tap
16 laterally provided on the upper edge of the inner wall of the
side flap 12 to allow attachment of the ice bucket pocket 2 and the
partitioning panel 3; a refractory layer 17 is respectively
provided for the inner area defined by the magic tape 15 on the
side flap 12, the front flap 114 and the rear flap 112 as well as
on the inner side of the upper flap 113; and a foldable hard base
board 18 is provided on the front edge of the base flap 111 to
secure the base of the bag 1.
[0019] As illustrated in FIG. 2, an external pocket 19 is provided
to the front flap 114 of the bag 1; the external pocket 19 is in
rectangular and a zipper 190 is provided on the peripheral of its
rear to connect the front side of the bag 1 while an outer flap 191
is provided in front of the external pocket 19 and another zipper
192 is provided on the peripheral of an opening defined by the
outer cover 191 and the external pocket 19 to zip up or down the
outer cover 191; an inner lining 193 connected to the upper edge of
the outer cover 191 can be folded for storage in or taken out of
the outer cover 191; a fastener 194 or a magic tape 195 is provided
to the outer cover 191 and on the inner side of the inner lining
193 to secure dinning sets and dishes in position.
[0020] As illustrated in FIG. 1, the ice bucket pocket 2 relates to
a rectangular pocket made of thicker plastic material having
provided on its upper end a mobile cover 21 and a zipper 22
provided between the cover 21 and the peripheral of the upper
surface of the ice bucket pocket 2 to open or close the cover 21;
and a magic tap 23 is provided below the zipper 22 to attach the
ice bucket pocket 2 to those magic tapes 15, 16 inside the bag 1
for the ice bucket pocket 2 to become detachable.
[0021] The portioning panel 3 as illustrated in FIG. 1 relates to a
rectangular panel made of plastic or other type of material having
fixed or movably provided at its peripheral a magic tape 31 to
adhere to the magic tape 15 inside the bag 1 for separating the
space where the ice bucket pocket 2 is located from other spaces;
and a refractory layer 32 is provided to the surface of the
partitioning panel 3 to keep the cooling effect of the ice bucket
pocket 2.
[0022] As illustrated in FIG. 3, the trolley frame 4 relates to a
retractable frame having at its bottom provided with an L-shape
base 41, two casters 411 are provided below the base 41 while a
hollow tube 42 is respectively erected from both ends of the base
41 and held in position by a lateral rod 43 connected to the upper
ends of the hollow tubes 42 inserted with a II-shape, retractable
rod 44.
[0023] Now referring to FIG. 1 or 6, when assembled, the ice bucket
pocket 2 is put into the zipped up bag 1 and secured by having the
magic tape 23 of the ice bucket pocket 2 adhered to those magic
tapes 15, 16 of the bag 1; the partitioning panel 3 then is
inserted in the middle of the bag 1 with the magic tape 31 on its
peripheral to be adhered to the vertical section of the magic tape
15 on the bag 1 to separate the space where the ice bucket pocket 2
is located from other spaces; and the trolley frame 4 is secured in
position by having its L-shape base 41 provided to the rear and
bottom of the bag 1 as illustrated in FIG. 3, 4 or 5; an external
pocket 5 provided to the rear flap 112 of the bag 1 covers up the
trolley frame 4 in the rear of the bag 1.
[0024] The present invention is characterized by that the bag 1
being comprised of four continuous flaps 11 and two side flaps 12,
13 joined by the zipper 14 so that when the bag 1 is not used, it
can be folded for storage with the minimum size to eliminate the
storage problems of space-consuming found with the prior art.
[0025] Secondly, the magic tapes 15, 16 are provided inside the bag
1 to secure the ice bucket pocket 2 and the partitioning panel 3.
Therefore, once the ice bucket pocket 2 contains ice cubes, cold
beverage or food, other hot meal or beverage is placed in another
space separated by the partitioning panel 3. The contents in the
ice bucket pocket 2 is properly held in place with its cooling
effect retained by the refractory layer 17, 32 so to correct the
defectives of the failure of positioning and cold storage found
with the prior art and to make the present invention a better
choice when going on a picnic. Furthermore, when the ice bucket
pocket 2 and the partitioning panel 3 are removed, the present
invention becomes an ordinary traveling bag.
[0026] Thirdly, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 7, the external bag
19 detachable as desired with its outer cover 191 and inner lining
193 fully extendable and the fastener 194 or the magic tape 195 is
provided on the outer cover 191 and the inner lining 193 to
receiver insertion of dinning sets or to fix dishes in position to
avoid collision against one another and to save the trouble of
fumbling in the bag for any of them as found with the prior art
since the dinning set or dish can be easily found with both of the
outer cover 191 and the inner lining 193 fully extended.
[0027] Fourthly, the trolley frame 4 is provided to facilitate
carrying the bag 1 whenever it gets heavy for full loading of food,
water, dinning sets and dishes by pulling out the rods 44 from the
frame 4 as illustrated in FIG. 4 so to save efforts by carrying on
shoulder or on back as experienced with the prior art.
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