U.S. patent application number 12/199630 was filed with the patent office on 2008-12-25 for product display and carrying bag.
This patent application is currently assigned to COSCO MANAGEMENT, INC.. Invention is credited to Wayne Robert Blatchley, Vincent Anthony D'Alleva, David Neil Foster.
Application Number | 20080314777 12/199630 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39738557 |
Filed Date | 2008-12-25 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080314777 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Foster; David Neil ; et
al. |
December 25, 2008 |
PRODUCT DISPLAY AND CARRYING BAG
Abstract
A product display and carrying bag configured to conform to a
juvenile product. The product display and carrying bag includes a
carrying handle and a media tag configured to be inserted into a
card-receiver pocket provided on a transparent panel of the product
display and carrying bag.
Inventors: |
Foster; David Neil;
(Norfolk, MA) ; Blatchley; Wayne Robert; (Rumford,
RI) ; D'Alleva; Vincent Anthony; (Needham,
MA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BARNES & THORNBURG LLP
11 SOUTH MERIDIAN
INDIANAPOLIS
IN
46204
US
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Assignee: |
COSCO MANAGEMENT, INC.
Wilmington
DE
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Family ID: |
39738557 |
Appl. No.: |
12/199630 |
Filed: |
August 27, 2008 |
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Application
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11849873 |
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60893321 |
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Current U.S.
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206/223 ;
206/459.5 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45F 5/00 20130101; G09F
3/20 20130101; G09F 23/00 20130101; G09F 2023/005 20130101; A45C
11/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
206/223 ;
206/459.5 |
International
Class: |
B65D 71/00 20060101
B65D071/00; B65D 85/00 20060101 B65D085/00 |
Claims
1. A packaged juvenile vehicle seat comprising a juvenile vehicle
seat including a seat bottom and a seat back, and a product display
and carrying bag configured to include upper and lower chambers
sized to substantially conform to exterior contours of the juvenile
vehicle seat and to position the seat back of the juvenile vehicle
seat in the upper chamber and the seat bottom of the juvenile
vehicle seat in the lower chamber, wherein the product display and
carrying bag is made of a transparent material to allow a consumer
to view the juvenile vehicle seat while the juvenile vehicle seat
is retained in the upper and lower chambers of the product display
and carrying bag.
2. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein the
product display and carrying bag includes a front panel arranged to
cover portions of the seat back and seat bottom, a first side panel
coupled to the front panel, a second side panel coupled to the
front panel and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the
first side panel to locate the seat bottom and seat back
therebetween, a bottom flap, and a fastener coupled to lower
perimeter edges of the bottom flap and to the first side, front,
and second side panels and configured to releasably mate the bottom
flap to each of the first side, front, and second side panels to
close a bottom aperture opening into the lower chamber when the
juvenile vehicle seat occupies the lower and upper chambers to
retain the juvenile vehicle seat in the lower and upper chambers of
the product display and carrying bag.
3. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 2, wherein the
product display and carrying bag further includes a rear panel
arranged to cover rear portions of the seat back and seat bottom
and coupled to rear perimeter edges of the first side, front, and
second side panels, and the bottom flap is appended to the rear
panel along a fold line extending between the first and second side
panels to tether the bottom flap to the rear panel in response to
operation of the fastener to unmate the bottom flap from each of
the first side, front, and second side panels to open the bottom
aperture so as to facilitate removal of the juvenile vehicle seat
from the product display and carrying bag through the bottom
aperture.
4. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 3, wherein the
bottom flap and the rear panel form a monolithic sheet.
5. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 3, wherein the
fastener is a zipper mechanism including an inside zipper track
coupled to the lower perimeter edges of the first side, front, and
second side panels, an outside zipper track coupled to the lower
perimeter edges of the bottom flap, and a sliding piece mating with
the inside and outside zipper tracks to provide means for closing
the bottom aperture opening into the lower chamber by drawing
together teeth included in each of the inner and outer zipper
tracks to releasably couple the bottom flap to each of the first
side, front, and second side panels.
6. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 2, wherein the front
panel is coupled to the first side panel along a first seam, the
front panel is coupled to the second side panel along a second
seam, and each of the first and second seams is serpentine
shaped.
7. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 6, wherein the
fastener is a zipper mechanism including an inside zipper track
coupled to a lower perimeter edge of the first side, front, and
second side panels, an outside zipper track coupled to the
perimeter edges of the bottom flap, and a sliding piece mating with
the inside and outside zipper tracks to provide means for closing
the bottom aperture opening into the lower chamber by drawing
together teeth included in each of the inner and outer zipper
trades to releasably couple the bottom flap to each of the first
side, front, and second side panels.
8. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 2, wherein the
product display and carrying bag further includes a rear panel
arranged to cover rear portions of the seat back and seat bottom
and is coupled to rear perimeter edges of the first and second side
panels and wherein the bottom flap and rear panel form a monolithic
sheet.
9. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 2, wherein the
juvenile vehicle seat includes an upwardly facing child-receiving
surface on the seat bottom, a forwardly facing child-receiving
surface on the seat back, a first side portion arranged to extend
upwardly from the upwardly facing child-receiving surface and
forwardly from the forwardly facing child-receiving surface, and a
second side portion arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the
first side portion and to extend upwardly from the upwardly facing
child-receiving surface and forwardly from the forwardly facing
child-receiving surface, and wherein the front panel includes a
first upright panel section lying alongside and in substantially
conforming relation to the first side portion, a second upright
panel section lying alongside and in substantially conforming
relation to the second side portion, a third upright panel section
interconnecting the first and second upright panel sections and
lying alongside and in substantially conforming relation to the
forwardly facing child-receiving surface, and a bottom panel
section interconnecting the first, second, and third upright panel
sections and lying alongside and in substantially conforming
relation to the upwardly facing child-receiving surface of the seat
bottom.
10. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 9, wherein the
front panel is coupled to the first side panel along a first seam,
the front panel is coupled to the second side panel along a second
seam, and each of the first and second seams is serpentine shaped,
and wherein the first seam is located at a junction between the
first side panel and the first upright panel section of the front
panel and the second seam is located at a junction between the
second side panel and the second upright panel section of the front
panel.
11. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 10, wherein the
first side portion of the juvenile vehicle seat is formed to
include an upwardly opening first notch and a concave portion of
the serpentine-shaped first seam is arranged to extend downwardly
into the upwardly opening first notch and the second side portion
of the juvenile vehicle seat is formed to include an upwardly
opening second notch and a concave portion of the serpentine shaped
second seam is arranged to extend downwardly into the upwardly
opening second notch.
12. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 9, wherein the
front panel further includes a fourth upright panel section
interconnecting the first and second side portions and depending
from a forward edge of the bottom panel section and lying alongside
and in substantially conforming relation to a forwardly facing
surface of the seat bottom.
13. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 12, further
comprising an interior panel located in the lower chamber of the
product display and carrying bag, the interior panel being coupled
to the fourth upright panel section of the front panel to form a
tag-receiving pocket therebetween, and a media tag located in the
tag-receiving pocket and arranged to be visible to a consumer
through a transparent portion of the fourth upright panel section
of the front panel.
14. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein the
product display and carrying bag includes a top shell formed to
include the lower and upper chambers and a bottom aperture opening
into the lower chamber and a bottom flap coupled to the top shell
for movement between an opened position opening the bottom aperture
to allow movement of the juvenile vehicle seat into and out of the
lower and upper chambers formed in the product display and carrying
bag and a closed position closing the bottom aperture to retain the
juvenile vehicle seat in the lower and upper chambers formed in the
product display and carrying bag.
15. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 14, wherein the top
shell includes a front panel arranged to cover top portions of the
seat back and bottom, a rear panel arranged to cover rear portions
of the seat back and bottom, a first side panel coupled to the
front and rear panels, and a second side panel arranged to lie in
spaced-apart relation to the first side panel and coupled to the
front and rear panels, and perimeter edges of the first side,
front, and second side panels cooperate to form a boundary of the
bottom aperture.
16. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 15, wherein the
bottom flap and the rear panel form a monolithic sheet.
17. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 15, wherein the
front panel is coupled to the first side panel along a first seam,
the front panel is coupled to the second side panel along a second
seam, and each of the first and second seams is serpentine
shaped.
18. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 15, wherein the
product display and carrying bag further includes a fastener
coupled to perimeter edges of the bottom flap and the first side,
front, and second side panels of the top shell and configured to
releasably mate the bottom flap to the top shell to establish the
closed position of the bottom flap.
19. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 18, wherein the
fastener is a zipper mechanism including an inside zipper track
coupled to the perimeter edges of the first side, front, and second
side panels, an outside zipper track coupled to the perimeter edges
of the bottom flap, and a sliding piece mating with the inside and
outside zipper tracks to provide means for closing the bottom
aperture by drawing together teeth included in each of the inner
and outer zipper tracks to releasably couple the bottom flap to
each of the first side, front, and second side panels.
20. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 14, wherein the
product display and carrying bag further includes a fastener
coupled to the top shell and to the bottom flap and configured to
releasably mate the bottom flap to the top shell to close the
bottom aperture so that the juvenile vehicle seat is retained in
the lower and upper chambers of the product display and carrying
bag.
21. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 20, wherein the
fastener includes a first fastener member coupled to the top shell
and a companion second fastener member coupled to the bottom
flap.
22. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 20, wherein the
fastener is a zipper mechanism and the zipper mechanism includes an
inside zipper track coupled to the top shell, an outside zipper
track coupled to the bottom flap, and a sliding piece mating with
the inside and outside zipper tracks to provide means for closing
the bottom aperture by drawing together teeth included in each of
the inner and outer zipper tracks to releasably couple the bottom
flap to the top shell.
23. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 1, further
comprising an interior panel coupled to the product display and
carrying bag to form a tag-receiving pocket therebetween and a
media tag located in the tag-receiving pocket and arranged to be
visible to a consumer through a transparent portion of the product
display and carrying bag while the juvenile vehicle seat occupies
the lower and upper chambers.
24. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 23, wherein the
media tag includes a first message on a first side thereof and a
second message on a second side thereof and the media tag is
configured to be flipped over and inserted in the pocket to reveal
one of the first and second message through the transparent portion
of the product display and carrying bag.
25. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 23, wherein the
interior panel is located in the lower chamber of the product
display and carrying bag.
26. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 23, wherein the
product display and carrying bag includes a front panel arranged to
cover portions of the seat back and seat base and the interior
panel is coupled to the front panel.
27. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 26, wherein the
interior panel is located in the lower chamber of the product
display and carrying bag.
28. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 26, wherein the
media tag is located in the lower chamber and positioned to lie
between the front panel and the seat bottom of the juvenile vehicle
seat.
29. A packaged juvenile vehicle seat comprising a juvenile vehicle
seat including a seat bottom having an upwardly facing
child-receiving surface, a seat back extending upwardly from the
seat bottom and having a forwardly facing child-receiving surface,
a first side portion arranged to lie on one side of the seat bottom
and seat back and to extend upwardly from the upwardly facing
child-receiving surface and forwardly from the forwardly facing
child-receiving surface, and a second side portion arranged to lie
on another side of the seat bottom and seat back to extend upwardly
from the upwardly facing child-receiving surface, and a product
display and carrying bag made of a flexible and transparent
material, the product display and carrying bag being configured to
conform substantially to the seat bottom and seat back and to the
first and second side portions of the juvenile vehicle seat.
30. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 29, wherein the
product display and carrying bag includes a shell formed to include
an interior region containing the juvenile vehicle seat and an
aperture opening into the interior region and a flap coupled to the
shell for movement between a closed position closing the aperture
to retain the juvenile vehicle seat in the interior region and an
opened position opening the aperture to allow movement of the
juvenile vehicle seat into and out of the interior region through
the aperture formed in the shell.
31. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 30, wherein the
flap is arranged to underlie the seat bottom.
32. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 31, wherein the
shell includes a rear panel arranged to lie alongside and in
substantially conforming relation to a rearwardly facing surface of
the seat back facing away from the seat bottom and the flap is
coupled to the rear panel along a fold line to tether the flap to
the rear panel of the shell in the opened and closed positions of
the flap.
33. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 32, wherein the
product display and carrying bag further includes a fastener
coupled to the shell and to the flap and configured to releasably
mate the flap to the shell upon movement of the flap to the closed
position to retain the juvenile vehicle seat in the interior region
of the shell.
34. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 30, wherein the
product display and carrying bag further includes a fastener
coupled to the shell and to the flap and configured to releasably
mate the flap to the shell upon movement of the flap to the closed
position to retain the juvenile vehicle seat in the interior region
of the shell.
35. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 30, wherein the
fastener is a zipper mechanism including an inside zipper track
coupled to the shell, an outside zipper track coupled to the flap,
and a sliding piece mating with the inside and outside zipper
tracks to provide means for retaining the flap in the closed
position by drawing together teeth included in each of the inner
and outer zipper tracks.
36. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 29, wherein the
product display and carrying bag includes a front panel arranged to
cover portions of the seat back and bottom, a first side panel
arranged to lie on one side of the seat back and bottom and coupled
to the front panel along a first seam, and a second side panel
arranged to lie on another side of the seat back and seat bottom
and coupled to the front panel along a second seam, and each of the
first and second seams has a serpentine shape.
37. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 36, wherein the
first side portion of the juvenile vehicle seat is formed to
include an upwardly opening first notch and a concave portion of
the first seam is arranged to extend downwardly into the upwardly
opening first notch and the second side portion of the juvenile
vehicle seat is formed to include an upwardly opening second notch
and a concave portion of the second seam is arranged to extend
downwardly into the upwardly opening second notch.
38. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 29, further
comprising an interior panel coupled to the product display and
carrying bag to form a tag-receiving pocket therebetween and a
media tag located in the tag-receiving pocket and arranged to be
visible to a consumer through a transparent portion of the product
display and carrying bag while the juvenile vehicle seat occupies
an interior region of the product display and carrying bag.
39. The packaged juvenile vehicle seat of claim 30, wherein the
interior panel is located in the interior region of the product
display and carrying bag.
40. A packaged juvenile vehicle seat comprising: a juvenile vehicle
seat including a seat bottom, a seat back extending upwardly from
the seat bottom, a notched first side portion formed to include an
upwardly opening first notch and arranged to lie on a first side of
the seat bottom and seat back, and a notched second side portion
formed to include an upwardly opening second notch and arranged to
lie in spaced-apart relation to the first side portion on a second
side of the seat bottom and seat back, the first side portion
including a first armrest portion and a first headrest portion
located in spaced-apart relation to the first armrest portion to
locate the upwardly facing first notch therebetween, the second
side portion including a second armrest portion and a second
headrest portion located in spaced-apart relation to the second
armrest portion to locate the upwardly facing second notch
therebetween, and a product display and carrying bag formed to
include an interior region containing the juvenile vehicle seat and
made of a flexible and transparent material to conform
substantially to the seat bottom and seat back and notched first
and second side portions of the juvenile vehicle seat contained in
the interior region of the product display and carrying bag, the
product display and carrying bag including a front panel arranged
to cover portions of the seat bottom and seat back, a first side
panel arranged to lie on the first side of the seat bottom and seat
back and coupled to the front panel along a serpentine-shaped first
seam configured to conform substantially to an exterior shape of
the notched first side portion of the juvenile vehicle seat, and a
second side panel arranged to lie on the second side of the seat
bottom and seat back and coupled to the front panel along a
serpentine-shaped second seam configured to conform substantially
to an exterior shape of the notched second side portion of the
juvenile vehicle seat to provide an ergonomically balanced position
of the juvenile vehicle seat in the interior region of the product
display and carrying bag when a consumer carries the juvenile
vehicle seat to cause a portion of the consumer's body to extend
into the first and second notches to locate portions of the
serpentine-shaped first and second seams of the product display and
carry bag between the portion of the consumer's body and the
juvenile vehicle seat.
41. A juvenile vehicle seat and carrier combination comprising a
juvenile vehicle seat including a seat bottom having an upwardly
facing child-receiving surface, a seat back having a forwardly
facing child-receiving surface, a first side portion arranged to
extend upwardly from the upwardly facing child-receiving surface
and forwardly from the forwardly facing child-receiving surface, a
second side portion arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the
first side portion and to extend upwardly from the upwardly facing
child-receiving surface and forwardly from the forwardly facing
child-receiving surface, and a base portion, and means for
displaying the juvenile vehicle seat and for carrying the juvenile
vehicle seat, the means being ergonomically balanced and cradled
about a portion of a user's body thereby providing a space-saving
and stable carrying position.
42. A juvenile vehicle seat and carrier comprising a juvenile
vehicle seat including a seat bottom having an upwardly facing
child-receiving surface, a seat back having a forwardly facing
child-receiving surface, a first side portion arranged to extend
upwardly from the upwardly facing child-receiving surface and
forwardly from the forwardly facing child-receiving surface, a
second side portion arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the
first side portion and to extend upwardly from the upwardly facing
child-receiving surface and forwardly from the forwardly facing
child-receiving surface, and a base portion, and a carrier
configured to contain and display the juvenile vehicle seat, the
carrier including a handle configured and located to ergonomically
carry the juvenile vehicle seat such that it is balanced and is
cradled about a portion of a user's body to provide a space-saving
balanced and stable carrying position.
Description
[0001] This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent
application Ser. No. 11/849,873, filed Sep. 4, 2007, and claims
priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional
Application Ser. No. 60/893,321, filed Mar. 6, 2007. Both of the
above-noted Applications are expressly incorporated by reference
herein.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present disclosure relates to product display and
carrying bags. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to
product display and carrying bags for juvenile products.
SUMMARY
[0003] In accordance with the present disclosure, a product display
and carrying bag is configured to include upper and lower chambers
sized to conform to, for example, a juvenile product such as a
juvenile vehicle seat. In an illustrative embodiment, the bag
includes a carrying handle coupled to a panel of the bag and
further includes a media tag configured to be inserted into a
card-receiver pocket provided on a transparent panel of the
bag.
[0004] In an illustrative embodiment, the media tag includes a
first message on one side of the media tag and a second message on
the other side. The media tag is configured to be "flipped over"
and inserted into the card-receiver pocket to reveal either the
first or second message.
[0005] In an illustrative embodiment, the handle is located on a
side panel of the bag in a location such that a user carrying the
bag that includes the juvenile seat is able to cradle a notched
part of the bag around the user's leg to provide an ergonomically
comfortable and space-saving carrying position.
[0006] Additional features of the present disclosure will become
apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the
following detailed description of illustrative embodiments
exemplifying the best mode of carrying out the disclosure as
presently perceived.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] The detailed description particularly refers to the
following figures in which:
[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a product display and
carrying bag in accordance with the present disclosure, and showing
formation of the bag to include upper and lower chambers sized to
conform to the configuration of a juvenile vehicle seat and
configured to be placed over and contain the seat, and further
showing a carrying handle included in the bag and coupled to a side
panel of the bag and a media tag configured to be inserted into a
card-receiver pocket provided on a transparent front panel of the
bag;
[0009] FIGS. 2a-2c are enlarged perspective views of the media tag
of FIG. 1 showing the media tag having a first message on one side
of the media tag and a second message on the other side, the media
tag being configured to be "flipped over" and inserted into the
card-receiver pocket on the product display and carrying bag to
reveal either the first or second message;
[0010] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the bag of FIG. 1 showing a
juvenile vehicle seat contained in the transparent bag and further
showing the media tag of FIGS. 2a-c inserted into the card-receiver
pocket provided on the transparent front panel of the tag to reveal
one of the messages;
[0011] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4-4 of
FIG. 3 showing the card-receiver pocket on the transparent front
panel and the media tag inserted therein and further showing a
bottom portion of the seat situated in a lower chamber of the bag
and a zipper located in a partly closed position;
[0012] FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the
transparent front panel of FIG. 1 showing provision of different
messages on opposing surfaces of the media tag and further showing
the configuration of the media tag to be turned around, as
suggested by the broken-line arrows, and inserted into the
card-receiver pocket, as suggested by the solid-line arrows;
[0013] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a user carrying the bag and
showing the handle being located on the side panel in a location
such that the user is able to cradle a notched part of the bag
around the user's leg to provide an ergonomically comfortable and
space-saving carrying position to minimize a part of the bag that
extends beyond the side of the user's leg;
[0014] FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line
7-7 of FIG. 6 showing the user's leg nestled in the notched part of
the bag and further showing the space-saving configuration created
by the handle placement on the side panel;
[0015] FIG. 8 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a
product display and carrying bag, in accordance with the present
disclosure, showing the handle located on a rear panel of the bag;
and
[0016] FIG. 9 is a perspective view of yet another embodiment of a
product display and carrying bag, in accordance with the present
disclosure, showing the handle located on a front panel of the
bag.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0017] In general terms and referring particularly to FIGS. 1-3,
the present disclosure relates to a product display and carrying
bag 10 having upper and lower chambers 12, 14, respectively. Upper
chamber 12 includes a rear area 13 and lower chamber 14 includes a
bottom area 15. Upper and lower chambers 12, 14 are sized to
conform to the configuration of, for example, a juvenile vehicle
seat 16 and configured to be placed over and contain seat 16, as
shown in FIG. 3. Together, bag 10 and seat 16 form a package P as
shown in FIG. 3 and suggested in FIGS. 6 and 7. Seat 16 includes a
back portion 16A, a base portion 16B, upper side portion 16C, lower
side portion 16D, bottom portion 16E and front portion 16F.
[0018] Bag 10 further includes a carrying handle 18 coupled to, for
example, one of two side panels 20 of the bag 10, the coupled
handle 18 providing a means for lifting the package P such that
when a user 50 picks up the package P, the package P is
ergonomically balanced in the user's hand as shown in FIG. 6. In
addition, when a user 50 lifts the package P, a portion of the
package is cradled about the user's leg 54 located immediately
adjacent to the package P, thereby providing a space-saving
carrying position to minimize a space S occupied by a portion P of
the package extending beyond the user's leg 54, as shown in FIG.
7.
[0019] Bag 10 also includes a media card or tag 22 configured to be
inserted into a card-receiver pocket 24 provided on a front panel
26 of the bag 10. Front panel 26 includes a plurality of seams 11
that help to shape the front panel 26 such that when the juvenile
seat 16 is contained in bag 10, front panel 26 essentially conforms
to front portion 16F of seat 16. All or a portion of front panel 26
may be transparent, as, for example, transparent front section 26T.
The remainder of front panel 26 may also be transparent.
[0020] Media tag 22 includes a first message 28 on a first side 30
of media tag 22 and a second message 32 on a second side 34 of
media tag 22. Media tag 22 is configured to be "flipped over" and
inserted into card-receiver pocket 24 to reveal either the first or
second message 28, 32, as suggested in FIGS. 1-3.
[0021] As shown in FIG. 3, seat 16 is contained within bag 10,
which bag 10 is shown as being essentially completely transparent
but which could have portions or panels that are not transparent
(not shown).
[0022] As further shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, bag 10 includes a flap 38
that, in an opened position as shown in FIG. 1, extends downwardly
from lower chamber 14 and in a closed position, as shown in FIG. 3,
is coupled to lower chamber 14 by a zipper mechanism 40 configured
to close flap 38 around lower chamber 14 and contain seat 16 in bag
10 in a use position.
[0023] As shown in FIG. 4, media tag 22 is resting in card-receiver
pocket 24 at a slight inward-facing angle relative to bottom area
42 and tilted toward a bottom portion 16E of seat 16. It is within
the scope of the present disclosure that media tag 22 may rest
essentially perpendicular to bottom area 42 or at an angle that is
more than the slight inward-facing angle shown. As suggested in
FIG. 3 and shown in FIG. 4, media tag 22 is inserted in
card-receiver pocket 24 formed on an interior surface 26A of
transparent front section 26T. As further shown in FIG. 4, bottom
portion 16E of seat 16 is situated in lower chamber 14. Zipper
mechanism 40, which is configured to close a flap 38 around a
bottom area 42 of lower chamber 14 to help contain seat 16 in bag
10, is shown in a partly closed position, as evidenced by zipper
tab 40A being located approximately midway along bottom area 42.
Bottom area 42 of lower chamber 14 is defined to include lower edge
44 that includes a tooth portion 14A of lower chamber 14 designed
to mate with a tooth portion 38A on flap 38.
[0024] As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, card-receiver pocket 24 is
defined by interior surface 26A of transparent front section 26T
and an interior panel 27 of card-receiver pocket 24. Card-receiver
pocket 24 may be formed integrally with transparent front section
26T or interior panel 27 may be coupled to transparent front
section 26T to form card-receiver pocket 24. Interior panel 27 is
sized such that a sufficient space 29 is provided between an upper
portion 10A of bag 10 and an upper portion 27A of interior panel 27
to permit media tag 22 to be inserted into and removed from
card-receiver pocket 24. Interior panel 27 is formed or coupled to
transparent front section 26T in such a manner that an opening 31
is sufficient to receive and retain media tag 22 in card-receiver
pocket 24.
[0025] As shown in FIG. 5, different messages may be placed on
opposing surfaces 46, 48 of media tag 22. For example, first
surface 46 includes an advertisement for seat 16 to be displayed in
card-receiver pocket 24 when bag 10 containing seat 16 is on
display in a retail store. Second surface 48 includes, for example,
the name and address of a purchaser/user of seat 16 when the user
is traveling, for instance, by train or plane and the bag 10/seat
16 combination is being checked as luggage or carried on the train
or plane. To accommodate these different uses, media tag 22, as
shown in FIG. 5, is configured to be turned around, as suggested by
the broken-line arrows, and inserted into card-receiver pocket 24,
as suggested by the solid-line arrows.
[0026] As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the means for lifting package P
includes carrying handle 18 located on side panel 20 and coupled at
a first end 18A to a portion of upper chamber 12 of bag 10
overlying upper side portion 16C and coupled at a second end 18B to
a portion of lower chamber 14 overlying lower side portion 16D.
Handle 18 further includes a grip or gripping portion 18C
interconnecting and located between the first and second ends 18A,
18B. Handle 18 includes a longitudinal axis L bisecting the first
end 18A, grip portion 18C and second end 18B. Longitudinal axis L
lies a plane substantially parallel to a direction of travel D and
lies in a vertical plane intersecting vertical planes of a bottom
area 15 of lower chamber 14 and a rear area 13 of upper chamber 12.
First end 18A of handle 18 overlies upper chamber 12 and is coupled
to a first of the side panels 20 and second end 18B of handle 18
overlies lower chamber 14 and is also coupled to the first of the
side panels 20.
[0027] Handle 18 is coupled to and located on one of the side
panels 20 in such a manner and configuration that a user 50, when
lifting the package P, is able to cradle a notched part 52 of
package P around the user's leg 54 to provide an ergonomically,
balanced, comfortable and space-saving carrying position to
minimize a distance or space S that a portion P.sub.1 of package P
extends beyond a side 50A of user's leg 54. Back portion 16A, base
portion 16B, upper chamber 12 and lower chamber 14 cooperate to
form notched part 52 at an intersection T of back portion 16A and
base portion 16B of seat 16, and handle 18 lies essentially
adjacent to the notched part 52. For example, as shown in FIG. 7,
handle 18 is located such that approximately 6'' of space is saved,
from an over-all width of approximately 27'', enabling user 50 to
walk, for example, in travel direction D in which the user is
facing, more comfortably and safely, for example, down the aisles
of stores and/or the aisles of trains or planes.
[0028] In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, product display
and carrying bag 110 includes a handle 118 located on a rear panel
56 of bag 110. Similarly to bag 10, bag 110 is sized to conform to
the configuration of a juvenile product and to be placed over and
contain the juvenile product, such as seat 16. Bag 110 also
includes card-receiver pocket 24, media tag 22 and other features
included in to the embodiment of bag 10, as shown in FIGS. 1-7,
except for handle 118.
[0029] In yet another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, product
display and carrying bag 210 conforms to and contains seat 16. Bag
210 includes a handle 218 located on a center portion 58 of front
panel 26 of bag 210. Bag 210 also includes card-receiver pocket 24,
media tag 22 and other features included in the embodiment of bag
10, as shown in FIGS. 1-7, except for handle 218.
[0030] It is within the scope of the present disclosure that handle
18 may be located on the opposite side panel 20 to the side panel
20 shown in FIG. 1 or handle 18 may be located in both side panels
20.
[0031] It is within the scope of the present disclosure that
card-receiver pocket 24 may be provided at other locations on other
transparent panels or on non-transparent panels of bags 10, 110 and
210.
[0032] It is within the scope of the present disclosure that
juvenile vehicle seat 16 is configured to be stackable or nestable
upon an another juvenile vehicle seat 16 whether seat 16 is in a
stand-alone status or contained inside bag 10. Such stackablity and
nestability is useful to reduce shipping and storage requirements.
In addition, the package P formed when juvenile vehicle seat 16 is
contained in bags 10, 110, 210 allows for more convenient and less
costly shipping from the manufacturer because a plurality of
packages P may be nested and shipped in a single cardboard
container. Consequently, the storage space required by the retailer
is reduced. Shipping costs are reduced because less cardboard boxes
are needed, less paper resources are consumed and smaller
facilities are needed for storage space. The consumer in turn
receives added value because the carrying bags 10, 110, 210 are
reusable by the consumer for transport and storage. Moreover, the
transparent portions of carrying bags 10, 110, 210 allow consumers
to view their purchases before payment.
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