U.S. patent application number 12/000816 was filed with the patent office on 2009-06-18 for racket bag.
Invention is credited to Shane F. Jung, Shu F. Jung.
Application Number | 20090152315 12/000816 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 40751879 |
Filed Date | 2009-06-18 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090152315 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Jung; Shane F. ; et
al. |
June 18, 2009 |
Racket bag
Abstract
A racket bag has a body, at least one adjustable strap and a
holding strap assembly. The body has a front panel, a rear panel,
two side panels and a bottom panel. The side panels and the bottom
panel are mounted between the front and rear panels and are
collapsible. Each adjustable strap is mounted between the front and
rear panels to adjust the distance between the front and rear
panels to fit different quantities of rackets that are put between
the front and rear panels. The holding strap assembly is attached
to the rear panel to allow the user to hold, hang or carry the
racket bag.
Inventors: |
Jung; Shane F.; (Torrance,
CA) ; Jung; Shu F.; (Torrance, CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
625 SLATERS LANE, FOURTH FLOOR
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314-1176
US
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Family ID: |
40751879 |
Appl. No.: |
12/000816 |
Filed: |
December 18, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
224/645 ;
206/315.1; 224/250 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45C 2003/007 20130101;
A45F 3/04 20130101; A45C 3/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
224/645 ;
206/315.1; 224/250 |
International
Class: |
B65D 85/00 20060101
B65D085/00; A45F 3/04 20060101 A45F003/04 |
Claims
1. A racket bag comprising: a body having a front panel having a
top, a bottom, a front surface and a rear surface; a rear panel
having a top, a bottom, a front surface and a rear surface; two
side panels being collapsible, being formed between the front and
rear panels near the bottoms of the front and rear panels, being
opposite to each other and having an external surface; and a bottom
panel being collapsible and being formed between the bottoms of the
front and rear panels; at least one adjustable strap being mounted
between the top of the front panel and the rear panel and being
detachable; and a holding strap assembly being attached to the rear
panel.
2. The racket bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein each one of the
adjustable strap has two proximal ends being attached respectively
to the front and rear panels; two detaching ends; and a detachable
connector being formed on the detaching ends to selectively hold
the detaching ends together.
3. The racket bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holding strap
assembly comprises two connecting straps being attached separately
to the rear panel, and each connecting strap having a proximal end
being attached to the rear panel; a detaching end; and a
half-connector being formed on the detaching end of the connecting
strap; and a shoulder strap being adjustable, being connected
detachably to the connecting straps and having two detaching ends
being selectively connected respectively to the detaching ends of
the connecting straps; and two half-connectors being formed
respectively on the detaching ends of the shoulder strap,
corresponding to and selectively connecting respectively to the
half-connectors of the connecting strap.
4. The racket bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holding strap
assembly comprises two connecting straps being attached separately
to the rear panel, and each connecting strap having a proximal end
being attached to the rear panel; a detaching end; and a
half-connector being formed on the detaching end of the connecting
strap; and two hanging straps being respectively connected
detachably to the connecting straps, and each hanging strap having
a proximal end being attached to the rear panel; a detaching end;
and a half-connector being formed on the detaching end of the
hanging strap, corresponding to and selectively connecting to the
half-connector of a corresponding connecting strap.
5. The racket bag as claimed in claim 3, wherein the holding strap
assembly further has two hanging straps being respectively
connected detachably to the connecting straps, and each hanging
strap having a proximal ends being attached to the rear panel; a
detaching end; and a half-connector being formed on the detaching
end of the hanging strap, corresponding to and selectively
connecting to the half-connector of a corresponding connecting
strap.
6. The racket bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holding strap
assembly comprises two hanging straps being respectively connected
detachably to the connecting straps, and each hanging strap having
a proximal end being attached to the rear panel; a detaching end;
and a half-connector being formed on the detaching end of the
hanging strap, corresponding to and selectively connecting to the
half-connector of a corresponding connecting strap; and two
backpack straps being adjustable, being respectively connected
detachably to the hanging straps, and each backpack strap having a
proximal end being attached to the rear panel; a detaching end; and
a half-connector being formed respectively on the detaching end of
the backpack strap and corresponding to and selectively connecting
to the half-connector of a corresponding hanging strap.
7. The racket bag as claimed in claim 2, wherein the holding strap
assembly has two connecting straps being attached separately to the
rear panel, and each connecting strap having a proximal end being
attached to the rear panel; a detaching end; and a half-connector
being formed on the detaching end of the connecting strap; a
shoulder strap being adjustable, being selectively connected
detachably to the connecting straps and having two detaching ends
being selectively connected respectively to the detaching ends of
the connecting straps; and two half-connectors being formed
respectively on the detaching ends of the shoulder strap,
corresponding to and selectively connecting respectively to the
half-connectors of the connecting strap; two hanging strap being
respectively connected detachably to the connecting straps, and
each hanging strap having a proximal end being attached to the rear
panel; a detaching end; and a half-connector being formed on the
detaching end of the hanging strap, corresponding to and
selectively connecting to the half-connector of a corresponding
connecting strap; and two backpack straps being adjustable, being
respectively connected detachably to the hanging straps, and each
backpack strap having a proximal end being attached to the rear
panel; a detaching end; and a half-connector being formed
respectively on the detaching end of the backpack strap and
corresponding to and selectively connecting to the half-connector
of a corresponding hanging strap.
8. The racket bag as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a
bracing strap being formed on the front surface of the rear panel
adjacent to the top of the rear panel and having two detaching
ends; and a detachable connector being formed on the detaching ends
of the bracing strap to selectively hold the detaching ends of the
bracing strap together.
9. The racket bag as claimed in claim 7 further comprising a
bracing strap being formed on the front surface of the rear panel
adjacent to the top of the rear panel and having two detaching
ends; and a detachable connector being formed on the detaching ends
of the bracing strap to selectively hold the detaching ends of the
bracing strap together.
10. The racket bag as claimed in claim 9, wherein the detachable
connectors of the adjustable strap and the bracing strap are clips;
and the half-connectors of the connecting straps and shoulder strap
are half of a clip.
11. The racket bag as claimed in claim 9, wherein the connectors of
the at least one adjustable strap and the bracing strap are hook
and loop fasteners; the half-connectors of the connecting straps
and the shoulder strap half of a hook and loop fastener.
12. The racket bag as claimed in claim 1 further comprising
multiple additional pockets being attached to the external surface
of the side panels.
13. The racket bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the holding strap
assembly further has a handle strap being attached to the top of
the rear panel.
14. The racket bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rear panel is
rigid.
15. The racket bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front panel
of the body has a front pocket being formed in the front surface of
the front panel and being selectively closed by a zipper.
16. The racket bag as claimed in claim 1, wherein holding strap
assembly has a hanging bar being attached to the top of the rear
panel; and two backpack straps being adjustable and being
respectively mounted between the bottom of the rear panel and the
hanging bar.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a racket bag, especially to
an adjustable racket bag that is adjustable to different numbers of
rackets.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Arts
[0004] Racket sports such as squash, tennis and badminton and the
like are popular in the world and require players to carry at least
one racket such as a tennis racket, badminton racket or the like.
Players usually use racket bags to carry the rackets. A player
usually needs to carry more than one racket in case the racket gets
damaged or broken in play. However, the conventional racket bag
comprises a fixed inner cavity and a zip that is selectively moved
to open or close the bag. The fixed inner cavity limits a number of
rackets that the player may carry. Therefore, the player may only
carry a limited number of the rackets with the conventional racket
bag. Furthermore, the fixed inner cavity occupies a fixed volume.
No matter how many rackets the player carries the conventional
racket bag occupies the same volume. Thus, the conventional racket
bag has shortcomings that need to be improved.
[0005] To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides
an adjustable racket bag to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned
problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The main objective of the present invention is to provide an
adjustable racket bag. The racket bag has a body, at least one
adjustable strap and a holding strap assembly. The body has a front
panel, a rear panel, two side panels and a bottom panel. The side
panels and the bottom panel are mounted between the front and rear
panels and are collapsible. Each adjustable strap is mounted
between the front and rear panels to adjust the distance between
the front and rear panels to fit different quantities of rackets
that are put between the front and rear panels. The holding strap
assembly is attached to the rear panel to allow the user to hold,
hang or carry the racket bag.
[0007] Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the
invention will become more apparent from the following detailed
description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying
drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment racket
bag in accordance with the present invention;
[0009] FIG. 2 is an operational rear perspective view of the racket
bag in FIG. 1 with multiple rackets and a container;
[0010] FIG. 3 is a front view of a second embodiment of a racket
bag in accordance with the present invention;
[0011] FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of the racket bag in FIG.
3;
[0012] FIG. 5 is an operational perspective view of the racket bag
in FIG. 2 when hung on a transverse rod;
[0013] FIG. 6 is an operational perspective view of the racket bag
in FIG. 2;
[0014] FIG. 7 is an operational front view of the racket bag in
FIG. 2;
[0015] FIG. 8 is another operational perspective view of the racket
bag in FIG. 2; and
[0016] FIG. 9 is an operational perspective view of a third
embodiment of a racket bag in accordance with the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0017] With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, a racket bag in accordance
with the present invention comprises a body (10), at least one
adjustable strap (20), an optional bracing strap (30), a holding
strap assembly (40), multiple optional additional pockets (50) and
is used to hold and carry at least one racket (AA).
[0018] The body (10) has a front panel (11), a rear panel (12), two
side panels (13) and a bottom panel (14). The front panel (11) has
a top, a bottom, a front surface, a rear surface and an optional
front pocket (111). The front pocket (111) is formed in the front
surface of the front panel (1) and is selectively closed by a
zipper. The rear panel (12) may be rigid and has a top, a bottom, a
front surface and a rear surface. The side panels (13) are
collapsible, are formed between the front and rear panels (11, 12)
near the bottoms of the front and rear panels (11, 12), are
opposite to each other and have an external surface. The bottom
panel (14) is collapsible and is formed between the bottoms of the
front and rear panels (11, 12).
[0019] With further reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, the at least one
adjustable strap (20) is mounted between the top of the front panel
(11) and the rear panel (12). In a preferred embodiment, two
adjustable straps (20) are mounted oppositely between the front and
rear panels (11, 12). Each adjustable strap (20) may have two
proximal ends, two detaching ends and a detachable connector (21).
The proximal ends are attached respectively to the front and rear
panels (11, 12). The detachable connector (21) is formed on the
detaching ends to selectively hold the detaching ends together and
may be a clip, a hook and loop fastener or a buckle.
[0020] The bracing strap (30) is formed on the front surface of the
rear panel (12) adjacent to the top of the rear panel (12) and has
two detaching ends and a detachable connector (31). The detachable
connector (31) is formed on the detaching ends to selectively hold
the detaching ends together and may be a clip, a hook and loop
fastener or a buckle. The bracing strap (30) is used to hold the
rackets (AA) securely in the racket bag.
[0021] With further reference to FIG. 5, the holding strap assembly
(40) is attached to the rear panel (12) to allow a user to carry
and to hang the racket bag. The holding strap assembly (40) may
comprise a handle strap (41), two connecting straps (42), a
shoulder strap (43), two hanging straps (44), a hanging bar (46)
and two backpack straps (45, 45A).
[0022] The handle strap (41) is attached to the top of the rear
panel (12) to carry the racket bag by hand, suspend the racket bag
on a hook and the like.
[0023] The connecting straps (42) are attached separately to the
rear panel (12), and each connecting strap (42) has a proximal end,
a detaching end and a half-connector (421). The proximal end of the
connecting strap (42) is attached to the rear panel (12). The
half-connector (421) is formed on the detaching end of the
connecting strap (42) and may half of a clip, a hook and loop
fastener or a buckle.
[0024] The shoulder strap (43) is adjustable, is connected
detachably to the connecting straps (42) and has two detaching ends
and two half-connectors (431). The detaching ends of the shoulder
strap (43) are selectively connected respectively to the detaching
ends of the connecting straps (42). The half-connectors (431) are
formed respectively on the detaching ends of the shoulder strap
(43), correspond to and selectively connect respectively to the
half-connectors (421) of the connecting strap (42) and may be half
of a clip, a hook and loop fastener or a buckle.
[0025] Each hanging strap (44) is connected detachably to a
corresponding connecting strap (42) and has a proximal end, a
detaching end and a half-connector (441). The proximal end of the
hanging strap (44) is attached to the rear panel (12). The
half-connector (441) is formed on the detaching end of the hanging
strap (44), corresponds to and selectively connects to the
half-connector (421) of a corresponding connecting strap (42) and
may be half of a clip, a hook and loop fastener or a buckle.
[0026] With further reference to FIG. 9, the hanging bar (46) is
attached to the top of the rear panel (12).
[0027] With further reference to FIG. 8, the backpack straps (45,
45A) are adjustable, may be respectively connected detachably to
the hanging straps (44) or may be respectively mounted between the
bottom of the rear panel (12) and the hanging bar (46). Each
backpack strap (45) may have a proximal end, a detaching end and a
half-connector (451). The proximal end of the backpack strap (45)
is attached to the rear panel (12). The half-connector is formed
respectively on the detaching end of the backpack strap (45) and
corresponds to and selectively connects to the half-connector (441)
of a corresponding hanging strap (44) and may be half of a clip, a
hook and loop fastener or a buckle.
[0028] When the shoulder strap (43) connects to the connecting
straps (42), the racket bag as described can be carried on the
shoulder of the user. When the racket bag as described needs to be
hung on a transverse rod (BB) such as a chair, handlebar or the
like, the corresponding connecting strap (42) and hanging strap
(44) can be mounted around the transverse rod (BB) and connected to
each other using the half-connectors. When the backpack straps (45)
connects to the hanging straps (44), the user can carry the racket
bag as described on the back.
[0029] The additional pockets (50) are attached to the external
surface of the side panels (13) to contain additional things such a
ball container (CC), shuttlecock container, canteen, or the
like.
[0030] With further reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, the racket bag as
described has numerous advantages. When the rackets (AA) are put
between the front and rear panels (11, 12), the user can adjust the
distance between the front and rear panels (11, 12) using the
adjustable strap (20) and the collapsible side and bottom panels
(13, 14) to fit different quantities of rackets (AA). Therefore,
the racket bag as described may contain and fit multiple rackets
(AA) well by adjusting the adjustable strap (20) and the
collapsible side and bottom panels (13, 14). Furthermore, a volume
of the racket bag as described changes with the different quantity
of rackets (AA) because the adjustable strap (20) adjusts the
distance between the front and rear panels (11, 12). Therefore, the
racket bag as described hold each racket securely preventing the
rackets from damaging each other when in transit and raising
comfort of the user carrying the racket bag.
[0031] Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the
present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description,
together with details of the structure and features of the
invention, the disclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made
in the details, especially in matters of shape, size, and
arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the
full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in
which the appended claims are expressed.
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