| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 383004000 | CONVERTIBLE | 38 |
| 20090028466 | Convertible tote bag and seat cover - There is provided a convertible tote bag and seat cover combination having a tote bag configuration and a seat cover configuration. The convertible tote bag and seat cover includes a first wall section, a second wall section, and a floor section connected to the first wall section and also connected to the second wall section. Attaching means such as snaps, zippers, buttons, or hook and loop fasteners are affixed to attaching regions of the first and second wall sections. The cover configuration is converted to the tote bag configuration by attaching these reciprocal attaching means, and conversely, the tote bag configuration is converted to the seat cover configuration by removing the reciprocal attaching means. Elasticized handles may be positioned on the tote bag, and these handles can be repositioned in the seat cover configuration to serve as straps. The seat cover with straps can thus advantageously be used in recreational functions such as providing a seat cover for a golf car, a seat cover for a boat seat, a cover for a picnic table, a beach towel, a ground cloth, and the like. Thus, the convertible tote bag and seat cover also provides the dual function of carrying recreational items and then providing a cover at the place of recreation. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090060397 | DISPOSAL BAG FOR DIAPERS AND OTHER REFUSE AND METHOD - A disposal bag ( | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090190859 | Bag that becomes a sitting mat - A folding bag that can open up into a mat that can serve as a sitting mat or a baby play mat. The bag comprises the following components: A mat, a belt (strap), two buckles attached at opposite ends of the mat. Two snap buttons (two male parts and two female parts) are attached to the bottom part of the mat. The bag can be opened up and spread our so as to serve as a sitting mat or a play mat, and can later be folded, closed and turned into a carrying bag again. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100008601 | Snow mat-bag - The snow mat-bag is a rectangular piece of flat plastic tarpaulin or canvas of different sizes as needed, equipped with straps, ropes, handles and zippers on its edges to collect, bag and transport snow away from driveways and sidewalks during the winter by closing the zippers and tying the straps and ropes. It can also be used to collect, bag and move away other objects such as dead leaves from yards during the fall, clothes for laundry, grains and fruits for storage on farms. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100092108 | ECO-FRIENDLY FOOD CONTAINER - A reusable, easily washable, eco-friendly food container that contains an enclosed pouch and a placemat. The eco-friendly food container folds over itself for spill free storage and in its open position is capable of wrapping around a horizontal bar to hang open so the pouch contents are easily accessible. A removable pouch tray facilitates food handling inside and outside of the pouch. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100111448 | CONVERTIBLE BAG - A convertible bag comprises a main bag body ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100158413 | Quick clean cloth - The tablecloth that is reversible to make clean-ups faster with the drawstring that keeps it from blowing away. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100209019 | SHIPPING PACKAGE THAT CONVERTS INTO A BACKPACK - A convertible envelope is adapted to be used as a shipping container and then converted to a carrying bag. The envelope has a foldable bag with an open top, front and back panels and closed side and bottom edges. The bag is intended to be shipped in folded configuration and held therein by releasable securements. The open top is covered by a top flap which has one edge portion removably secured to either the front panel or the back panel and another edge portion which carries adhesive for sealing the envelope. The envelope can have a draw string and grommets for use as a back pack or handles for use as a tote bag. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110013856 | Childs Convertible Travel Mat - A travel mat having a plurality of activities for young children attached to and distributed thereon is described. The mat is typically configured in an activity configuration to slip and/or slide over and be secured to an airline seatback tray table in such a manner that provides various activities to be enjoyed by a child when the associated tray table is in both its deployed position or in its stowed upright and latched position. The travel mat is also convertible into a tote configuration that protects and stows the various activities as well as other optional material, such as paper, crayons or children's books therein, and is easily carried by either the parent or a child. The mat can be turned inside out to convert it from the tote configuration to an activity configuration. Advantageously, the various activities and toys with the mat are protected and safely stored during transport between airplanes or between destinations. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110206299 | Trash bag raincoat - The trash bag raincoat is a waterproof, biodegradable trash bag that has been adapted so as to convert between trash bag and rainwear. A conventional trash bag is altered by the addition of a hood, sleeves, and fasteners in such a manner as to ensure easy conversion from trash bag to rainwear and back to a trash bag. The invention addresses the age-old practice of tearing holes in trash bags so as to use as protection when caught in unexpected precipitation. This hole-tearing practice destroys the use of the trash bag for its intended purpose and makes for unsatisfactory protection as the head and arms remain exposed to the weather. The current invention addresses the issue of full protection for the head, arms, and torso and offers the ability to reuse the trash bag for its original design. This is accomplished by manipulating the hood, sleeves, and fasteners in a manner designed to fit the need at hand—use as trash bag or protection against the elements. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110249914 | Traveling Pillow Tote - A pillow tote has an interior in which a pillow may be contained. In one embodiment, a pillow tote includes a body. The body has an exterior side, an interior, and an interior opening. The exterior side has an outer attachment region. The outer attachment region has an outer pocket and a sleeve. The interior has an interior side. In addition, the interior side has an inner attachment region. The pillow tote also has a closure means. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110274374 | GIFT BAGS WITH REMOVABLE, CONFIGURABLE AND WEARABLE PARTS - Gift bags with removable, configurable and wearable parts and components have multiple interconnected panels which include a bottom panel and multiple interconnected generally vertically oriented side panels which together form a bag or container with an interior volume which is accessible through an opening, for example between or within the side panels. Incorporated into or attached to one or more of the side panels or bottom panel are articles or components, structures or objects which fit with one or more of the side panels. The articles, components, structures or objects are detachable from the one or more side panels. Any of the side panels may be configured in a manner which is both structural and functional as part of the bag enclosure, and aesthetic, ornamental or decorative and multi-dimensionally and graphically. The removable components may form part or all of any of the aesthetic, ornamental or decorative features of any of the side panels. The removable components are preferably secured to or made integral with any of the side panels by structures, devices or materials by which the components are both structural; aesthetic, decorative or ornamental, yet also relatively easily detachable. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120002904 | PAINT TRAY BAG WITH EXTENDED DROP SHEET - A paint tray bag is provided. The paint tray bag comprises a bag comprising dimensions for containing a paint tray, and optionally painting tools, therein. The paint tray bag further comprises a sealing apparatus for releasably sealing the bag, the sealing apparatus around at least portion of a perimeter of the bag such that the bag comprises a closed position for containing the paint tray therein when the sealing apparatus is closed and an open position when the sealing apparatus is open, the bag enabled to lay flat in the open position to act as a drop sheet for the paint tray. The paint tray bag further comprises an extended drop sheet which unfolds from the bag to provide an extended area for the drop sheet. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120020586 | Child's Travel Mat - A travel mat having a plurality of activities for young children attached to and distributed thereon is described. The travel mat comprises a fabric panel of an appropriate size to be received on an airplane tray table or on a travel tray intended for use in an automobile. Toys/activities are provided on both the front and back side of the tray wherein the tray can be flipped as desired to change the set of toys with which the child is playing. At least one pair of straps is provided to secure the mat to a desired tray. Because of the flexible nature of the mat, it can be easily folded and stowed for transport such as in a diaper bag or a purse. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120063702 | FOLDABLE BABY REST AREA - A baby rest area which includes a foldable area having a folded state and an unfolded state and includes a base having a perimeter and at least three walls. Each of the walls have a length dimension, a width dimension, first opposing ends along the length dimension, and second opposing ends along the width direction. Also included are at least three hinges and at least one of the hinges is disposed on at least one of the three walls. There is also a pad removably disposed on the base when the foldable area is in the unfolded state. The at least three walls are disposed around the perimeter to enclose the base. Further, the width dimension is large enough to prevent the baby from rolling out of the foldable area. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120076440 | RE-CLOSABLE CONTAINER WITH INTEGRATED FINGERS - Methods and apparatus for grasping an object using a re-closable bag with integrated finger sleeves. The re-closable bag includes a flexible side panel, an opening on a top end of the bag, and at least two flexible finger sleeves connected to the side panel. The opening includes a closure adapted, when closed, to seal the bag. The at least two flexible finger sleeves, when in a first position, are disposed between a first portion and a second portion of the side panel. Each finger sleeve in the two or more finger sleeves is adapted to accept at least a portion of a human finger. In some aspects, an object grasped using the finger sleeves can be retracted into the re-closable bag with integrated finger sleeves and stored within the bag. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120106871 | Combination Grocery/Receptacle Bag with Reinforced Bottom - A multi-purpose, two-ply plastic bag is proposed that may be converted from a shopping bag to a garbage bag. The production process is also disclosed. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120121210 | Bag with Cover - A bag includes an outer body portion or outer shell which encloses a storage compartment. The bag also includes a pocket non-removably attached to the bag which is accessible through the outer body portion or outer shell and is freely contained within the storage compartment. The pocket is configured to retain a cover, which is non-removably attached thereto. The cover is a flexible material that is water resistant or water repellant. The cover can be collapsed and stored within the pocket or can be withdrawn from the pocket and spread over the outer body portion or outer shell of the bag, thereby protecting it, for example, from inclement weather. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120128268 | Containment mat that converts to luggage with secure seal - A convertible luggage device that opens to form a mat or work surface that has a raised lip or edge structure that contains items on the mat or work surface. The convertible luggage device closes from the mat configuration to create a sealed bag or sealed flexible container for holding the items inside, where the seal is formed by the lip or edge structure. In some embodiments, the convertible luggage device may include a cinch cord that can be used to change from the open mat configuration into the closed bag configuration. In such embodiments, the cinch cord may include a cord lock that may be adjustably deployed to clamp the cinch cord in a position that maintains the convertible luggage device in a closed bag configuration. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128269 | MATERIAL COLLECTION APPARATUS - An apparatus for collecting material is provided. The apparatus may include a flexible support structure having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface including a material collection area. The apparatus may further include a closure system including a first fastener member disposed on the first surface and a second fastener member disposed on the second surface. At least a portion of the closure system may be spaced from a peripheral edge of the support structure and/or may be configured to releaseably join the first surface and the second surface together. The support structure may include an open configuration and a rolled configuration, wherein in the rolled configuration the closure system may releaseably join the first surface and the second surface together and/or funnel shapes may be formed on either side of the material collection area. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120189228 | INTEGRATED BAG AND ENVELOPE SYSTEM - The invention provides advances in the arts with useful and novel integrated packaging systems having a configuration readily convertible from a bag state to an envelope state and vice versa. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120237141 | Air Sport - The Air Sport bag provides the user with a neat, convenient way to air out their sweaty sports gear. The Air Sport bag functions just like a regular sports bag in that it can be used to carry the equipment to games and home again. The new part about the Air Sport is that it can be zipped open. When zipped open the Air Sport can be propped up on a foldable, attachable plastic post or hung up by its hanger. Once this is done the gear, including helmet, shoulder pads, pants, kneepads and elbow pads may be hung on separate removable plastic hooks. Thus the Air Sport unfolds, hangs up the gear and allows it to air our more effectively and provides a convenient, organized means to do so. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130016922 | TRANSFORMABLE SHEET CONTAINER - A container device employs a sheet transformable into a container. The sheet may include a drawstring laced within pockets along a perimeter of the sheet. Exposed portions of the drawstring may be pulled to draw edges of the sheet together transforming the sheet into the container. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130051705 | CONVERTIBLE GIFT BAG TO GIFT BOX - A gift bag that is convertible to a gift box comprises a decorative bag that is foldable flat and openable to a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and an insert for the bag that also folds flat but opens to a generally open-ended box inserted into to the bag to reinforce and stiffen the bag. The bag has an integral top flap that opens to cooperate with the insert to form a closed box, and has carry handles connected to the interior of the bag that are either removable or can be located within the bag when it is converted into a box. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130071046 | Bags Incorporating Recycled Sign Material - Bags incorporating recycled sign material are described. The bags can comprise one or multiple layers, including an optional padding layer. The bags can comprise an advertisement of an entity associated with a manufacturer of the bags, thereby allowing entities to prolong the benefits associated with an advertisement. Contemplated bags can also have multiple functions, including for example, storage, transport, safe keeping, seat cushioning and drying mat. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130114915 | Foldable Bag - A foldable bag for insulating a bottle or other beverage container comprises means for attaching the bag in its folded state wherein the bag can serve as a label on the outside of the bottle, and means for attaching the bag to the bottle in its unfolded state wherein the bag envelops the bottle to provide thermal insulation. A method for attaching a folded label to a bottle comprises: attaching a first side of the label to the bottle using a glue; wrapping the label around the bottle; attaching a second side of the label to the surface of the label using glue, in such a way that the label becomes attached to the bottle and the second side covers the side opening at the first side of the label. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130236127 | BAG ARRANGEMENT - A bag arrangement for conversion to a flag or vice versa, the arrangement comprising: a bag incorporating a volume for holding goods; and a pole to be provided with the bag and attached or attachable thereto to convert the bag into a flag having a flag pole extending therefrom. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140023295 | TRANSFORMING INSULATED CONTAINER AND MULTIPURPOSE MAT - A combination insulated container and multipurpose mat and, in particular, a flexible, impermeable multipurpose mat that can be folded and secured to create an insulated bag. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140161370 | TOW STRAP BAG - A tow strap bag, including, an elongated tow strap with a top end and a bottom end for towing objects, two half zippers each having an elongated row of teeth coupled to the tow strap in parallel on a single side along the elongated axis of the tow strap with the teeth of each half zipper located near an edge of the width of the single side of the tow strap and facing opposite edges; wherein the two half zippers are coupled to the entire tow strap length except leaving the top end and the bottom end of the tow strap without the half zippers coupled thereon; and wherein the tow strap is configured to form a bag when zipping up the two half zippers. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140185961 | DEVICE WITH ATTACHED STORAGE POUCH - An article, such as a bag, with an attached storage pouch or pocket is disclosed. The pouch can be directly attached to the article through an attachment, placing the pouch within close proximity, or coincident with a portion of the article. The pouch can be made from an elastic, flexible material. The pouch can be attached in an inverted state to an article. A user can place a portion of his hand in the pouch, compress the article with both hands, and then invert the pouch while encapsulating the compressed article in the pouch. The pouch can have a flap attached to the pouch. The flap can be used to close the opening of the pouch. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140212067 | CONVERTIBLE STORAGE BAG AND MARINE SIGNAL FLAG - A convertible device that is transformable from a storage bag to a marine signal flag by providing water permeable open mesh body of hollow material with stitched edges and an access opening. Rods on the interior of the body are attached to diagonally opposed corners. The rods disconnect to provide a bag form. The rods connect to provide a rigid brace between the diagonally opposed corners of the interior of the material to provide a flag form. Eyelets along a stitched edge of the material are used to attach the device to a flag pole. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140270576 | OVENABLE BAG CONVERTIBLE INTO A BAKING SHEET - An ovenable bag that is convertible into a baking sheet for baking a food product is provided. The ovenable bag may include a front panel, a rear panel, and a closure disposed on the front panel. The front panel and the rear panel define an interior chamber for holding the food product, and the closure is configured to allow the ovenable bag to be openable into the baking sheet. A related ovenable blank and method of forming an ovenable bag are also provided. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150104117 | Beach bag-blanket-changing cabin - This is beach bag, which you can convert to beach blanket and the most important you can convert it to a changing cabin. When this beach bag is closed on both sides with zippers you can use it as comfortable beach bag to carry your things to the beach (towel, a book, an MP3 player, cell phone). After you open zippers on both sides of the bag and unclip magnetic clips inside of the bag, you can use it as beach blanket. And if you need to change from your underwear to a swimwear you can get inside of this bag and change with 100% privacy. This is the main purpose of this beach bag with unique design. Fold it again clip the clips, zip up the zippers and you have light weight, convertible beach bag. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150104118 | Foldable mat - A foldable, rectangular mat having two sides, a front end, and a rear end is provided with seams, panels, hook and loop fasteners, snap fasteners, and through holes. The mat is configured to fold into a bag for carrying effects or thereafter unfold into a flattened one for allowing person(s) to sit or lie on. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150313335 | CONTAINMENT MAT THAT CONVERTS TO LUGGAGE WITH SECURE SEAL - A containment device that opens to form a mat or work surface that has a raised lip or edge structure that contains items on the mat or work surface. The containment device closes or converts from the mat configuration to create a sealed bag or sealed flexible container for holding the items inside, where the seal is formed by the lip or edge structure. In some embodiments, the containment device may include a cinch cord that can be used to change from the open mat configuration into the closed bag configuration. In such embodiments, the cinch cord may include a cord lock that may be adjustably deployed to clamp the cinch cord and the lip in a position that maintains the convertible luggage device in a closed bag configuration. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150368872 | Methods for Controlling Weeds and Water Using a Bag Filled with Landscaping Material - A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover. In addition, the bag may be used for planting individual plants in a planting bed, for establishing a buffer zone around the foundation of a building, or for controlling erosion around a downspout of a building. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160166093 | FOLDABLE BLANKET AND PILLOW SYSTEM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160375650 | Towel for Athletes - A towel for athletes includes, in accordance with one aspect of the invention, a textile web having a front side section configured as two layers forming a pocket including an opening oriented towards an outer surface of the textile web. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the towel includes a textile web and a strip attached to one side of the textile web, wherein the section of the strip attached to the textile web has a first magnet, and the free section of the strip has a second magnet, wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are releaseably connected to one other in a configuration configuring the strip as a loop. | 12-29-2016 |
