FLEXIBLE SPORTS BAG

摘要

The present invention replaces the traditional steel and plastic construction primarily used in sports equipment bags to provide a novel sports equipment bag with flexibility, durability, strength, and a net weight reduction. The sports bag of the present invention integrates optionally removable composite rods into the frame structure of a sports bag to allow for significant flexibility and compression thereof for general transport, storage, shipping and handling purposes, and yet the sports bag is also capable of holding a semi-rigid exterior to a given volume and shape when in regular use. The present invention also discloses a sports equipment bag with a novel folding floor to assist with the flexible and collapsible nature of a sports equipment bag.

主权项

1. A flexible sports bag comprising:
a flexible body defining an interior compartment, said body comprising a front panel, a back panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and first and second side panels; a flexible subframe disposed in the interior compartment to which the flexible body is affixed, said subframe comprising:
a first removable linear rod that extends vertically substantially the height of the back panel from a location proximate a junction of the back panel, the bottom panel and the first side panel to a location proximate a junction of the back panel, the top panel and the first side panel;a second removable linear rod that extends vertically substantially the height of the back panel from a location proximate a junction of the back panel, the bottom panel and the second side panel to a location proximate a junction of the back panel, the top panel and the second side panel;a first flexible angled rod that is releasably engageable with a first rod holder located proximate to the junction of the back panel, the top panel and the first side panel and that is capable of releasably engaging with a second rod holder located proximate to a junction of the front panel, the bottom panel and the first side panel; anda second flexible angled rod that is releasably engageable with a third rod holder located proximate to the junction of the back panel, the top panel and the second side panel and that is capable of releasably engaging with a fourth rod holder located proximate to a junction of the front panel, the bottom panel and the second side panel, wherein, when the first flexible angled rod is engaged with the first and second rod holders and the second flexible angled rod is engaged with the third and fourth rod holders, said flexible angled rods and linear rods maintain the flexible body in a semi-rigid but semi-compressible state, and wherein, when the first flexible angled rod is engaged with at most one of the first and second rod holders and the second flexible angled rod is engaged with at most one of the third and fourth rod holders, said flexible body is compressible for any one or more of storage, transport, shipping or handling.