EP0303771A1 - Bag, especially a beach bag - Google Patents

Abstract

A carrier bag, in particular a bathing bag, consists of a blank folded over a fold line, blank sections folded onto one another being connected to one another at at least two edges. So that the inside of the carrier bag remains easily accessible and this carrier bag can also be used as a lying surface, the blank (1) is provided on the inside along its outer edges with detachable closure elements (3, 15), and on a blank section (4 or 5 ) a rope (6) in guide elements (9-12) can be moved essentially along the outer edges thereof, the ends of which are attached to the blank in the vicinity of the folding line (2).

Description

The invention relates to a carrier bag, in particular a bathing bag, consisting of a rectangular blank which is folded over a fold line, with blank sections folded onto one another being connected to one another at at least two edges.

In known carrier bags of this type, the edges of the folded blank, with the exception of an opening on the side opposite the folding line, are firmly connected to one another, for example sewn or - if the blank consists of a plastic - welded. The inside of the bag can only be reached through the upper opening opposite the fold line. If the tote bag is to be used as a bathing bag, there is usually a need for a lying pad, i.e. a sheet, separately, i.e. outside of the carry bag. This is inconvenient and involves the risk that one of the two parts - a carrying bag or a towel - will be lost.

The present invention has for its object to develop a carrier bag of the type mentioned in such a way that its interior is easily accessible and that it can also be used as a relatively large lying pad.

This object is achieved by the design of the carrier bag of the type mentioned at the outset with the features that the blank is provided on its inside along its edges with releasable closure elements and that a rope in guide elements is provided on a blank section essentially along its outer edges is displaceable, the ends of which are attached to the blank in the vicinity of the fold line. The inside of the blank is the one that lies inside when the blank sections are folded onto one another along the fold line. The so-called outer edges are all edges of the blank with the exception of the edge which is formed on the fold line by folding. - A major advantage of the carrier bag is that initially the objects to be picked up by it can be placed unhindered on the spread blank. Nevertheless, these objects are well secured against falling out or unauthorized removal after the bag has been closed, which takes place completely through the interaction of the closure elements along the edges. The closed carrier bag can be carried comfortably. This is particularly true since the closed carrier bag is again folded parallel to the above-mentioned folding line, whereby its height is practically halved and is gripped on handle elements on the two outer sides. In particular, the rope serves as a grip element, which can be moved along the outer edges, for example sewn in for this purpose or threaded through eyelets. The tote bag is then carried in the form of a bag. In the spread state of the blank after loosening the closure elements and, if necessary, removing the objects, this carrying bag offers a large lying area or a towel that can be used in bathrooms. It is therefore not necessary to take a separate sheet with you.

In an advantageous development of the carrying bag, the guide elements of the rope are arranged on the outside of the blank and along the rope at a distance from one another, so that the rope is exposed between the guide elements. - This will handle the carrying case relieved when closed, since it can be gripped all around at the places where the rope is exposed between the guide elements, with the exception of the folding line.

In order to also be able to grip the carrying bag on the fold line, it is further advantageously provided that a flat strip is arranged in a handle-like manner between the fastening points of the rope and parallel to the fold line on the outside of the blank. - The carrying bag can thus also be grasped on the flat strip which, in the double-folded state of the carrying bag, lies on the outside at the same height as an exposed rope section.

In a further development of the carrier bag, which serves in particular as a bathing bag, it has the features that first fastening elements are attached to the inside of the blank substantially parallel to the closure elements, to which a bath towel provided with a conforming arrangement of second fastening elements can be detachably fastened . - This creates a two-layer lying surface, the outside of which can be laid out on the floor and keeps dirt and moisture away from the overlying bath towel, in particular a terry towel. The bath towel, on the other hand, can be particularly soft and absorbent and can also be used as a towel. It is also advantageous that after loosening the bath towel it can be cleaned separately from the cutting of the bath bag, for example in the washing machine. It is also advantageous that objects, in particular clothes, can be accommodated between the blank and the bath towel attached to it when the blank is spread out, and are therefore no longer readily accessible to third parties. Apart from that, between the spread blank and the bath towel to be fastened, a separate, pillow-shaped towel is inserted, so that the spread bath bag has a raised head end, which supports the head of a person lying on it.

The detachable closure elements provided on the cut of the carrier bag can advantageously be designed as a circumferential Velcro closure. - A particularly tight seal of the bag is achieved with them.

In a variant of the carrier bag, snap fasteners can also be arranged as releasable closure elements at a distance from one another along the outer edges of the blank. - The push buttons can be selected so that the bag is relatively tightly closed on the one hand, but can still be opened easily on the other.

Analogously, the first and second fastening elements, which are used to attach a bath towel to the blank, can be designed as all-round Velcro fasteners. - These closures practically do not affect the properties of the spread out bathing bag as a towel, i.e. the Velcro straps do not form hard spots.

On the other hand, the first and second fastening elements can be push buttons arranged at a distance from one another if their properties are desired in the individual case.

A pocket can also be sewn onto an outside of the blank to accommodate smaller objects. - The inside of this bag can thus be reached without the carrier bag as such the detachable closure elements must be opened.

The cut of the carrier bag can consist of a largely freely selectable textile which has sufficient strength properties.

In a variant, the blank can also be made from a plastic textile, which in particular can have the advantage of not allowing moisture to penetrate from the inside of the pocket or - in the spread-out state of the blank - from the floor to the top of the blank.

An advantageous variant of the carrier bag, in particular a bathing bag, is also based on a rectangular blank, in particular, which is folded over a first folding line transversely to the blank, which divides the blank into two blank sections, folded blank sections being connected to one another on at least two edges. In order to achieve good strength with regard to the forces occurring when carrying the carrying bag with little use of material for manufacturing the carrying bag and simple handling, this carrying bag is characterized in that, in addition to the features according to which the cut is provided on an inside along its outer edges is provided releasable closure elements and a rope on a first blank section can be moved substantially along its outer edges in guide elements, this rope is not fixedly attached to the blank near the fold line, but rather along a portion adjacent to the outer edge on the first Folding line is slidably arranged in a guide element and that long rope ends protrude freely, ie displaceably, from the guide elements on the folding line that the rope ends in the double-folded state of the Blank, in which it is additionally folded around a second fold line, longitudinally to the blank, can be non-positively connected to one another. The rope ends are preferably knotted together when the tote bag is folded twice. Elaborate connecting elements are therefore not necessary for the non-positive connection of the rope ends. So that the rope ends cannot slip out of the two guide elements on the fold line, a knot is attached in the rope between the guide element on the fold line and the next guide element. The displacement of the rope end is thus limited by the knot's stop on the latter two guide elements. When the two ends of the rope are non-positively connected to one another, the traction-force flow when the carrying bag is carried in the rope is closed, and there are no tensile forces concentrated at an attachment point of the rope on the blank. Rather, the forces occurring between the rope and the blank are largely evenly transmitted to the rope via several guide elements. This allows the blank to be made from a relatively unstable textile or plastic textile. There is also no need to take any special measures against tearing out the end of the rope at a fastening point on the blank. Because of the uniform force distribution, the effort for the guide elements can also be kept low. An additional advantage of the arrangement of the rope in this variant is that the double-folded carrying bag is additionally closed on one side by the non-positive connection of the rope ends, so that the carrying bag is held together particularly compactly in this state.

In the latter variant of the carrier bag, two of the guide elements are preferably arranged symmetrically to an imaginary line of symmetry in the middle transverse to the first blank section. The rope can then be grasped between these two guide elements at each cut subsection resulting from the second folding line in order to carry the carrying bag. Because of the symmetrical gripping of the rope at two opposite points, namely at each of the two cutting subsections, the uniform transmission of force between the rope and the cutting is promoted. An additional handle on the blank is not necessary.

The last-mentioned version of the carrier bag is produced in a manner favorable to manufacture, with the feature that the guide elements arranged on the first fold line are sewn onto it, and the other guide elements are eyelets.

In addition, a pocket which is smaller than the cut section and which is formed by the first folding line on one side and which is open at the top can be provided for attachment to each of the variants mentioned. This open pocket is provided at the top on one side with third fastening elements and can be attached with these to correspondingly arranged fourth fastening elements on the inside of the blank section.

• Fig. 1 eine Draufsicht auf die Außenseite eines ausgebreiteten Zuschnitts einer ersten Ausführungsform,
• Fig. 2 den zu einer Tragetasche aufeinandergefalteten Zuschnitt nach Fig. 1 unter Belastung der Tragetasche durch ihren Inhalt,
• Fig. 3 eine Variante des ausgebreiteten Zuschnitts, ebenfalls in einer Draufsicht auf die Außenseite,
• Fig. 4 eine weitere Variante des Zuschnitts, ebenfalls in einer Draufsicht auf die Außenseite,
• Fig. 5 ein zu dem Zuschnitt nach Fig. 4 gehörendes Badetusch in einer Draufsicht auf die Unterseite,
• Fig. 6 eine Draufsicht auf die Außenseite eines ausgebreiteten Zuschnitts mit den an ihm angeordneten Elementen in einer zweiten Ausführungsform mit angebrachter kleinerer Tasche und
• Fig. 7 den zu einer Tragetasche doppelt umgefalteten Zuschnitt nach Fig. 6, wobei die kleinere Tasche nicht dargestellt ist.

Embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to a drawing with seven figures. Show it:

• 1 is a plan view of the outside of a spread blank of a first embodiment,
• FIG. 2 shows the blank according to FIG. 1 folded up to form a carrier bag with the contents carrying the carrier bag,
• 3 shows a variant of the spread blank, also in a top view of the outside,
• 4 shows a further variant of the blank, also in a plan view of the outside,
• 5 shows a bath towel belonging to the blank according to FIG. 4 in a top view of the underside,
• Fig. 6 is a plan view of the outside of a spread blank with the elements arranged on it in a second embodiment with a smaller pocket and attached
• 7 shows the blank according to FIG. 6 which has been folded over twice to form a carrying bag, the smaller bag not being shown.

In Fig. 1, 1 denotes a blank which has a rectangular shape. It should be noted at this point that the blank can also have other shapes, although it should be surface-symmetrical to a fold line 2. As can be seen from Fig. 1, releasable fastener elements are arranged along the outer edges of the blank 1, and zuar as a circumferential Velcro fastener 3, which is shown here with a broken line, since it lies on the side of the blank facing away from the viewer, which in the unfolded Condition of the carrier bag - see Fig. 2 - forms the inside.

By means of the folding line 2, the blank 1 can be regarded as being divided into two blank sections 4 and 5. The cutting section 4 has a rope 6 on its outside along the edges - with the exception of the edge along the folding line 2 - on the outside of the cut. The cable is arranged approximately in a U-shape, fastened to the blank at fastening points 7 and 8 in the vicinity of the folding line and guided displaceably in guide elements 9-12. The rope is open between the individual guide elements and can be gripped there.

Parallel to the folding line 2, a flat strip is also grip-like on the outside of the folding section 4, i.e. attached to its left and right ends. The strip bears the reference number 13. Like the cable sections exposed between the guide elements, it can serve as a handle for the bag-like carrying bag. The carrier bag is formed by folding the cut sections 4 and 5 together around the fold line 2, the Velcro fasteners 3 of the two cut sections sticking to one another and closing the carrier bag along its edge, and folding the blank thus closed parallel to the fold line 2.

In Fig. 2, the carrier bag is shown in the closed state, in a situation in which it is detected on the strip 13. It forms under the influence of the weight of the objects not shown therein and the stabilizing effect of the rope 6, as can be seen in FIG. 2, with a curved bottom 14.

1 and 2 show a small pocket 15a sewn onto the outside of the cut section 4, which can be provided with a small zipper (not shown in the drawing).

It is noted that the rope 6 also in a different configuration than shown in FIG. 1 on a cutting section can be arranged, for example in the form of a square or a circle. However, the rope should be as close as possible to the outer edges of this cut, in order to be able to shape the carrier bag in the desired manner when it is closed and worn. The configuration of the rope is therefore adapted to the shape of the cut.

The embodiment of FIG. 3 differs from that in FIG. 1 only in that instead of the circumferential Velcro fastener here individual fastener elements, in particular push buttons, one of which is designated by 15, are arranged at a distance from one another along rows which are parallel to the outer Edges of the cut run. The rope with its guides, which is also present here, is not shown in FIG. 3. Otherwise, like in the following figures, the same parts have the same reference numerals.

Although the snap fasteners have to be closed individually, due to their closely sequential arrangement along the edge, they have practically the same effect as the circumferential Velcro fastener in the first embodiment according to FIG. 1. Therefore, the blank 1, when folded over into a carrier bag, which objects takes up and is held on the strip 13, practically the same shape as shown in Fig. 2.

A third variant of the blank, shown in FIG. 4, is again in the same way as the first embodiment according to FIG. 1 with a circumferential hook-and-loop fastener 3 as releasable fastening elements, but parallel to the interior of the blank is offset and also has additional fastening elements lying on the inside , one of which is designated 16. The fasteners can be designed as push buttons be. In another embodiment, however, the fastening elements can also be formed by Velcro fastener sections which do not cause any pressure points when the spread blank is used as a lying surface.

The fastening elements, in particular 16, are used to attach a bath towel, which is shown in FIG. 5 and is provided with the reference number 17. The bath towel is preferably similar to the cut of the bath bag, but somewhat smaller. The blank has an arrangement of fastening elements, one of which is designated 18. The fastening elements of the bath towel are different from the first fastening elements, e.g. 16 of the sheet, also referred to as second fasteners. The first and the second fastening elements are arranged on the blank 1 or the bath towel 17 in such a way that they act in pairs when the bath towel 17 is placed on the inside of the blank 1, whereby the bath towel 17 is detachably connected to the blank 1. If the bath towel 17 is attached to the inside of the blank 1, it can be folded together with it to form the carrying bag. However, the bath towel primarily serves to provide a comfortable lying surface on the spread blank when the outside of the blank is on the Soil is spread out. In addition, the bath towel 17 can be detached from the blank 1, be it to serve a bather to dry off or to be able to quickly wash and / or dry detached from the blank.

It is noted that, in a variant embodiment of FIGS. 4 and 5, instead of the discrete fastening elements, for example 16 and 18, a circumferential Velcro strip is the first and second Fastener can be used.

Finally, it is also possible to sew the cut of the bathing bag and the bath towel together, in particular if the cut and the bath towel are made of a material which has similar washing properties, since in this case the bath towel cannot be changed without the cutting.

A blank of a further preferred embodiment is designated by 19 in FIG. 6. It is surface-symmetrical to a first fold line 20, which runs transversely to the blank, and to a second fold line 21, the course of which is oriented in the longitudinal direction. The blank can be thought of as being divided into two blank sections 22 and 23 by the first fold line. With a second fold line 21 there is a further subdivision of the blank sections into blank subsections, of which the blank subsections of the blank section 22 are designated by 24 and 25.

6, the course of releasable closure elements 26 along the outer edges of the blank is again indicated with a broken line. The fastener elements can be designed as a circumferential Velcro fastener. The closure elements are arranged analogously to Fig. 1 on the side of the blank facing away from the viewer, which forms the inside.

A rope 27 is guided on the outside of the blank, in such a way that the course of the rope resembles that of a rectangle that is not completely closed with flattened corners. As in the first embodiment, the guidance of the rope is again predominantly arranged in the vicinity of the outer edges 28-30 of the first blank section 22.

In addition, however, the guidance of the rope extends to a guide element 31 or 32, which is sewn onto the blank at the fold line 20. Free ends 33, 34 of the rope, each of which is closed by a thickened portion, protrude from these guide elements. The remaining guide elements are simply designed as open eyelets extending through the blank, namely only four eyelets 35-38 on the outer edge, four eyelets 39-42 on the outer edge 30 and a further four eyelets 43-46 on the outer edge 29 are sufficient So that the rope ends or free ends 33, 34 of the rope are not inadvertently pulled out of the guide elements, a knot 47 or 4B can be made on the rope between the guide element 31 and the adjacent eyelet 35 or the guide element 32 and the adjacent eyelet 39 may be provided.

From Fig. 6 it can also be seen that a smaller pocket 49, which, since it lies on the inside of the blank, is shown with a broken line, is attached to the blank with push buttons 50, 51. The pocket is open on one side to hold smaller items separately. Advantageously, the bag can be unbuttoned, for example, to be taken along by the owner when the owner leaves the blank which forms the larger foldable bag and which can serve as a bath mat.

In Fig. 6 is also shown with a dash-dotted line of symmetry 52 to this symmetrical arrangement of two adjacent eyelets 35, 36 and 39, 4B. Between these two eyelets, the rope can be grasped at each cutting subsection and held together with the bag in a handle-like manner. Such a handle is shown at reference number 53 in FIG. 7, in which the blank which is folded over twice to form the carrying bag is shown. After the objects to be accommodated in the pocket have been placed on the inside of the blank and the blank has been folded around the first folding line 20 and closed along the closure elements 26, the next folding takes place around the second folding line 21. Now the two free ends 32 and 33 of the rope, as indicated in FIG. 7 at the knot 54, can be releasably knotted with one another, with the result that the tote bag retains the double-folded state. Then you can carry the bag on the two sections of the rope between the eyelets 35 and 36 bzu. 39 and 40, the handles being formed in accordance with the handle 53 indicated in FIG. 7 and the bag being able to be carried safely. In Fig. 7, the carrier bag is shown unloaded, in contrast to the representation in Fig. 2.

Claims (15)

1. Carrying bag, in particular a bathing bag, consisting of an in particular rectangular blank which is folded over a fold line, blank sections folded onto one another being connected to one another at at least two edges,
characterized,
that the blank (1) is provided on its inside along its outer edges with releasable closure elements (3, 15) and that on a blank section (4 or 5) essentially along its outer edges there is a rope (6) in guide elements (9- 12) is displaceable, the ends of which are attached to the blank in the vicinity of the folding line (2). 2. Carrying bag, in particular a bathing bag, consisting of an in particular rectangular blank which is folded over a first folding line transversely to the blank and which divides the blank into two blank sections, wherein folded blank sections are connected to one another at at least two outer edges,
characterized,
that the blank (19) is provided on its inside along its outer edges (28-30) with releasable closure elements (26), that on a first blank section (22) essentially along its outer edges (28-30) and in each case along one to the outer edge (28 or 30) adjacent section on the first fold line (20) in a guide element (31 or 32) a cable (27) is arranged so that cable ends (32, 33) are so long from the guide elements ( 31, 32) protrude freely on the first fold line that the rope ends (32, 33) in the double folded state of the blank, in which it is also folded over by a second fold line (21) longitudinally to the blank and can be non-positively connected to one another. 3. Carrying bag according to claim 1 or 2,
characterized,
that the guide elements (9-12) of the rope (6) on the outside of the blank (1) and along the rope are arranged at a distance from each other, so that the rope (6) between the guide elements (9-12) is exposed. 4. Carrying bag according to claim 2,
characterized,
that two of the guide elements (36, 37 and 40, 41) are arranged symmetrically to an imaginary line of symmetry (52) in the middle transverse to the first blank section (19). 5. Carrying bag according to claims 2 and 4,
characterized,
that the guide elements (31, 32) arranged on the first fold line (20) are sewn on opposite to it and that the other guide elements are eyelets (35-46). 6. Carrying bag according to claim 1 or 3,
characterized,
that between the fastening points (9-2) of the rope (6) and parallel to the fold line (2) on the outside of the blank (1) a flat strip (13) is attached in a handle-like manner. 7. Carrying bag according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that essentially parallel to the closure elements (3, 15) first fastening elements (16) are attached to the inside of the blank, to which a bath towel (17) provided with a conforming arrangement of second fastening elements (18) can be detachably fastened. 8. Carrying bag according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the releasable fastener elements are designed as a circumferential Velcro fastener (3). 9. Carrying bag according to one of claims 1-6,
characterized,
that as releasable closure elements at a distance from each other along the outer edges of the blank (1) push buttons (15) are arranged. 10. Carrying bag according to one of claims 7-9,
characterized,
that the first and second fastening elements are designed as circumferential Velcro fasteners. 11. Carrying bag according to one of claims 7-9,
characterized,
that the first and second fastening elements (16, 18) are press buttons arranged at a distance from one another. 12. Carrying bag according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that a pocket (15a) is sewn onto an outside of the blank (1). 13. Carrying bag according to one of claims 1-12,
characterized,
that a pocket (49) which is smaller than a blank and open at the top and which is provided on one side with third fastening elements (50, 51) can be attached to correspondingly arranged fourth fastening elements on the inside of the blank portion (19). 14. Carrying bag according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the blank (1) consists of a textile. 15. Carrying bag according to one of claims 1-11,
characterized,
that the blank is made of a plastic textile.

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