JP2003144215A - Uniting-type bag - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly practical uniting-type bag which does not cause trouble if objects to be stored are comparatively heavy, and the objects to be stored can be taken in and out easily in a united state. SOLUTION: The uniting-type bag 1 is capable of uniting a first bag 2 and a second bag 3, and hauling and running. The first bag 2 is provided with a storing part 21 for storing the objects to be stored, and a long handle 22 allowing hauling and running, which is provided near a joining face with the second bag 3. The second bag 3 is provided with a storing part 31 for storing the objects to be stored. The first bag 2 and the second bag 3 are provided with a joining member for freely joining/separating both bags. The first bag 2 is provided with wheels 25 fitted on a lower face of the storing part 21, and supporting members 26 fitted to a lower part of the storing part 21 for placing the second bag 3. At least one of the storing part 21 or the storing part 31 has opening/closing parts 23 or 32 allowing taking in/out of the objects to be stored in a state that the second bag 3 is placed on the supporting members 26.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an integrated bag. More specifically, the present invention relates to a bag that can be towed by combining a separate first bag and second bag.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When carrying out a long-term trip such as an overseas business trip, it is better to carry your luggage in a plurality of suitable bags than to carry it in one large bag (suitcase). Often convenient. One bag holds clothes and other daily necessities, and the other bag holds work items such as laptops and documents. Keep the former bag in the room where you stay during your stay, and bring the latter bag when you go to work.

By the way, it is troublesome to carry each bag with both hands while moving to the accommodation or on the way back. Therefore, some coalescing bags have been proposed to eliminate this annoyance. For example, the travel bag described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-46830 includes a large bag and a small bag, and the large bag has wheels and handles attached thereto. The outer surface of each bag is provided with a stopper that is detachably engaged with each other. A large bag and a small bag are united by connecting the fasteners of the respective bags. The large bag and the small bag can be simultaneously carried with one hand by tilting the combined bag toward the transport direction and rolling it with the wheels.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned bag, since the handle and the wheel are attached on the same side, a considerable force is required when the handle is used to incline the bag at the start of conveyance. Need. Also, since the opening and closing part for loading and unloading luggage is on the united surface,
There is also a problem that the large bag and the small bag must be separated in order to take out the luggage. As described above, the conventionally proposed coalescing bag is often not convenient for practical use.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it does not cause any trouble even if the objects to be contained are relatively heavy, and the objects to be contained can be easily taken in and out even in the combined state. The purpose is to provide a highly practical united bag.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 1 is a combined type bag which can be towed by combining a first bag and a second bag. The bag is provided with a housing portion for housing an object to be housed, and a long handle that can be towed while tilting the first bag is provided in the vicinity of a joint surface to be joined with the second bag. An accommodating portion for accommodating an item to be contained is provided, and the first bag and the second bag are provided with a joining member capable of joining and separating the first bag and the second bag, and the first bag or the second bag. Wheels are provided on the lower surface of the two bags in the vicinity of the surface facing the joining surface between the first bag and the second bag.

According to the first aspect of the invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the elongated handle is provided near the joining surface of the first bag to be joined to the second bag. For this reason, when starting towing, even if the bag is heavy, it can be easily tilted toward the transport direction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, at least one of the accommodation portion of the first bag and the accommodation portion of the second bag is an opening / closing portion that allows an object to be taken in and out with the first bag joined to the second bag. have.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, at least one of the accommodation portion of the first bag and the accommodation portion of the second bag is capable of taking in and out an object to be accommodated in a state where the first bag is joined to the second bag. Since it has an opening / closing part, the contained object can be easily taken in and out even when the bags are combined.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a support member for mounting the second bag is provided in the lower portion of the accommodating portion of the first bag.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the second bag can be pulled and run while being placed on the support member. Since the second bag is also supported by the support member, the second bag does not interfere with towing even if the second bag is relatively heavy.

According to the invention of claim 4, the support member is mounted so as to be retractable.

According to the invention of claim 4, since the support member is attached so as to be retractable, even when the first bag is used as a single item without placing the second bag on the first bag, the support member is an obstacle. do not become.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a united bag 1 according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the united bag 1, and FIG.
Is a front view of a lower portion of the first bag 2, FIG. 4 is a side view illustrating a method of using the united bag 1, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a joining member.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an integrated bag 1
Is composed of a first bag 2 and a second bag 3. First bag 2
Is a housing portion 21, a handle 22 that is attached to the housing portion 21 so as to be capable of expanding and contracting vertically, an opening / closing portion 23 that opens or closes the upper surface of the housing portion 21, and receivers provided on the left and right side surfaces of the housing portion 21. 24, protrusions 29, wheels 25 attached to both ends of the lower surface of the housing 21, support members 26, each wheel 2
First fixing member 2 mounted facing each other
7, and a second fixing member 28 attached in the shape of a letter V in a bottom view near the center of the lower surface.

The second bag 3 is provided on the accommodating portion 31, the opening / closing portion 32 that opens or closes the front surface of the accommodating portion 31, the protrusions 33 provided on the left and right side surfaces of the accommodating portion 31, and the lower surface of the accommodating portion 31. The foot portion 34 is provided.

In the first bag 2, the support member 26 is an elongated body made of metal, synthetic resin or the like, and one end thereof is rotatably attached to the lower surface by the support shaft J1 near the inside of the wheel 25, At the other end, a foot member 2 having almost the same height as the wheel 25
6A is provided. The support member 26 can be arranged in the mounting position and the storage position by rotating around the support shaft J1. The placement position is a position where the second bag 3 is placed on the support member 26, and as shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, the support member 26 moves from the bottom surface of the accommodation unit 21 to the thickness of the accommodation unit 21. It is extended outward in the direction. The extended length is the second bag 3
Is about the thickness of. A hole 26H is formed in the middle of the extending portion of the support member 26 so that the foot portion 34 of the second bag 3 can be inserted therein. The storage position is the position shown by the broken line in FIG. 2, and is set to this position when the first bag 2 is used alone.

First fixing member 27 and second fixing member 28
Is made of metal or synthetic resin and has a constant gap D
It is a substantially U-shaped stopper forming 1 and D2. The lengths of the gaps D1 and D2 are substantially the same as the thickness of the support member 26. The support member 26 is fixed in the mounting position or the storage position by fitting into the gaps D1 and D2. The heights of the first fixing member 27 and the foot member 26A are almost the same as the height of the wheel 25, and these work together with the wheel 25 to stably place the first bag 2 on the transport surface GN such as the floor or the ground. It also has a function.

As shown in FIG. 5, one end of the joining member of the first bag 2 is pivotally attached to the side surface of the accommodating portion 21 of the first bag 2, and the other end thereof has a recess 24. And the storage part 21
And a protrusion 29 fixed to the side surface of the. Receiver 24
When the receiver 24 is rotated, the concave side can be moved in the Y direction to the extent that the presence of the protrusion 29 does not hinder the rotation. Further, as a joining member of the second bag 3, a protrusion 33 is provided on the side surface of the accommodating portion 31 of the second bag 3. In addition, in the illustrated embodiment, one set of the joining member is provided on one side of the accommodating portion (a total of two sets on the left and right side surfaces), but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, one side of the accommodating portion is provided. You may make it provide two sets (four sets in total on both the left and right side surfaces) in the upper and lower directions.

Next, a method of using the integrated bag 1 will be described. It is assumed that the support member 26 is arranged at the storage position. First, in the first bag 2, the two support members 26 are slightly rotated to be removed from the second fixing member 28. Then, the support member 26 is further rotated to move the gap D of the first fixing member 27.
1 and set to the mounting position. Next, the second bag 3 is brought above the support member 26, and the two foot portions 34 are inserted into the respective holes 26H of the support member 26 and placed. As a result, the second bag 3 is restricted in its linear movement on the support member 26 in a direction other than the upward direction. Next, as shown in FIG. 5, when the receiver 24 is rotated, the recessed side, which is the other end of the receiver 24, is slightly pulled out in the Y direction to the extent that the presence of the protrusions 29 does not interfere, and then the receiver 24 is rotated. The lower surface of 24 is the protrusion 2
9, the receiver 24 is rotated to an engagement position where the recess of the receiver 24 contacts the protrusion 33, and the receiver 24 is engaged with the protrusion 29 and the protrusion 33.

Here, the opening / closing portion 23 of the first bag 2 is the accommodation portion 2
The opening / closing part 32 of the second bag 3 is provided on the upper surface of the housing 1. First bag 2 and second bag 3
Since the surfaces not including the opening / closing sections 23 and 32 face each other when and are combined, the opening / closing section 2 does not interfere even when they are combined.
3,32 can be opened and closed. In other words, even when they are united, the contained objects can be freely taken in and out, which is highly practical.

As shown in FIG. 4, the united type bag 1 in which the second bag 3 is united has the tip of the handle 22 and is tilted in the X direction with a straight line connecting the ground contact portions of both wheels 25 as an axis, and this inclination While holding, pull in the X direction and roll the wheel 25 to carry.

In the first bag 2, the wheel 25 has the handle 2
It is attached to the opposite side of 2. Therefore, as compared with the case where the wheel 25 and the handle 22 'are attached to the same side as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 4, the arm L of the rotation moment when the wheel 25 is tilted in the transport direction X side with the ground line of the wheel 25 as an axis. The length becomes longer (L> L '), and it can be tilted easily and the conveyance can be started immediately.

In the combined bag 1, the first bag 2 and the second bag 3
When and are used separately, the procedure may be reversed from the above procedure.

As described above, in the combined bag 1, the handle 22 is provided in the vicinity of the joining surface of the first bag 2 which is joined to the second bag 3, so that the bag is pulled when starting towing. Even if it is heavy, it can be easily tilted toward the transport direction. Further, since the opening / closing part 23 of the first bag 2 and the opening / closing part 32 of the second bag 3 can be opened and closed with the second bag 3 placed on the support member 26, even when the two bags are united, they can be covered. You can easily put things in and out

Further, since the second bag is also supported by the supporting member, there is no hindrance to the towing traveling even if the second bag is relatively heavy. Further, since the support member 26 can be stored, the support member 26 does not interfere even when the first bag 2 is used as a single item. Thus, the integrated bag 1 is excellent in practicality.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description but by the claims, and is intended to include meanings equivalent to the claims and all modifications within the scope.

For example, in the above-mentioned united bag 1, the support member 26 is rotated about the support shaft J1,
Although it is assumed that they are arranged at the storage position and the mounting position, by using a member that can expand and contract in the thickness direction of the accommodating portion 21, it is possible to arrange them at the storage position and the mounting position by using a pull-out type. You may Although two elongated members are used as the support member 26, a flat plate or a frame member may be used.

Further, in the above-mentioned united bag 1, the opening / closing parts 23 and 32 of the first bag 2 and the second bag 3 are respectively contained in the housing parts 2.
Although the upper surface and the front surface of 1, 31 are used, they may be provided, for example, on the side surfaces. In addition, the configuration of the whole or a part of the united bag 1, the arrangement of each part, the material, the shape, the number, and the like can be appropriately changed in accordance with the gist of the present invention. The term "joining" as used in the present invention means that the accommodation portion 21 of the first bag 2 and the second bag 3 that face each other are opposed to each other.
The present invention is not limited to the case where the housing portion 31 of No. 3 is in contact with the housing portion 31 of No. 3, but also includes the case where a space exists between the housing portion 21 of the first bag 2 and the housing portion 31 of the second bag 3 that face each other.

[0030]

According to the present invention, there is provided a highly practical united bag which does not cause any trouble even if the items to be contained are relatively heavy and allows the contained items to be taken in and out easily even in the state of being put together. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a united bag according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the integrated bag.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a lower portion of the first bag.

FIG. 4 is a side view illustrating a method of using the integrated bag.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a joining member.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Combined bag, 2 ... 1st bag, 3 ... 2nd bag, 21 ... Storage part, 22 ... Handle (long handle), 23 ... Closed part, 24
... receiver, 25 ... wheel, 26 ... support member, 26H ... hole (engaging portion), 31 ... accommodating portion, 32 ... opening / closing portion, 34 ... foot portion (engaging portion), X ... transport direction

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A combined bag capable of towing and traveling by combining a first bag and a second bag, wherein the first bag includes a housing portion for housing an object to be housed and the first bag. A long handle that can be tilted and towed is provided in the vicinity of a joining surface that joins the second bag, and the second bag is provided with a housing portion for housing an object to be housed, and the first bag and the second bag are provided. The first bag and the second bag are provided with a joining member that can be joined and separated from each other, and the lower surface of the first bag or the second bag is joined with the first bag and the second bag. A united bag in which wheels are provided near the surface facing the surface. 2. The united bag according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the accommodation part of the first bag and the accommodation part of the second bag is accommodated in a state in which the first bag is joined to the second bag. An integrated bag that has an opening and closing part that allows you to put things in and out. 3. The united bag according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a support member for mounting the second bag is provided at a lower portion of the accommodating portion of the first bag. 4. The united bag according to claim 3, wherein the support member is attached so as to be retractable.