Compartmentalized utility bag

Abstract

A compartmentalized utility bag comprising a durable outer body and underframe, handles, and an inner construct or framework providing a plurality of contiguous compartments or bin-like structures.

Description

RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present Nonprovisional Application is related to, and hereby claims priority to, and the benefit of, U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 779,340, entitled “Compartmentalized Utility Bag,” filed Mar. 3, 2006.TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention relates generally to tool bags, and more specifically to a compartmentalized utility bag that enables selected categorization and sequestration of a plurality of articles or items. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Utility bags are commonly employed by construction workers, mechanics, service technicians, and the like, to conveniently store and transport a variety of tools necessary in the performance of their respective trades. As would be expected, most such utility bags are manufactured from selected heavy duty fabrics and rigid internal support frames that imbue the bag with engineer-specific performance characteristics, such as high load capacity, tear resistance, puncture resistance, water resista...

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Benefits of technology

[0010] Accordingly, a feature and advantage of the present invention is its ability to provide a compartmentalized utility bag.

[0011] Another feature and advantage of the present invention is its ability to provide a utility bag comprising an inner construct or framework providing a plurality of contiguous compartments or bin-like structures.

[0012] Still another feature and advantage of the present invention its ability to provide a utility bag comprising a matrix of compartments in combination with a transparent cover receivable over the mouth of the bag for enabling visual inspection of compartment contents without removal of the lid.

[0013] These and other features and advantages of the invention will become more apparent to one skilled in the art from the following description and claims when read in light of the accompanying drawing.

Problems solved by technology

Additionally, although most utility bags provide a limited number of pockets or compartments disposed on the exterior or selected interior sidewalls of the bag, most such configurations significantly limit the user's overall ability to effectively categorize, organize and otherwise selectively sequester a plurality of tools, hardware and related components for ease of identification, location and subsequent access thereto.

Indeed, with most conventional utility bags, and as a direct result of the inherent structural and functional limitations thereof, various tools and hardware are typically miscellaneously and haphazardly intermixed within the general bag compartment or pockets thereof; thus, lending to significant delays in locating a desired tool.

Additionally, as a further consequence of the containment limitations presented by such conventional bags, many delicate tools, such as fine woodworking tools, are often damaged due to the inevitable clashing of the tools against one another during transport of the utility bag.

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