Shop bag

Abstract

A shop bag 120 has a curved hook 100 with a first finger 101 inside the bag and a curved finger 104 outside the bag. The curved finger 104 provides a hook that may be clipped over a belt or pant top. The hook 104 has an opening 105 for receiving a nail or other bracket so that the bag and its contents may be suspended from the nail or bracket.

1 . A bag for storing, carrying, identifying, and retrieving for use any of a wide range of small fasteners or other hardware, or of small quantities of surface treatments such as paint, putty, calk, or spackle, comprising: 
 a puncture-resistant bag having one or more transparent faces for viewing the bag's contents;    a closure for the bag;    a means of reinforcement for stiffening the bag to facilitate access to the bag's contents; and    a means of hanging the bag from a belt, a hook, a peg, a surface, or another bag.    
   
   
       2 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the puncture-resistant bag is flat in shape.  
   
   
       3 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the puncture-resistant bag is cylindrical in shape.  
   
   
       4 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the puncture-resistant bag is semi-cylindrical in shape.  
   
   
       5 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the closure comprises: 
 two corner flaps of the bag; and    contact surface fastenings for each of the corner flaps.    
   
   
       6 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the means of reinforcement comprises: 
 a vertical spine affixed to the back of the bag; and    a horizontal crosspiece affixed to the back of the bag.    
   
   
       7 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the means of reinforcement comprises a stiffened back side of the bag.  
   
   
       8 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the means of hanging the bag comprises a hook.  
   
   
       9 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the means of hanging the bag comprises a hole for hanging the bag from a peg or nail.  
   
   
       10 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the means of hanging the bag comprises a snap fastener.  
   
   
       11 . A bag for storing, carrying, identifying, and retrieving for use any of a wide range of small fasteners or other hardware, or of small quantities of surface treatments such as paint, putty, calk, or spackle, comprising: 
 a puncture-resistant bag having two walls permanently fixed on most of their border and having a closure device on the remaining portions of the wall for closing or opening them to access the interior of the bag or to close the bag to keep its contents from escaping;    said bag having a first opening in one of its walls, said opening having a first length;    a hook having one portion disposed inside the bag and extending through said opening and terminating outside the bag.    
   
   
       12 . The bag of  claim 11  wherein the hook comprises an elongated body with a first finger at one end, a central body with two lateral fingers extending in opposite directions, and a third, curved finger.  
   
   
       13 . The bag of  claim 12  wherein the opening in the bag is smaller than the distance between the ends of the lateral fingers.  
   
   
       14 . The bag of  claim 12  further comprising an adhesive disposed between the first finger and the wall of the bag for holding the first finger to the wall of the bag.  
   
   
       15 . The bag of  claim 12  further comprising a second opening in said wall disposed below the first opening for permitting the distal portion of the first finger to extend outside said bag.