Sport bag

Abstract

A sport bag comprises first and second substantially identical soft sided generally rectangular parallelepiped compartments having an array of layers of hard sided boxes which may be maintained at various elevations with respect to the bottom side of the compartments in order to enhance access of the hard sided boxes. The compartments are hinged together along a bottom edge and are also connected by a gusset and/or connecting straps joined to a carry strap that may be pulled to pivot the compartments flush back to back.

1 . A sport bag comprising, in combination: 
 a generally rectangular, parallelepiped, soft sided bag compartment with a bottom side with an inside, a back side, a front side, a first lateral side, a second lateral side generally parallel to and spaced from the first lateral side, and an open top side;    a plurality of at least two generally rectangular, parallelepiped, hard sided, storage boxes fitted into the compartment, said hard sided boxes in combination having a dimension substantially equal to the spacing between the front side and back side, and at least one hard sided box having a lateral side to side dimension substantially equal to the spacing between the first and second lateral sides, said hard sided boxes overlying each other in stacked array of layers; and    at least one hard sided box support member on or over the inside of the compartment bottom side for support of the respective layers hard sided boxes at an increasing distance from the inside of the bottom side upon increased spacing of each layer from the front side.    
   
   
       2 . The sport bag of  claim 1  wherein the hard sided boxes each have a side to side dimension equal to the spacing between the first and second lateral sides.  
   
   
       3 . The sport bag of  claim 1  including a hard side box support member selected from the group consisting of (1) a plurality of web members extending between the front side and back side, (2) a single web member extending from the front side to the back side, (3) a plurality of web members extending between the lateral sides, and (4) a series of rigid, stepped platform members between the front side and back side.  
   
   
       4 . The sport bag of  claim 1  in combination with a second sport bag compartment of like construction and dimension, said compartments arranged in opposed back to back array and hinged at the junction of their respective bottom side and back side, and further including a flexible gusset connecting the opposed back sides to permit the compartment to pivot a limited extent about the hinged junction between a flush, back side to back side position and a pivoted partially spaced position.  
   
   
       5 . The sport bag of  claim 4  further including a first lateral strap joining the first lateral sides of said compartments, and a carry strap attached to the lateral strap whereby pulling the carry strap effects pivoting of the bags about the hinged junction to the generally flush position.  
   
   
       6 . The sport bag of  claim 5  including a second lateral strap connecting the second lateral sides, said carry strap having opposite ends connected respectively to the first and second lateral straps.  
   
   
       7 . A sport bag comprising, in combination: 
 a first generally rectangular, parallelepiped, soft sided compartment with a bottom side with an inside, a back side, a front side, a first lateral side, a second lateral side generally parallel to and spaced from said first lateral side, and an open top side;    a second compartment of like construction and dimension, said compartments in opposed back to back array and hinged at the junction of the respective bottom side and back side, and further including a flexible gusset connecting the opposed back sides to permit the compartments to pivot a limited extent about the hinged junction between a flush back side to back side position and a pivoted partially spaced position;    a first lateral strap joining the first lateral sides; and    a carry strap attached to the lateral strap whereby pulling the carry strap effects pivoting of the compartments about the hinged junction to the generally flush position.    
   
   
       8 . The sport bag of  claim 7  including a second lateral strap connecting the second lateral sides of the compartments said carry strap having opposite ends connected respectively to the first and second lateral straps.  
   
   
       9 . The sport bag of  claim 7  including an extensible lanyard attached at one end to the outside of a side of the bag with a tool attached to the opposite end of the lanyard, and further including a fastening mechanism for removably holding the tool on a side of the bag.  
   
   
       10 . The sport bag of  claim 9  wherein the lanyard is a connecting member selected from the group consisting of a coiled cord, an elastic cord, a reel retained cord, and combination thereof.  
   
   
       11 . The sport bag of  claim 9  wherein the tool is selected from the group consisting of a knife, a clipper and a ring.  
   
   
       12 . The sport bag of  claim 9  wherein the fastening mechanism is selected from the group consisting of a pocket formed on the outside of the bag, hook and loop fastener incorporated on the tool and the outside of the bag, and an elastic band on the outside of the bag.  
   
   
       13 . The sport bag of  claim 9  further including a bungee strap attached to a first side and a clip mechanism for attaching the bungee strap to a separate second side of the bag to retain items in the bag.  
   
   
       14 . The sport bag of  claim 1  including an extensible lanyard attached at one end to the outside of a side of the bag with a tool attached at the opposite end of the lanyard and further including a fastening mechanism for removably holding the tool on a side of the bag.