Folding chair bag with funnel mouth and snap closure

Abstract

A chair bag includes a tapered portion that extends along a substantial side portion of the bag from its lower portion to its upper portion. The tapered portion increases in diameter from its lower portion to its upper portion, until reaching a joint located near the upper portion of the bag. At the joint, the diameter or circumference of the bag is preferably substantially the same as the diameter or circumference at a mouth portion of the bag. Snap fasteners are preferably provided from the joint to the top portion of the bag where the mouth portion is located. When the snap fasteners are disengaged from one another, the mouth portion has a diameter or circumference greater than when the snap fasteners are engaged with one another. This structure may improve the difficulty involved with the process of placing a chair into or removing a chair from the bag.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A bag for storing a collapsible chair therein, the bag including:
 a lower portion;   an upper portion including a mouth portion for receiving the collapsible chair, the upper portion having a diameter greater than the lower portion.   
     
     
         2 . The bag of  claim 1 , wherein the upper portion of the bag includes snap fasteners on either side of a joint along the upper portion of the bag that are selectively fastenable with one another. 
     
     
         3 . The bag of  claim 2 , wherein the snap fasteners can assume a first position where the fasteners are engaged with one another and a second position where the fasteners are disengaged from one another. 
     
     
         4 . The bag of  claim 3 , wherein when the snap fasteners are in the first position, a diameter of the mouth portion of the bag is less than or equal to the lower portion of the bag. 
     
     
         5 . The bag of  claim 3 , wherein when the snap fasteners are in the second position, the mouth portion of the bag has a diameter equal to or greater than the upper portion of the bag. 
     
     
         6 . The bag of  claim 1 , wherein the bag includes one strap member attached to bag that may be used to carry the bag. 
     
     
         7 . The bag of  claim 1 , wherein the bag includes a hook member at the upper portion of the bag that may be used to hang the bag from a surface. 
     
     
         8 . A bag for storing a collapsible chair therein, the bag including:
 snap fasteners along a side portion of the bag extending along a joint along the upper portion of the bag that are selectively fastenable with one another.   
     
     
         9 . The bag of  claim 8 , wherein the bag includes:
 a lower portion;   an upper portion including a mouth portion having a diameter greater than the lower portion.   
     
     
         10 . The bag of  claim 8 , wherein the snap fasteners can assume a first position where the fasteners are engaged with one another and second position where the fasteners are disengaged from one another. 
     
     
         11 . The bag of  claim 10 , wherein when the snap fasteners are in the first position, a diameter of the mouth portion of the bag is less than or equal to the lower portion of the bag. 
     
     
         12 . The bag of  claim 10 , wherein when the snap fasteners are in the second position, the mouth portion of the bag has a diameter equal to or greater than the upper portion of the bag. 
     
     
         13 . The bag of  claim 8 , wherein the bag includes one strap member attached to bag that may be used to carry the bag. 
     
     
         14 . The bag of  claim 9 , wherein the bag includes a hook member at the upper portion of the bag that may be used to hang the bag from a surface. 
     
     
         15 . A bag for storing a collapsible chair therein, the bag including:
 a lower portion;   an upper portion including a mouth portion having a diameter greater than the lower portion;   a tapered portion between the upper portion and the lower portion, wherein the tapered portion increases in diameter from the lower portion to the upper portion until reaching a joint located near the upper portion; and   snap fasteners along a side portion of the bag from the joint along the upper portion of the bag that are selectively fastenable with one another.   
     
     
         16 . The bag of  claim 15 , wherein the snap fasteners can assume a first position where the fasteners are engaged with one another and second position where the fasteners are disengaged from one another. 
     
     
         17 . The bag of  claim 16 , wherein when the snap fasteners are in the first position, a diameter of the mouth portion of the bag is less than or equal to the lower portion of the bag. 
     
     
         18 . The bag of  claim 16 , wherein when the snap fasteners are in the second position, the mouth portion of the bag has a diameter equal to or greater than the upper portion of the bag. 
     
     
         19 . The bag of  claim 15 , wherein the bag includes one strap member attached to bag that may be used to carry the bag. 
     
     
         20 . The bag of  claim 15 , wherein the bag includes a hook member at the upper portion of the bag that may be used to hang the bag from a surface.