Backpack picnic bag

Abstract

A backpack picnic bag assembly including a tablecloth having a substantially rectangular main body foldable to form utensil storage compartments. Storage compartments may be defined and separated from one another by spaced apart lines of stitching running substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the main body. In other embodiments, storage compartments may be defined and separated from one another by spaced apart lines of hook and loop fastener strips running substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the main body. A storage bag with one or more straps holds the tablecloth and any items held within the compartments when folded.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: 
     
         1 . A backpack picnic bag assembly comprising:
 a substantially rectangular main body, the main body including utensil storage compartments in a portion thereof, said storage compartments formed by folding over a first flap of the main body along a first fold line substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the main body and attaching said first flap to the underlying portion of the main body along lines of attachment substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the main body; and   a bag for holding and carrying the main body when folded, said bag including a strap partially held within a tubular seam of the bag located at, and at least partially defining, the open end of the bag.   
     
     
         2 . The backpack picnic bag assembly of  claim 1  wherein said compartments are defined and separated from one another by spaced apart lines of stitching running substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the main body and attaching the first flap to a portion of the main body underlying said first flap. 
     
     
         3 . The backpack picnic bag assembly of  claim 1  wherein said compartments are defined and separated from one another by spaced apart lines of hook and loop fastener strips running substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the main body. 
     
     
         4 . The backpack picnic bag assembly of  claim 2  wherein cooperating and substantially equal lengths of hook and loop fastener strips are attached to inwardly facing portions of the first flap, and to the portions of the main body underlying said first flap, so that when the first flap is folded upon the main body the fastener strips attached to the first flap contact the cooperating fastener strips of the underlying main body and become removably attached thereto.