Twinpick Shoulder Bag

Abstract

A shoulder bag has a first pocket having a front and a back panel joined along lower edges and side edges, the first pocket open at upper edges of the front panel and the back panel, the first pocket having a first width and a first height, a second pocket having a second front panel and a second back panel joined along lower edges and opposite side edges, the second pocket open at adjacent upper edges of the second front panel and the second back panel, the second pocket having the first width and the first height, and a shoulder region connecting the first back panel of the first pocket and the second back panel of the second pocket.

1 . A shoulder bag, comprising:
 a first pocket having a first front panel and a first back panel joined along lower edges and opposite side edges, the first pocket open at adjacent upper edges of the first front panel and the first back panel, the first pocket having a first width and a first height;   a second pocket having a second front panel and a second back panel joined along lower edges and opposite side edges, the second pocket open at adjacent upper edges of the second front panel and the second back panel, the second pocket having the first width and the first height; and   a shoulder region connecting the first back panel of the first pocket and the second back panel of the second pocket such that, with the shoulder region draped over a user’s shoulder, the front pocket is positioned at the front of the user, open upward, and the back panel is positioned at the back of the user, also open upward;   wherein the first front panel and the first back panel of the first pocket, the shoulder region, and the second back panel and the second front panel of the second pocket are formed of a contiguous piece of fabric having the first width.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The shoulder bag of  claim 1  wherein a lower edge of the first pocket and a lower edge of the second pocket are formed by a fold of the contiguous piece of fabric. 
     
     
         4 . The shoulder bag of  claim 3  wherein the first pocket is formed by physically joining the separate edges of the first front panel and the first back panel from the folded lower edge of the first pocket to the first height, and the second pocket is formed by physically joining the separate edges of the second front panel and the second back panel from the folded lower edge of the second pocket to the first height. 
     
     
         5 . The shoulder bag of  claim 4  wherein the physical joining of the separate edges of the first front panel and the first back panel, and the second front panel and the second back panel is by sewing the edges together. 
     
     
         6 . The shoulder bag of  claim 4  wherein the physical joining of the separate edges of the first front panel and the first back panel, and the second front panel and the second back panel is by sewing the edges together. 
     
     
         7 . The shoulder bag of  claim 4  wherein the physical joining of the separate edges of the first front panel and the first back panel, and the second front panel and the second back panel is by zippers sewn onto the edges. 
     
     
         8 . The shoulder bag of  claim 4  wherein the physical joining of the separate edges of the first front panel and the first back panel, and the second front panel and the second back panel is by hook and loop elements implemented at points along the edges. 
     
     
         9 . The shoulder bag of  claim 4  wherein the physical joining of the separate edges of the first front panel and the first back panel, and the second front panel and the second back panel is by physical snap elements implemented at points along the edges. 
     
     
         10 - 20 . (canceled)