Athletic equipment bag including a closure system

Abstract

A bag having a compartment having an interior volume, the compartment including one or more walls and a panel surrounding the interior volume. The panel is movable between an open position enabling access to the interior volume, and a closed position that inhibits access to the interior volume. The bag having a closure system that has a first zipper track coupling the first panel to the one or more walls, and a second zipper track coupling the first panel to the one or more walls. The first zipper track and the second zipper track are noncontiguous. In the open position, at least one of the first zipper track and the second zipper track partially decouples the first panel from the one or more walls, and in the closed position, each of the first zipper track and the second zipper track couples the first panel to the one or more walls.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A bag comprising:
 a compartment having an interior volume, the compartment including one or more walls and a panel surrounding the interior volume, wherein the panel is movable between an open position that enables access to the interior volume, and a closed position that inhibits access to the interior volume; and   a closure system including:
 a first zipper track that couples the panel to the one or more walls; and 
 a second zipper track that couples the panel to the one or more walls, wherein the first zipper track and the second zipper track are noncontiguous; 
   wherein in the open position, at least one of the first zipper track and the second zipper track at least partially decouples the panel from the one or more walls, and in the closed position, each of the first zipper track and the second zipper track couples the panel to the one or more walls.   
     
     
         2 . A bag comprising:
 a compartment having an interior volume, the compartment including one or more walls and a front panel surrounding the interior volume, wherein the front panel is movable between an open configuration that enables access to the interior volume, and a closed configuration that inhibits access to the interior volume, the compartment having a top end and a bottom end;   a closure system including:
 a first magnet positioned along the top end of the compartment; and 
 a second magnet positioned along the front panel, wherein the second magnet is configured to couple with the first magnet when the front panel is moved to the closed configuration, and decouple from the first magnet when the front panel is moved to the open configuration. 
   
     
     
         3 . The bag of  claim 2 , wherein the first magnet includes a first magnet interface that faces away from the top end and the compartment when the front panel is in the closed configuration. 
     
     
         4 . The bag of  claim 3 , wherein the second magnet includes a second magnet interface that faces outwardly from an interior surface of the front panel and toward the compartment and the top end when the front panel is in the closed configuration. 
     
     
         5 . The bag of  claim 4 , wherein in the open configuration, the first magnet interface faces opposite a pulling force and the second magnet interface continually faces outwardly from the interior surface of the front panel in a direction away from the top end when the first panel is moved away from the top end. 
     
     
         6 . The bag of  claim 2 , wherein the compartment has a front side and a back side, the first magnet and the second magnet are disposed adjacent to the back side relative to the front side when the first panel is in the closed configuration. 
     
     
         7 . A bag comprising:
 a compartment including one or more walls and a front panel surrounding an interior volume, wherein the front panel is movable between an open configuration that enables access to the interior volume, and a closed configuration that inhibits access to the interior volume, the front panel extending from a bottom end of the compartment to a top end of the compartment opposite the bottom end, and extending between a first side of the compartment and a second side of the compartment opposite the first side; and   a closure system including:
 a first zipper disposed on the first side, the first zipper is movable from a first starting position at the bottom end of the compartment to a first terminal position at the top end of the compartment; 
 a second zipper disposed on the second side, the second zipper is movable from a second starting position at the bottom end of the compartment to a second terminal position at the top end of the compartment, the second zipper is movable independent of the first zipper; 
   wherein first starting position is spaced apart from the second starting position, and the first terminal position is spaced apart from the second terminal position, by the front panel.   
     
     
         8 . The bag of  claim 7 , wherein the first zipper and the second zipper are noncontiguous, each of the first zipper and the second zipper have a longitudinal length extending from an upper end of the front panel to a lower end of the front panel. 
     
     
         9 . The bag of  claim 7 , wherein the closure system includes:
 a first set of hook and loop fasteners extending along the top end of the compartment between the first side and the second side;   a second set of hook and loop fasteners extending along an upper end of the front panel, the second set of hook and loop fasteners is couplable to the first set of hook and loop fasteners when the front panel is in the closed configuration;   a first set of magnets extending along the top end of the compartment between the first side and the second side; and   a second set of magnets disposed on the upper end of the front panel, the second set of magnets is removably coupled with the first set of magnets when the front panel is in the closed configuration.   
     
     
         10 . The bag of  claim 9 , wherein the closure system includes:
 a third set of magnets extending along one or more of the first side and the second side of the compartment; and   a fourth set of magnets disposed on one or more side surfaces of the first panel, the one or more side surfaces are disposed adjacent to the first side and second side when the front panel is in the closed configuration.   
     
     
         11 . The bag of  claim 10 , wherein at least one hook and loop fastener of the first set of hook and loop fasteners is disposed between adjacent magnets of the first set of magnets. 
     
     
         12 . The bag of  claim 10 , wherein the first set of magnets and the first set of hook and loop fasteners are positioned along the top end of the compartment to alternate with one another. 
     
     
         13 . The bag of  claim 10 , wherein at least hook and loop fastener of the second set of hook and loop fasteners is disposed between adjacent magnets of the second set of magnets. 
     
     
         14 . The bag of  claim 10 , wherein the second set of magnets and the second set of hook and loop fasteners are positioned along the upper end of the front panel to alternate with one another. 
     
     
         15 . The bag of  claim 10 , wherein the first set of hook and loop fasteners and the first set of magnets are positioned along an exterior surface of the top end and face away from the compartment;
 wherein the second set of hook and loop fasteners and the second set of magnets are positioned along an interior surface of the upper end of the front panel and face toward the top end of the compartment, when the front panel is in the closed configuration.   
     
     
         16 . The bag of  claim 7 , wherein the first zipper includes teeth extending continuously from the first starting position to the first terminal position;
 wherein the teeth extend along a first portion, a transition region, and a second portion of the first zipper, the first portion extending from the bottom end of the compartment toward the top end of the compartment along a front of the compartment, the first portion terminates at the transition region, the second portion extending from the transition region toward the top end of the compartment and terminates at a back of the compartment.   
     
     
         17 . The bag of  claim 16 , wherein the first panel includes one or more loops disposed adjacent to the first side of the compartment and the first zipper between the first portion and the transition region. 
     
     
         18 . The bag of  claim 7 , wherein the second zipper includes teeth extending continuously from a third stop to a fourth stop;
 wherein the teeth extend along a first portion and a second portion of the second zipper, the first portion extending from the bottom end toward the top end along a front of the compartment to a transition region of the second zipper, the second portion extending from the transition region toward the top end of the compartment and a back of the compartment.   
     
     
         19 . The bag of  claim 18 , wherein the first panel includes one or more loops disposed adjacent to the second side of the compartment and the second zipper between the second portion and the transition region.