Patent ID: 8973628
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A45C,A45F,A47G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In combination, a bag having a strap and a portable bag strap hook adapted to be secured about the strap, comprising: a bag having a strap; a flexible, elongated sheet having opposed inner and outer surfaces, laterally opposed ends, and longitudinally opposed ends, the sheet being foldable around the strap of the bag, the laterally opposed ends of the sheet being secured to each other at the longitudinally ends to form a sleeve around the bag strap, wherein the sleeve is slidable on the bag strap; a plurality of mating releasable snap fasteners disposed on the lateral ends of the sheet adjacent the longitudinal ends, wherein each of the releasable fasteners comprises a male portion attached to one of the laterally opposed ends of the flexible sheet and a mating female portion attached to the other one of the laterally opposed ends of the flexible sheet, whereby the sleeve is removably disposed on the bag strap; and a hook having a stem and an arcuately curved portion extending from the stem, wherein the stem of the hook has an eyelet defined therein, the eyelet being pivotally disposed directly on one of the snag fasteners, the arcuately curved portion of the hook being pivotal between the mating snap fasteners at the opposing longitudinal ends of the sleeve, the hook being pivotal between an open position in which the arcuately curved portion is adapted for hooking onto a support to suspend the bag, and a closed position in which the hook is stored entirely within the sleeve.