Patent ID: 6550967
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A45C,B65D

Abstract:
A storage bag combination comprising:a flexible storage bag having at least one side wall and a bottom wall, the bag having a collapsed position and an expanded position; an insert inside said bag, said insert being movable from a collapsed position inside said bag when said bag is in its collapsed position for enabling compact storage of said bag, to an expanded position inside said bag when said bag is in its expanded position for providing a commercial display of said expanded bag, said insert comprising at least one substantially rigid and substantially planar side panel for laying against said bag side wall when said bag is in its expanded position, and a bottom panel for laying against said bag bottom wall, said side panel being connected to one end of said bottom panel at a hinge formed by a fold between said side panel and said bottom panel, said hinge fold having an outside and an inside; and a spring for biasing said insert toward said expanded position, said spring comprising a leaf spring, said leaf spring having a central U-shaped portion lying on the outside of said hinge fold with a flat surface of said leaf spring facing the fold, said leaf spring having a pair of end portions on opposite sides of the central portion, each end portion extending through an opening in a panel and being on the inside of the hinge fold.