Patent ID: 7219814
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: A45F,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tote for carrying and transporting bottles, comprising: a front panel defining a right side, a left side, a bottom, and a top terminal edge; a rear panel defining a right side, a left side, a bottom, and a terminal edge, the rear panel being secured to the front panel by one of stitching, adhering, welding and stapling along at least the right side, the left side and the bottom terminal edges, the front and rear panels defining a pocket there between, the top terminal edges of said front and rear panels being arcuate, said top terminal edges defining a tote opening communicating with the tote pocket, at least one of the front and rear panels including an aperture formed therein, the front and rear panels having a thickness of between about 3 mm to about 5 mm and being fabricated of neoprene, the neoprene being sandwiched between layers of stretch nylon; the tote having a substantially flattened condition when no bottle is disposed in the pocket with bottom terminal edges of the front and rear panels being arcuate when the tote is in said flattened condition, insertion of a bottle at least partially into the tote opening flattening the arcuate bottom terminal edges, the front panel and the rear panel being secured to one another along a contact line positioned between the right side terminal edges and the left side terminal edges and dividing the pocket into a first pocket and a second pocket, bottom terminal edges of each of the front and rear panels being scalloped, wherein a first lobe of the bottom terminal edge is operatively associated with the first pocket, and a second lobe of the bottom terminal edge is operatively associated with the second pocket, further comprising: a third panel defining a right side, a left side, a bottom, and a top terminal edge; wherein the right side terminal edge of the front panel is secured to the left side terminal edge of the rear panel, and a portion of the bottom terminal edge of the front panel is secured to the bottom terminal edge of the rear panel; wherein the right side terminal edge of the rear panel is secured to the left side terminal edge of the third panels, and a portion of the bottom terminal edge of the rear panel is secured to a portion of the bottom terminal edge of the third panel; and wherein the right side terminal edge of the third panel is secured to the left side terminal edge of the front panel, and a portion of the bottom terminal edge of the third panel is secured to a portion of the bottom terminal edge of the front panel.