Patent ID: 8079451
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: A45F,A47G,A63H,B65D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus convertible between at least a storage container in a first configuration and an activity mat in a second configuration, comprising: a generally circular lid having zipper teeth arranged around substantially all of a periphery of the lid; a generally circular base having zipper teeth arranged about a periphery of the base; a first zipper pull; and a wall having zipper teeth arranged to mate with corresponding ones of the zipper teeth of the lid and the zipper teeth of the base such that when the lid and the base are zippered to the wall in the first configuration, the apparatus has a generally cylindrical shape, the wall having a generally rectangular shape having two opposing longer edges and two opposing shorter edges at respective ends of the wall, the lid being connected to a first one of the opposing longer edges of the wall closer to one of the ends in the second configuration and the base being connected to a second one of the opposing longer edges of the wall closer to the other of the ends in the second configuration, wherein the first zipper pull is configured to zipper corresponding ones of the wall zipper teeth to substantially all of the zipper teeth arranged about the periphery of the lid, and wherein when the lid and the base are unzippered from the wall, the apparatus is substantially flat in the second configuration.