Patent ID: 9016494
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: A45C,A45F,B65D

Abstract:
1. An expandable item carrying device comprising: a container having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall coupled to and extending upwardly from a perimeter edge of said bottom wall defining an interior space, a top edge of said perimeter wall defining an opening into said interior space, said perimeter wall having a pair of opposed end sides and a pair of longitudinal sides extending between said opposed end sides, said longitudinal sides of said perimeter wall and said bottom wall being compactable along a longitudinal axis of said bottom wall; and a primary handle comprising opposed ends, each of said opposed ends of said primary handle being coupled to a first one of said longitudinal sides of said perimeter wall, each of said opposed ends of said primary handle being coupled to said first one of said longitudinal sides of said perimeter wall of said container in spaced relationship to a respective one of said opposed end sides of said perimeter wall of said container; and a pair of braces, each of said braces having a respective first end coupled to said first one of said longitudinal sides of said perimeter wall of said container, each of said braces having a respective second end coupled to said primary handle in spaced relationship to said opposed ends such that each said brace extends from a lateral side of said primary handle.