Patent ID: 6935498
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
1. A bag comprising: a base wall elongated in a longitudinal direction, and having front and rear sides opposite to each other in a transverse direction relative to the longitudinal direction; front and rear shells spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction, each of said front and rear shells including a lower wall portion which extends in the transverse direction and which is connected to a respective one of said front and rear sides of said base wall, a major wall portion which extends from said lower wall portion in an upright direction transverse to the longitudinal and transverse directions and which terminates at an upper end, and an upper wall portion which extends from said upper end in the transverse direction towards said upper end of the other one of said front and rear shells and which terminates at an upper edge, each of said front and rear shells having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface opposite to each other, said inner wall surfaces of said front and rear shells cooperatively defining a compartment for accommodating a portable computer; front and rear handles made from a material more flexible than that of said front and rear shells, each of said front and rear handles including: front joining members, each disposed to interconnect a respective one of said first and second upper superimposing segments of said front handle, said upper wall portion of said front shell, and a respective one of said first and second underlying regions of said front handle so as to permit said upper wall portion of said front shell to be firmly sandwiched between said first upper superimposing segment and said first underlying region of said front handle, and between said second upper superimposing segment and said second underlying region of said front handle; and rear joining members, each disposed to interconnect a respective one of said first and second upper superimposing segments of said rear handle, said upper wall portion of said rear shell, and a respective one of said first and second underlying regions of said rear handle so as to permit said upper wall portion of said rear shell to be firmly sandwiched between said first upper superimposing segment and said first underlying region of said rear handle, and between said second upper superimposing segment and said second underlying region of said rear handle.