Patent ID: 6663282
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A45C,G09F

Abstract:
A convertible bag, comprising:a sheet of material having an outer surface carrying an image with a selected orientation for viewing, the sheet also having an inner surface; means for forming the sheet into a bag having at least a front wall with left, right, top and bottom edges, and a rear wall with left, right, top and bottom edges, the respective bottom, left and right edges being connected to each other to close a bottom and opposite sides of the bag, and the respective top edges being free and defining an opening for receiving and discharging goods to and from the bag, the inner surfaces of sheet at the walls facing each other on an interior of the bag; the image having portions which are on at least part of each of the outer surfaces of the sheet at the front and rear walls so that with two of the connected bottom edges, left edges and right edges disconnected, the bag is unfolded at the remaining one of the connected edges to form a poster with all portions of the image in the selected orientation; the sheet including a pair of side panels formed by parts of the sheet, the side panels being connected between the left and right edges of the front and rear walls with portions of the image spanning at least part of at least one of the side panels so that with the connected bottom and one of the left and right edges disconnected, the image extends from the front wall, across one of the side panels and onto the rear wall in the selected orientation.