Patent ID: 7048101

Claim:
A collapsible bag construction comprising, in combination: a flexible bag including a first side panel with a bottom edge and a generally flexible bottom panel attached to the first side panel bottom edge to define a juncture; at least one bag transport wheel mounted to a bracket on the bag at the juncture; a telescoping handle on the firs side panel and extending upwardly from the juncture, said telescoping handle connected to said bracket at said juncture; a generally rigid, separate, supplemental, generally flat planar plate bottom panel having a top side, a bottom side, and a back edge; and an attachment mechanism on the bottom panel to attach the supplemental bottom panel to the bottom panel to engage and maintain the bottom panel generally transverse to the telescoping handle and first side panel, said supplemental bottom panel releasable from said bottom panel and from the flexible bag, said attachment mechanism including a fastener mechanism on said supplemental bottom panel for cooperation with a fastener mechanism on the outside of the bottom panel; and at least one bayonet pocket fixed to the bottom panel for slidably receiving a bayonet member affixed to the supplemental bottom panel, whereby the supplemental bottom panel is held by the fastener mechanism and bayonet member in combination.