Patent ID: 7886949

Claim:
A bag comprising: a bag body, an expandable compartment configurable for receiving and housing an object through a top of the compartment, the expandable compartment including first and second areas cooperating with each other, the first area being coupled to the bag body, the first area having two end portions, each end portion comprising a pair of protrusions, the second area comprising three regions, each region defined by a boundary edge and capable of cooperating with each other, adjacent boundary edges are spaced from each other along substantially an entire vertical length thereof, the interior of the expandable compartment being visible through the space between adjacent regions and a cord capable of cooperating with the second area on the bag body, the cord disposed between and extending along a length of the boundary edge of at least two adjacent regions with the cord engaging at least one region at a plurality of locations spaced vertically along the length of the boundary edge and facilitating the cooperation of the at least two adjacent regions, wherein the shape of the protrusions of the end portions substantially reduce the visibility of the first area to a user when the compartment is in an unexpanded configuration.