Patent ID: 7950509

Claim:
A generally soft sided bag including at least first and second, side by side, storage compartments comprising, in combination: a bag interior; a first compartment in the bag interior in the form of a generally rectangular enclosure fabricated from a pliable material and including first and second generally parallel, spaced end walls of the pliable material, and first and second generally parallel, spaced side walls of the pliable material, one of said side walls comprising an inside wall extending in the bag interior and one of said side walls comprising an outside side wall with the end walls and the outside side wall extending about the bag interior; each of said walls having a bottom and top thereof, said walls being joined together along seams at corners of the enclosure so that the compartment has an open top side and an open bottom side; said inside wall including lateral side edges and a folded margin at each lateral side edge thereof, said end walls each including a lateral side edge with a margin folded over and joined to one of said margins of said inside wall to form a pair of inside attachment flaps; a second compartment substantially identical to said first compartment; the open top side of each compartment defining a perimeter having a closure mechanism; corresponding inside attachment flaps of each compartment joined together along a section extending from the bottom of the inside wall to a junction below the top thereof to allow an upper portion of each inside wall above the junction thereof to be folded toward an upper portion of the opposite outside side wall to partially cover the respective open top sides of the enclosures; and a bottom wall attached to the side and end walls after the inside attachment flaps are joined together to form the enclosures with the open top and bottom sides thereof with the attached bottom wall closing the open bottom sides of the enclosures.