Patent ID: 7219902

Claim:
A travel bag for enclosing, protecting and transporting contents placed therein and for collapsing to a storage position when contents are not placed therein, said travel bag comprising: a flexible enclosure; and an external rigid support member, said external rigid support member having a main portion, a bottom portion, and side portions, the bottom portion joining the main and side portions to form a partially enclosed concave part into which a portion of said flexible enclosure is fitted and affixed, said external rigid support member fitting only over substantially a quadrant of said flexible enclosure so that the remaining substantially three quadrants of said flexible enclosure are not enclosed by a support member; said flexible enclosure being formed of a strong material arranged as an enclosure having a top, sides and bottom portions, said sides being flexible so that when said bag does not contain contents said top can be collapsed into said concave part in a storage position; said flexible enclosure including an opening formed in said enclosure and closure means connected to said enclosure so that said closure means can be engaged to close said opening.