Patent ID: 7926687

Claim:
A motorcycle saddlebag comprising: a substantially U-shaped first panel including a generally forwardly-facing front portion, a generally outwardly-facing side portion, and a generally rearwardly-facing rear portion, the front portion and rear portion each curving toward and smoothly transitioning into the side portion, the first panel including a substantially continuous outer surface extending along the front portion, the side portion, and the rear portion, and a substantially continuous inner surface opposite the outer surface and extending along the front portion, the side portion, and the rear portion; and a substantially L-shaped second panel received by and joined to the first panel to define a storage cavity, the second panel including a back wall and a bottom wall, the back wall defining on one end a generally forwardly-facing flange and on an opposite end a generally rearwardly-facing flange, the bottom wall defining a generally outwardly-facing flange, the forwardly-facing flange, the rearwardly-facing flange, and the outwardly-facing flange cooperating to define a substantially continuous and smoothly contoured engagement surface that mates with the inner surface of the first panel, and each of the forwardly-facing flange, the rearwardly-facing flange, and the outwardly-facing flange joined to the inner surface of the first panel, wherein the front portion extends generally inwardly beyond the forwardly-facing flange, wherein the rear portion extends generally inwardly beyond the rearwardly-facing flange, and wherein the side portion extends generally downwardly beyond the outwardly-facing flange in order to define a section of overhanging first panel material such that the second panel is substantially hidden from view when the saddlebag is installed on the side of a motorcycle.