Patent ID: 8152037

Claim:
A tool bag for transporting a plurality of tools and for positioning over construction apparatus such as a ladder, a sawhorse, or a scaffold rail, the bag comprising: a first storage section and a second storage section pivotally connected to each other so as to generally define an upper hinge region, the first and second storage sections being separable so that they can be disposed on opposite sides of the construction apparatus, and being movable into close proximity with one another to enable the tool bag to be carried in a more compact configuration, each of the storage sections comprising a plurality of compartments for storing items; at least one of the storage sections comprising a relatively rigid backing member and a flexible cover, the compartments being mounted on the relatively rigid backing member, and the flexible cover being constructed and arranged to cover the associated compartments of the storage section so as to prevent access to the stored items in the associated compartments, upper portions of the cover constructed and arranged to be removed from covering relation while lower portions of the cover remain attached, thereby exposing the compartments; and a handle having end portions, and connections that connect the end portions in proximity to the upper hinge region of the pivotally connected first and second storage sections to facilitate carrying of the tool bag in the compact configuration, wherein an interface between an upper portion of the relatively rigid backing member and an upper edge of the flexible cover is a non-zippered connection such that the upper portion of the relatively rigid backing member and the upper edge of the flexible cover are devoid of zippers to facilitate upward extraction of the stored items from the compartments mounted on the relatively rigid backing member.