Patent ID: 7861857

Claim:
A carry-on luggage bag, having a first open position and a second closed position, comprising: (a) a front side portion made of non-rigid material having a front side closure means edge, a bottom edge, two core edges, and an inner side and an outer side; (b) two end portions made of non-rigid material, each having an end bottom edge, an end front edge and an end closure means edge, each of said end front edges secured to one of said core edges of said front side portion to form core secured edges; (c) a bottom portion made of non-rigid material having two short edges, one of said short edges secured to one of said end bottom edges and the other of said short edges secured to the other of said end bottom edges to form end secured edges; a long edge secured to said bottom edge of said front side portion to form a front side secured edge; said end secured edges and said front side secured edge defining a first area of said bottom portion; a first flap layer having an inner side and an outer side, being contiguous with said first area of said bottom portion and extending outwardly from said end portions when said bag is in said first open position, said first flap layer having a continuous edge comprising two long sections opposite one another and one short section between said two long sections, said continuous edge secured to a continuous edge closure means complementary to said closure means edges of said end and front side portions; whereby said continuous edge closure means of said first flap layer may be secured to said complementary end and front side closure mean edges thereby forming said second closed position of said carry on luggage bag; (d) a garment receiving area defined by said first flap layer and a second flap layer overlaying said first flap layer of said bottom portion and secured to said first area of said bottom portion and said long sections of said first flap layer, said second flap layer having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion and said second portion removably connected to each other by a closure means; said garment receiving area further comprising a clasp secured thereto, said clasp adapted to receive and temporarily secure hangers for hanging clothing along a line perpendicular to said front side closure means edge and said short section of said first flap layer; (e) a packing area defined by said first area of said bottom portion, said two end portions and said front side portion, wherein said end portions and said front side portion remain essentially perpendicular to said first area of said bottom portion; and (f) handles attached to said outer side of said front side portion and to said outer side of said first flap layer which allow a user to maintain said luggage in an orientation during use so that said bottom portion is essentially parallel with the ground.