Patent ID: 7048102

Claim:
A collapsible bag construction comprising, in combination: a flexible bag including a first side panel with a bottom edge and a generally flexible bottom panel attached to the first side panel bottom edge to define a juncture; at least one bag transport wheel mounted on the bag at the juncture; a telescoping handle on the first side panel extending upwardly from the juncture; a generally rigid, separate, supplemental, generally flat planar plate bottom panel having a top side, a bottom side, and a back edge; and an attachment mechanism on the bottom panel to attach the supplemental bottom panel to the bottom panel to engage and maintain the bottom panel generally transverse to the telescoping handle and first side panel, said supplemental bottom panel releasable from said bottom panel and from the flexible bag, said attachment mechanism including a fastener mechanism on the top side of said supplemental bottom panel for cooperation with a fastener mechanism on the outside of the bottom panel, and at least one supplemental connection member for attaching the supplemental bottom panel to the bag at the juncture.