Patent ID: 7845508

Claim:
An apparatus convertible between at least a storage container in a first configuration and an activity mat in a second configuration, comprising: a base connected to a first wall end and a second wall end, each of said first and said second wall ends having a distal edge, a proximate edge, and an upper edge between said distal and said proximate edges; a first wall side connected between said first and second wall ends by a first pair of webbings, said first wall side having a proximate edge and a distal edge, said first pair of webbings including a first and a second webbing, said first webbing connected between said proximate edge of said first wall end and said distal edge of said first wall side, said second webbing connected between said proximate edge of said second wall end and said proximate edge of said first wall side; a second wall side integral with a flap and a top portion that extends completely around said upper edges of said first and second wall ends in said first configuration, said flap overlapping said first wall side in said first configuration, said second wall side connected between said first and second wall ends by a second pair of webbings, said second wall side having a proximate edge and a distal edge, said top portion having a proximate edge and a distal edge, said second pair of webbings including a third and a fourth webbing, said third webbing connected between said distal edge of said first wall end and said distal edge of said second wall side, said fourth webbing connected between said distal edge of said second wall end and said proximate edge of said second wall side; a first pair of zippers, one of the first pair of zippers being configured to releasably secure (i) said distal edge of said first wall end to said distal edge of said second wall side and (ii) said upper edge of said first wall end to said distal edge of said top portion; and a second pair of zippers, one of the second pair of zippers being configured to releasably secure (i) said distal edge of said second wall end to said proximate edge of said second wall side and (ii) said upper edge of said second wall end to said proximate edge of said top portion, said apparatus being in an erect, assembled configuration when said first and second zippers are in a zipped position and said apparatus being convertible from said erect, assembled configuration to an open, flattened configuration when said first and second zippers are in an unzipped position, wherein a length of said proximate edge of said second wall side, a length of said distal edge of said second wall side, a length of said distal edge of said first wall end, and a length of said distal edge of said second wall end are substantially equal, and wherein said first and said second pairs of webbings are configured to aid in automatically capturing items on said apparatus in said flattened configuration in response to said apparatus being converted from said flattened configuration to said erect, assembled configuration.