Clothing travel bag

Claim 2

A travel bag for carrying objects, comprising first and second bags interconnected by a relatively thin, flexible web, said web being offset from the center of at least one of said bags to provide clearance for the neck of a user when said travel bag is carried with said web over one shoulder and the first and second bags extend downwardly along the back and chest of the user, said web being secured to said bags in a manner that causes the respective center axes of said bags to intersect each other at an acute angle in the direction that said web is offset from said bag when said bags occupy a common plane so that said bags are level when they are carried, with said web resting on the shoulder of said user.

Claim 3

The travel bag of claim 1 wherein the acute angle at which the center axes of said bags intersect each other is approximately thirty degrees.

Claim 4

The travel bag of claim 1 wherein said first bag is a generally rectangular, relatively thin garment bag and said second bag is a substantially smaller clothes pouch.

Claim 5

The travel bag of claim 1, further including a pair of reinforcing straps, each extending from one corner of said first bag to the opposite corner of said second bag such that said straps cross each other near the center of said web to cause the weight of said bags to be applied near the center of said web.

Claim 6

The travel bag of claim 1, further including fastening means for releasably securing said first bag to said web so that said bags can be separated from each other when objects are to be removed from said bag.

Claim 7

The travel bag of claim 1 wherein said fastening means is a zipper extending along one edge of one of said bags.

Claim 8

A clothing travel bag, comprising: a generally rectangular, relatively thin garment bag having means for hanging articles of clothing therein and an opening on one face thereof to allow access to the interior thereof; a generally rectangular clothing pouch having a cross-sectional area substantially smaller than the cross-sectional area of said garment bag; and a flexible web extending between said garment bag and said clothing pouch, said web being offset from the center of said garment bag to form a recessed inside edge intersecting said garment bag near its center axis and an outside edge meeting said garment bag near one of its edges to provide clearance between the inside edge of said web and the neck of a user when said travel bag is carried by the user with said web over one shoulder and the garment bag and clothes pouch extending downwardly along the back and chest of the user, the inside edge of said web being substantially longer than the outside edge of said web so that said garment bag and clothes bag are level when said travel bag is carried by said user, the edges of said web being scalloped, said web further including a pair of reinforcing straps extending from one corner of said garment bag to the opposite corner of said clothing pouch so that said straps cross each other near the center of said web such that said web centers itself on the shoulder of said user.

Claim 9

A clothing travel bag, comprising: a generally rectangular, relatively thin garment bag having means for hanging articles of clothing therein and an opening on one face thereof to allow access to the interior thereof; a generally rectangular clothing pouch having a cross-sectional area substantially smaller than the cross-sectional area of said garment bag; and a flexible web extending between said garment bag and said clothing pouch, said web being offset from the center of said garment bag to form a recessed inside edge intersecting said garment bag near its center axis and an outside edge meeting said garment bag near one of its edges to provide clearance between the inside edge of said web and the neck of a user when said travel bag is carried by the user with said web over one shoulder and the garment bag and clothes pouch extending downwardly along the back and chest of the user, the inside edge of said web being substantially longer than the outside edge of said web so that said garment bag and clothes bag are level when said travel bag is carried by said user, the edges of said web being scalloped, said web further including a pair of reinforcing straps extending from one corner of said garment bag to the opposite corner of said clothing pouch so that said straps cross each other near the center of said web such that said web centers itself on the shoulder of said user.

Claim 10

The garment bag of claim 1, further including a zipper extending along one edge of said garment bag, said zipper having two separable sides, one of which is secured to said garment bag and the ends of said straps which are secured to said garment bag, and the other side of which is secured to said web and the ends of said straps which are secured to said clothing pouch such that said garment bag may be separated from said web and clothing pouch.

Claim 11

A clothing travel bag, comprising: a generally rectangular, relatively thin garment bag having means for hanging articles of clothing therein and an opening on one face thereof to allow access to the interior thereof; a generally rectangular clothing pouch having a cross-sectional area substantially smaller than the cross-sectional area of said garment bag; and a flexible web extending between said garment bag and said clothing pouch, said web being offset from the center of said garment bag to form a recessed inside edge intersecting said garment bag near its center axis and an outside edge meeting said garment bag near one of its edges to provide clearance between the inside edge of said web and the neck of a user when said travel bag is carried by the user with said web over one shoulder and the garment bag and clothes pouch extending downwardly along the back and chest of the user, the inside edge of said web being substantially longer than the outside edge of said web so that said garment bag and clothes bag are level when said travel bag is carried by said user, the center axis of said garment bag intersecting the center axis of said clothes pouch at approximately thirty degrees when said bag and pouch occupy a common plane.

Claim 12

A clothing travel bag, comprising: a generally rectangular, relatively thin garment bag having means for hanging articles of clothing therein and an opening on one face thereof to allow access to the interior thereof; a generally rectangular clothing pouch having a cross-sectional area substantially smaller than the cross-sectional area of said garment bag; and a flexible web extending between said garment bag and said clothing pouch, said web being offset from the center of said garment bag to form a recessed inside edge intersecting said garment bag near its center axis and an outside edge meeting said garment bag near one of its edges to provide clearance between the inside edge of said web and the neck of a user when said travel bag is carried by the user with said web over one shoulder and the garment bag and clothes pouch extending downwardly along the back and chest of the user, the inside edge of said web being substantially longer than the outside edge of said web so that said garment bag and clothes bag are level when said travel bag is carried by said user, the center axis of said garment bag intersecting the center axis of said clothes pouch at approximately thirty degrees when said bag and pouch occupy a common plane.