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US4620579A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Accessory receptacle

Assignee: Lowe Alpine Systems Inc
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Filing: 1984-11-28
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Granted: 1986-11-04
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Expires: 2004-11-28
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Abstract

Abstract A receptacle for organizing, protecting and identifying accessories, for example, camera accessories, such as video tape, batteries and the like, or photographic accessories, such as film canisters, filters, lens caps and the like, is disclosed. The receptacle, or pouch, may be releasably attached to a bag or other such structure for receiving and retaining equipment such as a camera and/or a video recorder, and may include a carrying handle and/or shoulder strap so that the pouch may be carried separately from the bag or be carried in conjunction with the bag either by being permanently or removably attached thereto. The pouch is configured to receive a cushioning insert at an accessories receiving portion of the pouch, which portion may include the entire pouch, with the cushioning insert having a plurality of cavities defined therein, and with the cushioning insert entirely filling the area of the accessories receiving portion except for the cavities. The cavities are sized to receive different accessories, and a plurality of transparent pockets are positioned at one wall of the pouch, with at least some of these pockets being associated with at least some of the cavities and with the pockets being capable of receiving and thus displaying therein articles and indicia material for identification of articles in associated compartments.

Inventors

  • 👤 Greg E. Lowe
  • 👤 Harold A. Jordan

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 06:28
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45C; A45C11/00; A45C11/38; A45C13/00; A45C13/02; A45C3/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 191 words
Attached to an equipment bag, an accessories organizer comprising: a cushioning structure formed from a one-piece readily yieldable and resilient solid material having a plurality of spaced cavities defined therein, said cavities adapted to receive different ones of a plurality of said accessories; first enclosure means including wall means defining at least a first closable compartment therein, said first compartment adapted to receive said structure, said structure substantially occupying all of the interior space of said first closable compartment defined by said wall means; and a plurality of pockets attached to said first enclosure means, said pockets having at least one transparent portion, and at least some ones of which pockets are in proximity to different ones of said cavities, each of said pockets being accessible from at least one direction; wherein said accessories are snugly received and retained within said cavities for protection thereat, and identifying materials received by said pockets are visible through said transparent portion thereby identifying the contents of said different ones of said cavities in proximity to said some ones of said pockets without removal of either said accessories or said identifying materials from said organizer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 191 words
Attached to an equipment bag, an accessories organizer comprising: a cushioning structure formed from a one-piece readily yieldable and resilient solid material having a plurality of spaced cavities defined therein, said cavities adapted to receive different ones of a plurality of said accessories; first enclosure means including wall means defining at least a first closable compartment therein, said first compartment adapted to receive said structure, said structure substantially occupying all of the interior space of said first closable compartment defined by said wall means; and a plurality of pockets attached to said first enclosure means, said pockets having at least one transparent portion, and at least some ones of which pockets are in proximity to different ones of said cavities, each of said pockets being accessible from at least one direction; wherein said accessories are snugly received and retained within said cavities for protection thereat, and identifying materials received by said pockets are visible through said transparent portion thereby identifying the contents of said different ones of said cavities in proximity to said some ones of said pockets without removal of either said accessories or said identifying materials from said organizer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
The accessories organizer of claim 1 wherein said accessories organizer is releasably attached to one of the interior and the exterior of said equipment bag.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 27 words
The accessories organizer of claim 1 wherein said accessories are film canisters, lens caps, filters and other photographic accessories, and said equipment bag is a camera bag.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
The accessories organizer of claim 1 wherein said cavities in said structure have a total volume less than that of said structure.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 16 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said cavities receive different ones of tubular and disk-shaped articles.

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