Carry-on travel bag for cosmetics

Claim 2

A flexible travel bag for holding personal care items such as cosmetics and accessories while hanging in a vertical fully extended open position and in a closed folded carrying and storage position comprising: a relatively large size main storage compartment means made of flexible foldable material and having a generally rectangular peripheral configuration and having a main flat outer side wall portion, an upper peripheral outer wall portion, a pair of spaced peripheral outer side wall portions and a bottom peripheral outer wall portion defining a main storage compartment; a main compartment closure means mounted along said upper peripheral outer wall portion and along said spaced peripheral outer side wall portions of said main storage compartment means and along said bottom peripheral outer wall portion for closing said main storage compartment means in said closed, folded position while enabling movement between said open position and said closed folded position; hanger means mounted along said upper peripheral outer wall portion for hanging the bag in the vertical fully extended open position; a plurality of relatively small size generally rectangular separate secondary storage compartment means mounted in said main storage compartment means for holding and storing a plurality of different types of relatively small size items, each secondary storage compartment means having a back wall portion, a front wall portion, a pair of laterally spaced closed side portions, a closed lower side portion and an opening on the upper side portion which faces upwardly in said vertical fully extended open position; said secondary storage compartment means having a plurality of different sizes and shapes and being arranged in a plurality of vertically spaced rows extending laterally across said main flat side wall portion between said pair of spaced peripheral outer side wall portions; cover means for selectively covering and uncovering the open upper side portion of said relatively small size secondary storage compartment means and being movable between an open access position and a closed position relative to said secondary storage compartment means; handle-type carrying means for carrying said bag by hand in the folded carrying and storage position and being fixed to said main storage compartment means and being positioned and located along said upper peripheral outer wall portion in the folded carrying and storage position; and wherein said secondary storage compartment means comprising: a main support sheet of plastic material fastened to said main flat outer side wall portion and having a length and width approximately equal to the length and width of said main flat outer side wall portion and forming said back wall portion of each of said secondary storage compartment means; and a plurality of separate sheets of plastic material fastened to said main support sheet of plastic material extending laterally thereacross and having a length equal to the width of said main support sheet of plastic material and a width equal to the height of said secondary storage compartment means and forming said front wall portion and said side portions and said lower side portion of each of said secondary storage compartment means.

Claim 3

The invention as defined in claim 1 and wherein said hanging means comprising: strap means for engagement with a shower rod or hook.

Claim 4

The invention as defined in claim 1 and further comprising: another separate sheet of plastic material fastened to said main support sheet of plastic material and forming each of said cover means.

Claim 5

The invention as defined in claims 1 or 3 and further comprising: fastening means associated with said cover means for fastening said cover means to said secondary storage compartment means.

Claim 6

The invention as defined in claim 1 and wherein said secondary storage compartment means further comprising: a first uppermost row of two equal size and shape horizontally elongated compartments extending between said outer side wall portions; a second row of more than two vertically elongated equal size and shape compartments located next below said first row and extending between said outer side wall portions; a third row of more than two vertically elongated equal size and shape compartments located next below said second row at the mid-section of said bag and extending between said outer side wall portions; a fourth row of more than two equal size and shape vertically elongated compartments located next below said third row and extending between said outer side wall portions; and an elongated bottom compartment located above said bottom outer wall portion and extending between said outer side wall portions.

Claim 7

The invention as defined in claim 1 and wherein said secondary storage compartment means comprising: at least one row of at least two horizontally elongated compartments; and at least two rows of more than two vertically elongated compartments.

Claim 8

The invention as defined in claim 6 and wherein the compartments in each row of vertically elongated compartments are of the same size and shape.

Claim 9

The invention as defined in claim 6 and wherein the compartments in different rows of vertically elongated compartments are of different sizes and shapes.

Claim 10

The invention as defined in claim 8 and wherein: the vertically elongated compartments have at least three different sizes and shapes.

Claim 11

The invention as defined in claim 9 and wherein the vertically elongated compartments are arranged in at least three different rows.

Claim 12

The invention as defined in claim 1 and wherein the secondary storage compartment means comprises at least two rows of more than two vertically elongated compartments and each of the rows of vertically elongated compartments have compartments of the same size and shape.

Claim 13

The invention as defined in claim 11 and wherein there are at least two rows of horizontally elongated compartments.

Claim 14

The invention as defined in claim 12 and wherein: one row of horizontally elongated compartments being located next adjacent the upper wall portion; and another one of said rows of horizontally elongated compartments being located next adjacent the lower wall portion.

Claim 15

A flexible travel bag for holding personal care items such as cosmetics and accessories while hanging in a vertical fully extended open position and in a closed folded carrying and storage position comprising: a relatively large size main storage compartment means made of flexible foldable material and having a generally rectangular peripheral configuration and having a main flat outer side wall portion, an upper peripheral outer wall portion, a pair of spaced peripheral outer side wall portions and a bottom peripheral outer wall portion defining a main storage compartment; a main compartment closure means mounted along said upper peripheral outer wall portion and along said spaced peripheral outer side wall portions of said main storage compartment means and along said bottom peripheral outer wall portion for closing said main storage compartment means in said closed, folded position wile enabling movement between said open position and said closed folded position; hanger means mounted along said upper peripheral outer wall portion for hanging the bag in the vertical fully extended open position; a plurality of relatively small size generally rectangular separate secondary storage compartment means mounted in said main storage compartment means for holding and storing a plurality of different types of relatively small size items, each secondary storage compartment means having a back wall portion, a front wall portion, a pair of laterally spaced closed side portions, a closed lower side portion and an opening on the upper side portion which faces upwardly to said vertical fully extended open position; said secondary storage compartment means having a plurality of different sizes and shapes and being arranged in a plurality of vertically spaced rows extending laterally across said main flat side wall portion between said pair of spaced peripheral outer side wall portions; cover means for selectively covering and uncovering the open upper side portion of said relatively small size secondary storage compartment means and being movable between an open access position and a closed position relative to said secondary storage compartment means; handle-type carrying means for carrying said bag by hand in the folded carrying and storage position and being fixed to said main storage compartment means and being positioned and located along said upper peripheral outer wall portion in the folded carrying and storage position; and said secondary storage compartment means comprising: a first uppermost row of at least two equal size and shape horizontally elongated compartments extending between said outer side wall portion; a second row of more than two vertically elongated equal size and shape compartments located next below said first row and extending between said outer side wall portions; a third row of more than two vertically elongated equal size and shape compartments located next below said second row at the mid-section of said bag and extending between said outer side wall portions; a fourth row of two or more equal size and shape vertically elongated compartments located next below said third row and extending between said outer side wall portions; and an elongated bottom compartment located above said bottom outer wall portion and extending between said outer side wall portions.

Claim 16

A flexible travel bag for holding personal care items such as cosmetics and accessories while hanging in a vertical fully extended open position and in a closed folded carrying and storage position comprising: a relatively large size main storage compartment means made of flexible foldable material and having a generally rectangular peripheral configuration and having a main flat outer side wall portion, an upper peripheral outer wall portion, a pair of spaced peripheral outer side wall portions and a bottom peripheral outer wall portion defining a main storage compartment; a main compartment closure means mounted along said upper peripheral outer wall portion and along said spaced peripheral outer side wall portions of said main storage compartment means and along said bottom peripheral outer wall portion for closing said main storage compartment means in said closed, folded position wile enabling movement between said open position and said closed folded position; hanger means mounted along said upper peripheral outer wall portion for hanging the bag in the vertical fully extended open position; a plurality of relatively small size generally rectangular separate secondary storage compartment means mounted in said main storage compartment means for holding and storing a plurality of different types of relatively small size items, each secondary storage compartment means having a back wall portion, a front wall portion, a pair of laterally spaced closed side portions, a closed lower side portion and an opening on the upper side portion which faces upwardly to said vertical fully extended open position; said secondary storage compartment means having a plurality of different sizes and shapes and being arranged in a plurality of vertically spaced rows extending laterally across said main flat side wall portion between said pair of spaced peripheral outer side wall portions; cover means for selectively covering and uncovering the open upper side portion of said relatively small size secondary storage compartment means and being movable between an open access position and a closed position relative to said secondary storage compartment means; handle-type carrying means for carrying said bag by hand in the folded carrying and storage position and being fixed to said main storage compartment means and being positioned and located along said upper peripheral outer wall portion in the folded carrying and storage position; and said secondary storage compartment means comprising: a first uppermost row of at least two equal size and shape horizontally elongated compartments extending between said outer side wall portion; a second row of more than two vertically elongated equal size and shape compartments located next below said first row and extending between said outer side wall portions; a third row of more than two vertically elongated equal size and shape compartments located next below said second row at the mid-section of said bag and extending between said outer side wall portions; a fourth row of two or more equal size and shape vertically elongated compartments located next below said third row and extending between said outer side wall portions; and an elongated bottom compartment located above said bottom outer wall portion and extending between said outer side wall portions.

Claim 17

The invention as defined in claim 14 and wherein said hanging means comprising: strap means for engagement with a shower rod or hook.

Claim 18

The invention as defined in claim 14 and wherein said secondary storage compartment means comprising: a main support sheet of plastic material fastened to said main flat outer side wall portion and having a length and width approximately equal to the length and width of said main flat outer side wall portion and forming said back wall portion of each of said secondary storage compartment means; and a plurality of separate sheets of plastic material fastened to said main support sheet of plastic material extending laterally thereacross and having a length equal to the width of said main support sheet of plastic material and a width equal to the height of said secondary storage compartment means and forming said front wall portion and said side portions and said lowerside portion of each of said secondary storage compartment means.

Claim 19

The invention as defined in claim 16 and further comprising: another separate sheet of plastic material fastened to said main support sheet of plastic material and forming each of said cover means.

Claim 20

The invention as defined in claim 17 and further comprising: fastening means associated with said cover means for fastening said cover means to said secondary storage compartment means.