Multipurpose bag with collapsible container body

Abstract

There is described a multipurpose bag (B) comprising a collapsible container body (10) made of an assembly of fabric panels that are joined together to form at least a bottom side (15), a top side (16) and a sidewall (11-14) including four lateral sides (11, 12, 13, 14) that jointly define an inner storage volume when the collapsible container body (10) takes an expanded state. The top side (16) includes a releasable cover panel (17) that forms an integral part of the collapsible container body (10), the releasable cover panel (17) being releasable from part of the top side (16) to selectively allow full closure of the inner storage volume when the collapsible container body (10) is in the expanded state. The collapsible container body (10) is configured such that, in the expanded state, the releasable cover panel (17) can take at least two configurations, namely a first, open configuration in which the releasable cover panel (17) is released from part of the top side (16) to provide full, unimpeded access to the inner storage volume, and a second, closed configuration in which the releasable cover panel (17) completely closes the top side (16) to fully enclose the inner storage volume and cause the collapsible container body (10) to take a desired expanded shape. The releasable cover panel (17) can take at least a third configuration in which the releasable cover panel (17) only partly closes the top side (16) to maintain the collapsible container body (10) in substantially the desired expanded shape, while providing partial access to the inner storage volume. The collapsible container body (10) further includes a retaining structure (18) configured to keep the releasable cover panel (17) in the third configuration.

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