Bag

Abstract

To make it easier to identify inner pockets, in a bag provided with a plurality of inner pockets lined up, by using components of different materials for each inner pocket so that the inner pockets are made identifiable by touch sensation, or by using components processed with different sense of touch for each inner pockets.SOLUTION: A plurality of inner pockets are structured identifiably by sense of touch by making the pockets with components of different materials or processing methods.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a bag. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, bags are designed for use by visually normal people (people who can see), and the structure of the bag handles and storage areas are designed with the assumption that they will be used by people with normal vision (people who can see), and the position and number of inner pockets are designed with the assumption that they will be visually distinguishable. DISCLOSURE OF THEINVENTION [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0003] However, bags designed in this way were not necessarily easy to use for visually impaired people (those who are blind or have poor vision). Specifically, when multiple similarly shaped inner pockets are lined up, it is time-consuming for visually impaired people to distinguish which inner pocket contains what. More specifically, visually impaired people must feel around the opening of the bag to find the inner pocket, and only then can they determine whether it is the one they are looking for by putting their hand in the pocket. Therefore, accurately searching through multiple pockets is time-consuming and requires skill. Furthermore, even if it is possible to find the location of the inner pockets to some extent by touch, the bag may become deformed depending on how it is used, changing the relative position of the bag's opening and the inner pockets, making it difficult to correctly locate the desired inner pocket. This situation is often seen in bags made of cloth or soft synthetic leather, but it also occurs to a greater or lesser extent in leather bags, which have a relatively fixed shape. Another aspect is that, from the standpoint of determining which items will be stored in multiple inner pockets and easily checking whether or not an item is present, when using multiple inner pockets differently, it is necessary to be able to easily and correctly distinguish between the inner pockets. Only when this is possible can the items be organized and the presence or absence of the items be checked reliably.

[0004] SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT EMBODIMENT An object of the present invention is to provide a bag having a plurality of inner pockets arranged in a row, which allows even a visually impaired person to easily distinguish the plurality of inner pockets arranged in a row. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The characteristic configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object is that it is a bag having multiple inner pockets arranged in a row, and the multiple inner pockets are configured so that they can be identified by touch, which is the sense that is dominant to visually impaired people.

[0006] More specifically, the inner pockets may be made of different materials so that they can be distinguished by touch. Each inner pocket may be made of a component material that has been treated to give it a different tactile sensation, making them identifiable by touch.

[0007] As the different materials, materials that can be distinguished by touch, such as cloth, film, synthetic leather, leather, etc., can be used. Even if leather is selected as a material of the same material, different types of leather can be used to make each of them tactilely distinguishable, or leather can be processed differently to make each of them tactilely distinguishable. Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the present invention, even visually impaired people can easily put things in and take things out of their bags by using their sense of touch. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] A diagram showing the layout of the inner pockets when the bag's opening is open [Diagram 2] Close-up of the inner pocket DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] As an example of the bag of the present invention, a backpack is shown in Fig. 1. Below, an embodiment of the present invention will be described using a backpack as an example, but the backpack is only one example of the present invention, and the present invention can be applied to various bags such as handbags and shoulder bags, and the present invention is not limited to the following example.

[0011] The bag 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a generally rectangular parallelepiped bag body which constitutes the bag, and is provided with an access opening 2 which can be opened and closed by a zipper, which runs from the left side surface through the top surface to the right side surface.

[0012] When the access opening 2 of the bag 1 is open, as shown in FIG. 2, the inner pockets 3 are arranged along a wall 4 that separates a plurality of storage compartments inside the bag body. More specifically, the inner pocket 3 may be provided in multiple appropriate positions inside the bag (such as upper position A of the wall on the back side when the bag is worn close to the access opening, lower position B of the wall close to the bottom of the storage section, and rear wall C on the opposite side from the middle), but here three inner pockets 3a, 3b, 3c (3) are provided side by side on the left and right at upper position A of the wall on the back side when the bag is worn close to the access opening.

[0013] In Fig. 1, two inner pockets are provided at a lower position B of the wall close to the bottom of the storage section, and at a rear wall C on the opposite side to the middle, but since the positions A, B, and C are often easily distinguishable by their relative positions to the bag's access opening, it is not necessary to configure all of the inner pockets to be distinguishable by touch. However, the multiple inner pockets arranged side by side at the positions A, B, and C are configured to be distinguishable by touch. Below, an embodiment in which the pockets at position A are configured to be distinguishable by touch will be described in detail.

[0014] As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the first to third inner pockets 3a, 3b, 3c are provided at the upper position A of the wall part 4 on the back side when the bag is worn near the access opening, and are arranged in a row in the left and right direction. Each of the inner pockets 3a, 3b, 3c is formed into a pocket shape by sewing it to the wall part 4 on the back side when the bag is worn on the back with a gusset formed. The first to third inner pockets 3a, 3b, 3c can be made of leather, cloth, and resin sheets as constituent materials of different materials. Each of these sheets has a different feel and can be distinguished by touch.

[0015] Also, the inner pockets 3a, 3b, and 3c can be made using sheets of cowhide, crocodile leather, and pigskin, respectively, as constituent materials of different materials for the inner pockets 3. These sheets all have different textures and can be distinguished by touch.

[0016] In order to further increase the difference in texture, the inner pockets 3a, 3b, and 3c can be made using sheets of waterproof leather, embossed leather, and suede-finished leather, respectively, which are components that have been processed to give them different textures. Each of these sheets has a different texture and can be distinguished by touch.

[0017] Incidentally, the processing to impart different tactile sensations is usually applied to the entirety of each of the sheets constituting the inner pockets 3. However, if each of the inner pockets 3 is composed of multiple components, such as when it is decorated, the processing to impart different tactile sensations may be applied only to parts of the inner pockets 3a, 3b, 3c, for example by processing only the components constituting the inner pockets 3 near the openings of the inner pockets 3 to give them a different tactile sensation.

[0018] In this way, by creating each of the inner pockets with three different tactile sensations, each can be configured to be distinguishable by touch.

[0019] In addition, a monitoring test was conducted to determine whether blind subjects could distinguish by touch the above-mentioned waterproof leather, embossed leather, and suede-finished leather sheets, and the results showed that they had clearly different tactile sensations and could be instantly distinguished.

[0020] Similarly, when subjects were asked to open the opening of the bag with the above-mentioned configuration and check the contents of the items by touch, the blind monitor was able to accurately determine the position of the inner pockets and check the contents of the items even when the position of the inner pockets was slightly shifted due to the opening and closing of the opening or the deformation of the bag. Therefore, it was found that the bag of the present invention is very easy to use for visually impaired people. [Explanation of symbols]

[0021] 1. Bag 1a Zipper 2 Access point 3 inner pocket 3a First inner pocket 3b Second inner pocket 3c Third inner pocket 4 Wall

Claims

1. A bag having a plurality of inner pockets arranged side by side, A bag in which multiple inner pockets are configured to be identifiable by touch.

2. The bag according to claim 1, The bag is designed so that each inner pocket can be distinguished by touch by using components made of different materials.

3. The bag according to claim 1 or 2, The bag is constructed so that each inner pocket can be distinguished by touch by using components that have been processed to give them a different feel.

4. The bag according to claim 2, The bag is constructed using different types of leather, each of which can be distinguished by touch.

5. The bag according to claim 3, The components of this bag are made of leather that has been processed in different ways, allowing each to be distinguished by touch.

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