Carrying bag for pet used for bicycle basket

Abstract

To provide a carrying bag for a pet corresponding to a bicycle basket capable of easily securing a wide pet storage space inside a bag body.SOLUTION: A bag body 1 in which a pet storage space 11 for storing a pet is formed inside includes: a rectangular bottom surface portion 5; a front surface portion 6 and a rear surface portion 7 erected from a front edge and a rear edge of the bottom surface portion 5; an upper surface portion 8 facing an upper side of the bottom surface portion 5; a pair of right and left side surface portions 9 that partition both ends in the right-left direction of the pet storage space 11; and a bag width adjustment portion 10 that adjusts an interval between the pair of right and left side surface portions 9 according to an inner width in the right-left direction of a luggage basket B of the bicycle. The bag width adjustment portion 10 is configured to adjust the interval between the pair of right and left side surface portions 9 so as to form a reverse trapezoidal shape in which the width in the right and left direction of the back body 1 is enlarged upward from the bottom surface portion 5.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a pet carrier bag that fits in a bicycle basket. [Background technology]

[0002] Pet carrier bags are used when taking pets on public transportation or when transporting pets from home to a veterinary clinic (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 3).

[0003] The pet carrier bags in Patent Documents 1 to 3 have a bag body for accommodating a pet and a carrying strap for carrying the bag body by hand. The bag body is formed in a box shape with a rectangular bottom, a pair of side and end faces rising from the periphery of the bottom, and a top face facing above the bottom, forming a pet accommodation space inside for accommodating a pet. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Utility Model Registration No. 3104002 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 6-19449 [Patent Document 3] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-189319 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Meanwhile, the inventors of the present application have considered whether it would be possible to put a pet carrier bag in a bicycle basket and cycle with a pet or transport the pet to a destination (such as a veterinary clinic).

[0006] However, ordinary pet carriers cannot fit into bicycle luggage baskets. While pet carriers are manufactured and sold in a variety of sizes, including for large, medium, and small dogs, even small dog carriers are over 40 cm long and cannot fit into ordinary bicycle luggage baskets. Furthermore, the bottom of the bag is typically designed to have a certain degree of rigidity to prevent significant deformation due to the pet's weight, making it difficult to deform the bag and fit it into the luggage basket.

[0007] Additionally, backpack-style pet carrier bags that people can carry on their backs are also manufactured and sold, but very few are large enough to fit into bicycle baskets, and even if there are some that are large enough to fit into bicycle baskets, bicycle baskets are generally inverted trapezoidal shapes that narrow toward the bottom. Therefore, pet carrier bags that fit all the way to the bottom of the basket have extremely limited space inside the bag to accommodate pets, and can only be used for very small pets (such as small cats).

[0008] The inventors of this application therefore considered whether it was possible to create a pet carrier that could be carried in a bicycle luggage basket while ensuring as much pet storage space as possible inside the bag. As a result, they came up with the idea that if the size of the pet carrier could be adjusted to fit the size of the bicycle luggage basket, it would be possible to efficiently use the luggage baskets of various bicycles owned by various users, and that if the shape of the pet carrier was an inverted trapezoid that expanded upward from the bottom of the bag, it would be less likely to create dead space between the bag and the luggage basket when the bag was placed in the bicycle luggage basket, making it easier to ensure a pet storage space inside the bag.

[0009] The problem to be solved by this invention is to provide a pet carrier bag that is compatible with a bicycle basket and that makes it easy to ensure a large space for storing pets inside the bag body. [Means for solving the problem]

[0010] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a pet carrier bag compatible with a bicycle basket, having the following configuration. [Configuration 1] The bag has a bag body that forms a pet accommodation space therein for accommodating a pet, The bag body comprises a rectangular bottom surface, front and rear surface portions rising from the front and rear edges of the bottom surface, an upper surface portion facing above the bottom surface, a pair of left and right side surface portions defining both left and right ends of the pet accommodation space, and a bag width adjustment portion for adjusting the distance between the pair of left and right side surface portions in accordance with the left and right inner width of the bicycle luggage basket, A pet carrier bag compatible with bicycle baskets, characterized in that the bag width adjustment portion is configured to adjust the spacing between the pair of left and right side portions so that the bag body has an inverted trapezoid shape in which the left-right width of the bag body increases from the bottom portion upward.

[0011] With this configuration, the bag body is provided with a bag width adjustment section that adjusts the distance between the pair of left and right side sections, so the left-right width of the bag body can be adjusted to match the left-right internal width of the bicycle luggage basket, making it possible to use the luggage baskets of various bicycles owned by various users without waste.In addition, the bag width adjustment section allows the shape of the bag body to be an inverted trapezoid whose left-right width increases from the bottom toward the top, so when the bag body is placed in the bicycle luggage basket, dead space is less likely to be created between the left and right side sections of the bag body and the luggage basket, making it easier to ensure a large pet storage space inside the bag body.

[0012] [Configuration 2] The bag width adjustment portion includes an extension fabric that connects the left and right side edges of the bottom, front, top, and rear portions to the peripheral edges of the pair of left and right side portions, fabric storage slide fasteners that join the left and right side edges of the bottom, front, top, and rear portions to the peripheral edges of the pair of left and right side portions when the extension fabric is folded, and a position fixing member that fixes the relative left-right position of the lower ends of the side portions to the bottom portion when the fabric storage slide fasteners are open.

[0013] With this configuration, the distance between the pair of left and right side sections can be narrowed by folding the extension fabric and closing the fabric storage slide fastener, while the distance between the pair of left and right side sections can be widened by opening the fabric storage slide fastener and unfolding the extension fabric. Furthermore, by fixing the relative positions of the lower ends of the side sections with respect to the bottom section of the bag body with the position fixing member and opening the fabric storage slide fastener in this state, the shape of the bag body can be made into an inverted trapezoid whose width in the left-right direction increases from the bottom section upward.

[0014] [Configuration 3] The position fixing member is formed in a flat plate shape extending inward in the left-right direction from the lower end of the side portion along the upper surface of the bottom portion, and a fixing device that detachably fixes the lower surface of the position fixing member to the upper surface of the bottom portion is attached to the lower surface of the position fixing member and the upper surface of the bottom portion.A pet carrier bag compatible with bicycle baskets as described in configuration 2.

[0015] [Configuration 4] The fabric storage slide fastener has a circumferential length that is greater than one circumference along the periphery of the side surface portion, A pet carrier bag compatible with bicycle baskets as described in configuration 2 or 3, wherein the starting and ending ends of the fabric storage slide fastener in the closing direction are positioned at positions corresponding to the lower edge of the periphery of the side portion.

[0016] With this configuration, for a fabric storage slide fastener having a circumferential length of more than one circumference along the periphery of the side surface, the starting and ending ends of the closing direction of the fabric storage slide fastener are positioned at positions corresponding to the lower edge of the side surface, so the bag body can be formed into an inverted trapezoid shape while leaving the closed portion of the fabric storage slide fastener on the lower edge of the side surface, thereby ensuring a stable shape of the bag body when formed into an inverted trapezoid shape.

[0017] In the above configurations 2 to 4, the following configuration can be added. The maximum width expansion dimension in the left and right direction of the bag body when the fabric storage slide fastener is opened and the expansion fabric is deployed is set to 3 cm or more and 7 cm or less on each side.

[0018] With this configuration, the maximum width expansion of the bag body in the left-right direction is set to 3cm or more on each side, making it possible to change the width of the bag body to fit the inside width of the general bicycle baskets owned by various users. Also, because the maximum width expansion of the bag body in the left-right direction is set to 7cm or less on each side, it is possible to prevent the bag body from becoming unnecessarily wide when expanded, ensuring ease of use for users who use pet carriers in bicycle baskets.

[0019] [Configuration 5] A pet carrier bag compatible with a bicycle basket as described in any of configurations 1 to 4, wherein the front and rear portions are inclined and rise from the bottom portion so that the distance between them in the front-to-rear direction increases upward from the bottom portion.

[0020] With this configuration, the front and rear parts of the bag body are inclined so that the distance between them in the front-to-rear direction increases from the bottom part upward, so when the bag body is placed in a bicycle luggage basket, dead space is less likely to occur between the front and rear parts of the bag body and the luggage basket, making it easier to ensure a large space for storing pets inside the bag body.

[0021] [Configuration 6] A pet carrier bag compatible with bicycle baskets as described in any one of configurations 1 to 5, in which a cushion sheet that absorbs impact transmitted from the bicycle basket to the pet in the pet accommodation space is removably attached to the upper surface of the bottom portion.

[0022] By adopting this configuration, when the bag body containing a pet is placed in the luggage basket of a bicycle and the bicycle is ridden, the cushion sheet absorbs the impact transmitted from the luggage basket, thereby reducing the burden on the pet.

[0023] [Configuration 7] The bicycle basket-compatible pet carrier bag according to any one of configurations 1 to 6, wherein a connecting belt that can be connected to a bicycle basket is attached to the bag body.

[0024] By adopting this configuration, it is possible to prevent the bag body containing the pet from falling out of the bicycle basket while the bicycle is in motion.

[0025] [Configuration 8] A bicycle basket-compatible pet carrier bag according to any one of configurations 1 to 7, wherein the upper surface portion is provided with a pet viewing window made of a transparent fabric that allows the pet storage space inside the bag body to be seen from the outside of the bag body.

[0026] By adopting this configuration, a user riding a bicycle can view a pet through the pet viewing window on the top surface of the bag body and check the condition of the pet inside the bag body.

[0027] The following configurations can be added to each of the above configurations. When the left-right spacing between the pair of left and right side sections is narrowed by the bag width adjustment section, the outer width in the left-right direction between the lower ends of the side sections is set in the range of 26 cm to 34 cm, and the outer width in the front-to-rear direction between the lower ends of the front section and the rear section is set in the range of 20 cm to 28 cm.

[0028] By adding this configuration, it is possible to reliably adjust the size of the bag body to fit the general bicycle baskets owned by various users. [Effects of the Invention]

[0029] The bicycle basket-compatible pet carrier of this invention has a bag width adjustment section on the bag body that adjusts the distance between the pair of left and right side sections, so the left-right width of the bag body can be adjusted to match the left-right interior width of the bicycle luggage basket, making it possible to use the bag efficiently with the sizes of luggage baskets owned by various bicycles owned by various users.In addition, the bag width adjustment section allows the shape of the bag body to be an inverted trapezoid that widens left-right from the bottom upward, so when the bag body is placed in the bicycle luggage basket, there is less dead space between the left and right side sections of the bag body and the luggage basket, making it easier to ensure a large pet storage space inside the bag body. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0030] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view showing a pet carrier bag compatible with a bicycle basket according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 2] Front view of the pet carrier bag shown in Figure 1 [Figure 3] Cross-sectional view along line III-III in Figure 2 [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the inside of the bag body with the side portion shown in FIG. 1 opened. [Figure 5] FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cushion sheet shown in FIG. 4 is removed. [Figure 6] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the cushion sheet shown in FIG. 4 . [Figure 7] FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the vicinity of the fabric storage slide fastener of the bag body shown in FIG. 2; [Figure 8] The figure shows the state in which the fabric storage slide fastener shown in Figure 2 is opened all around and the expansion fabric is deployed. [Figure 9]FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the inside of the bag body with the side portion shown in FIG. 8 opened. [Figure 10] FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the bag body shown in FIG. 8, seen obliquely from below. [Figure 11] 5 is a view showing a state in which the fabric storage slide fastener shown in FIG. 2 is opened with the lower end of the side portion shown in FIG. 2 fixed to the innermost position in the left-right direction by the position fixing member shown in FIG. 4. [Figure 12] 12 is a perspective view of the bag body shown in FIG. 11 viewed from diagonally below. [Figure 13] 12 is a diagram showing the state in which the bag body shown in FIG. 11 is placed in a bicycle basket. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0031] Fig. 1 shows a pet carrier bag compatible with bicycle baskets (hereinafter referred to as "pet carrier bag") according to an embodiment of the present invention. This pet carrier bag has a bag body 1 for storing a pet, a carrying strap 2 for carrying the bag body 1 by hand, a shoulder strap 3 for hanging the bag body 1 from the shoulder, and a connecting strap 4 for connecting the bag body 1 to a bicycle basket B (see Fig. 13).

[0032] As shown in Figure 3, the bag body 1 consists of a rectangular bottom portion 5, a front portion 6 rising from the front edge of the bottom portion 5 (the right end in the figure), a rear portion 7 rising from the rear edge of the bottom portion 5 (the left end in the figure), an upper portion 8 facing above the bottom portion 5, a pair of left and right side portions 9 (see Figure 2), and a bag width adjustment portion 10 (see Figure 2).

[0033] As shown in Fig. 3, a pet housing space 11 for housing a pet is formed inside the bag body 1. Both ends of the pet housing space 11 in the front-to-rear direction (left-to-right direction in the figure) are defined by a front surface portion 6 and a rear surface portion 7, and both ends of the pet housing space 11 in the left-to-right direction (direction perpendicular to the paper surface in the figure) are defined by a pair of left and right side surfaces 9 (see Fig. 2). The top surface portion 8 and the bottom surface portion 5 face each other vertically with the pet housing space 11 between them.

[0034] The bottom portion 5 has a structure in which a rigid plate material (not shown), such as a plastic plate, is sandwiched between the outer and inner linings. This prevents the bottom portion 5 from being significantly deformed by the weight of the pet inside the bag body 1 when the bag body 1 is lifted. Furthermore, a cushioning material (not shown) is provided along the top surface of the plate material between the outer and inner linings to absorb shocks transmitted from the bicycle's luggage basket.

[0035] The front surface portion 6 and the rear surface portion 7 rise at an angle relative to the bottom surface portion 5 so that the distance between them in the front-to-rear direction (left-to-right direction in the figure) increases upward from the bottom surface portion 5, and the upper ends of the front surface portion 6 and the rear surface portion 7 are connected by the upper surface portion 8. The upper surface portion 8 is formed in a semi-cylindrical shape that opens downward, and its lower end smoothly connects to the upper ends of the front surface portion 6 and the rear surface portion 7.

[0036] The shapes of the front portion 6, top portion 8, and rear portion 7 are elastically maintained by elastic rod-shaped core material 12 (see FIG. 2). That is, the front portion 6, top portion 8, and rear portion 7 are formed as a single piece from a flexible fabric, and as shown in FIG. 2, the elastic restoring force of elastic rod-shaped core material 12 attached along the left and right side edges of the front portion 6, top portion 8, and rear portion 7 maintains the bag in a U-shaped cross section that opens downward, as shown in FIG. 3. As a result, when the bag body 1 is placed in a bicycle cargo basket B (see FIG. 13), the rising angles of the front portion 6 and rear portion 7 change depending on the shape of the cargo basket B, allowing the bag to fit the inner surface of the cargo basket B. Also, as shown in FIG. 2, elastic rod-shaped core material 12 is attached to the side portion 9 along the front, upper, and rear edges of the side portion 9.

[0037] As shown in Figures 2 and 3, ventilation windows 13 made of mesh fabric are formed on the front surface 6 and the rear surface 7. As shown in Figure 1, ventilation windows 14 made of mesh fabric are also formed on the pair of left and right side surface portions 9, and these ventilation windows 13, 14 ensure the breathability of the pet housing space 11 shown in Figure 3.

[0038] As shown in Fig. 1, the top surface 8 is provided with a pet viewing window 15. The pet viewing window 15 is made of a see-through fabric (e.g., mesh fabric) that allows the pet accommodation space 11 inside the bag body 1 to be seen from the outside of the bag body 1. The top surface 8 is also provided with a window opening / closing slide fastener 16 that extends along the periphery of the pet viewing window 15, and by opening the window opening / closing slide fastener 16 to expose the pet viewing window 15, it is possible to put a pet in or take it out through the top surface 8 of the bag body 1 even when the bag body 1 is placed in a bicycle luggage basket B (see Fig. 13).

[0039] As shown in Fig. 2, the bag body 1 is formed symmetrically. The pair of left and right side portions 9 rise at an angle relative to the bottom portion 5 so as to form an inverted trapezoid shape in which the width of the bag body 1 in the left-right direction increases upward from the bottom portion 5. As shown in Fig. 2, the angle formed by the side portions 9 and the bottom portion 5 is set to 92° or more when the left-right distance between the pair of left and right side portions 9 is narrowed by the bag width adjustment portion 10.

[0040] As shown in FIG. 1, a side-opening slide fastener 17 is provided on the side surface portion 9. The side-opening slide fastener 17 extends continuously from the front end of the lower edge of the side surface portion 9 along the front, upper, and rear edges of the side surface portion 9, without interruption, to the rear end of the lower edge of the side surface portion 9. When this slide fastener is opened, as shown in FIG. 4, the side surface portion 9 is folded outward to open the side of the bag body 1, making it possible to put a pet in or take it out through the opening. Similarly, a side-opening slide fastener 17 is provided on the opposite side surface portion 9.

[0041] As shown in Fig. 1, the connecting belt 4 has a band-shaped belt member 18 held on the outer periphery of the bag body 1, and a one-touch buckle 19 attached to the belt member 18. The one-touch buckle 19 consists of a plug and a socket attached to the belt member 18 at separate locations in the longitudinal direction, and as shown in Fig. 13, the belt member 18 is looped around a part of the bicycle's cargo basket B and the plug is inserted into the socket to connect them, thereby making it possible to connect the bag body 1 to the cargo basket B. The connecting belt 4 is provided at multiple locations (for example, four locations) at intervals around the periphery of the bag body 1.

[0042] As shown in Figures 2 and 8, the bag width adjustment unit 10 has an expansion fabric 20 for expanding the width of the bag body 1 in the left-right direction, a fabric storage slide fastener 21 for storing the expansion fabric 20, and a position fixing member 22 (see Figure 5) for fixing the position of the lower end of the side portion 9.

[0043] As shown in Fig. 8, the extension fabric 20 connects the left and right side edges of each of the bottom surface portion 5, front surface portion 6, top surface portion 8, and rear surface portion 7 (see Fig. 9) to the peripheral edges of a pair of left and right side surface portions 9. Specifically, the extension fabric 20 is formed into a tubular shape from a flexible fabric (for example, a synthetic fiber fabric), and the inner left and right ends of the extension fabric 20 are sewn and fixed to the outer left and right ends of each of the bottom surface portion 5, front surface portion 6, top surface portion 8, and rear surface portion 7 (see Fig. 9), and the outer left and right ends of the extension fabric 20 are sewn and fixed to the peripheral edges of the side surface portions 9.

[0044] As shown in Figures 2 and 7, the fabric storage slide fasteners 21 are provided to connect the left and right side edges of the bottom surface portion 5, front surface portion 6, top surface portion 8, and rear surface portion 7 to the peripheral edges of the pair of left and right side surface portions 9 when the extension fabric 20 is folded. Specifically, as shown in Figure 7, the fabric storage slide fasteners 21 have a pair of fastener elements 23 with multiple teeth fixed along the side edges of a tape extending in a strip shape with a constant width, and a slider 24 that simultaneously engages with both teeth of the pair of fastener elements 23. One of the pair of fastener elements 23 is sewn to the outer left and right ends of the bottom surface portion 5 (see Figure 2), front surface portion 6 (see Figure 2), top surface portion 8, and rear surface portion 7 (see Figure 4) so ​​as to overlap the outside of the extension fabric 20, and the other is sewn to the peripheral edges of the side surface portions 9 so as to overlap the outside of the extension fabric 20.

[0045] As shown in Figure 10, fabric storage slide fastener 21 has a circumferential length that extends more than around the entire circumference of side portion 9, and when fabric storage slide fastener 21 is fully opened, it is possible to unfold extension fabric 20 in the left-right direction along the entire circumference. Furthermore, starting end 25 and ending end 26 of fabric storage slide fastener 21 in the closing direction are located at positions corresponding to the lower edge of the periphery of side portion 9. Starting end 25 of fabric storage slide fastener 21 in the closing direction is fixed by sewing to extension fabric 20. As shown in Figure 8, the width of bag body 1 in the left-right direction expanded by opening fabric storage slide fastener 21 and unfolding extension fabric 20 is set to between 3 cm and 7 cm on each side (i.e., between 6 cm and 14 cm on both the left and right sides).

[0046] As shown in FIGS. 5 and 9 , the position fixing member 22 is formed in a flat plate shape extending inward in the left-right direction from the lower end of the side portion 9 along the upper surface of the bottom portion 5. The outer left-right ends of the position fixing member 22 are sewn to the lower end of the side portion 9. Fixing devices 27 are attached to the lower surface of the position fixing member 22 and the upper surface of the bottom portion 5, removably fixing the lower surface of the position fixing member 22 to the upper surface of the bottom portion 5. In this case, the fixing devices 27 are hook-and-loop fasteners, and when fixing the position fixing member 22 to the bottom portion 5, the position fixing member 22 can be fixed at any position in the left-right direction. When the position fixing member 22 is fixed to the upper surface of the bottom portion 5, the lower end of the side portion 9 is connected to the bottom portion 5 via the position fixing member 22. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 11 , it is possible to fix the left-right position of the lower end of the side portion 9 relative to the bottom portion 5 when the fabric storage slide fastener 21 is open.

[0047] The position fixing member 22 shown in Figures 5 and 9 is rigid enough to withstand an inward force in the left-right direction when it acts on the side surface portion 9 shown in Figure 8. Such a position fixing member 22 can be configured by sandwiching a rigid plate material (not shown) such as a plastic plate between a synthetic fiber outer and inner lining. A cushion sheet 28 (see Figure 4) is provided on top of the position fixing member 22 shown in Figure 5.

[0048] The bag width adjustment unit 10 shown in Figure 2 opens the fabric storage slide fastener 21 as shown in Figure 8, and in that state, adjusts the left-right position of the position fixing member 22 shown in Figure 5, thereby making it possible to adjust the distance between the pair of left and right side portions 9 shown in Figure 8 in accordance with the left-right inner width of the bicycle luggage basket B (see Figure 13).

[0049] As shown in Fig. 2, when the left-right spacing between the pair of left and right side sections 9 is narrowed by the bag width adjustment section 10, the outer width in the left-right direction between the lower ends of the side sections 9 is set to a range of 26 cm to 34 cm. Also, the outer width in the front-to-rear direction (left-to-right direction in the drawing) between the lower ends of the front section 6 and the rear section 7 shown in Fig. 3 is set to a range of 20 cm to 28 cm. The outer width is the dimension measured by the inner width in the left-to-right and front-to-rear directions of the smallest rectangular frame into which the lower end of the bag main body 1 can be inserted while elastically deforming without strain.

[0050] As shown in Figure 4, the cushion sheet 28 is placed under the pet housing space 11, which is surrounded by a pair of side surfaces 9, the front surface 6, and the rear surface 7. The cushion sheet 28 has a structure in which a cushioning material (not shown) is sandwiched between an outer surface and an inner surface, and is capable of absorbing the impact transmitted from the bicycle basket B (see Figure 13) to the pet in the pet housing space 11.

[0051] As shown in Figure 6, the cushion sheet 28 has a rectangular cushion sheet main body 29, a cushion sheet extension 30 connected to both left and right ends of the cushion sheet main body 29 via fold lines, and a folded piece 31 connected to the front edge (or rear edge) of the cushion sheet main body 29 via a fold line.

[0052] A hook-and-loop fastener 32 is attached to the upper surface of the folded-over piece 31. A hook-and-loop fastener 33 is also attached to the underside of the cushion sheet main body 29. This cushion sheet 28 can be detachably attached to the upper surface of the bottom surface 5 by folding the folded-over piece 31 under the cushion sheet main body 29 and then connecting the hook-and-loop fasteners 32, 33 to hook-and-loop fasteners 34, 35 attached to the bottom surface 5 as shown in FIG.

[0053] 6 has a pet sheet (not shown) for absorbing pet urine placed on its upper surface, both ends of which can be folded under the cushion sheet 28 and held in place by holders (not shown) provided on the underside of the cushion sheet 28. By peeling the hook-and-loop fasteners 33 on the underside of the cushion sheet main body 29 shown in Fig. 6 from the hook-and-loop fasteners 35 on the bottom surface 5 shown in Fig. 5 while the hook-and-loop fasteners 32 on the folded pieces 31 of the cushion sheet 28 remain connected to the hook-and-loop fasteners 34 on the bottom surface 5 shown in Fig. 5, the cushion sheet main body 29 shown in Fig. 6 can be lifted upward along the fold line between the cushion sheet main body 29 and the folded pieces 31. This allows the pet sheet to be replaced without removing the cushion sheet 28 shown in Fig. 4 from the bottom surface 5.

[0054] As shown in Figures 2 and 8, this pet carrier bag has a bag width adjustment section 10 on the bag body 1 that adjusts the distance between a pair of left and right side sections 9.This means that the left and right width of the bag body 1 can be adjusted to match the left and right inner width of the bicycle's luggage basket B (see Figure 13), making it possible to make full use of the size of the luggage basket B of each bicycle owned by various users.

[0055] In other words, this pet carrier bag can narrow the gap between the pair of left and right side sections 9 as shown in Figure 2 by folding the expansion fabric 20 shown in Figure 8 and closing the fabric storage slide fastener 21, while opening the fabric storage slide fastener 21 and unfolding the expansion fabric 20 as shown in Figure 8 can widen the gap between the pair of left and right side sections 9. In this way, by changing the gap between the pair of left and right side sections 9, it is possible to adjust the left-right width of the bag body 1 according to the internal width of the bicycle luggage basket B (see Figure 13).

[0056] 5, the relative position of the lower end of the side surface portion 9 relative to the bottom surface portion 5 of the bag body 1 is fixed by the position fixing member 22, and in this state, the fabric storage slide fastener 21 is opened, thereby enabling the shape of the bag body 1 to be an inverted trapezoid whose width in the left-right direction increases upward from the bottom surface portion 5, as shown in FIG. 11. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, when the bag body 1 is placed in a bicycle luggage basket B, dead space is unlikely to be created between the left and right side surface portions 9 of the bag body 1 and the luggage basket B, making it easy to ensure a large pet accommodation space 11 inside the bag body 1. In the state shown in FIG. 11, the angle formed by the side surface portion 9 and the bottom surface portion 5 is larger than that in the state shown in FIG. 2, specifically set to 94° or more.

[0057] 10, this pet carrier bag has fabric storage slide fastener 21 having a circumferential length that extends more than once around the periphery of side portion 9, and starting end 25 and ending end 26 of fabric storage slide fastener 21 in the closing direction are positioned at positions that correspond to the lower edge of side portion 9, so that bag body 1 can be formed into an inverted trapezoidal shape while leaving the closed portion of fabric storage slide fastener 21 at the lower edge of side portion 9, as shown in FIG. 12. Therefore, when bag body 1 is formed into an inverted trapezoidal shape, the shape of bag body 1 is stable.

[0058] 8, when fabric storage slide fastener 21 is opened and expandable fabric 20 is unfolded, bag body 1 has a maximum left-right expansion dimension of 3 cm or more on each side, making it possible to change the width of bag body 1 to correspond to the inside width of general bicycle luggage basket B owned by various users. Also, because the maximum left-right expansion dimension of bag body 1 is set to 7 cm or less on each side, it is possible to prevent bag body 1 from becoming unnecessarily wide when expanded, ensuring ease of use for users who use the pet carrier in a bicycle luggage basket B.

[0059] Furthermore, as shown in Figure 3, this pet carrier bag is inclined such that the front and rear portions 6 and 7 of the bag body 1 increase in distance from the bottom portion 5 upward in the front-to-back direction (left-to-right direction in the figure). Therefore, when the bag body 1 is placed in a bicycle luggage basket B (see Figure 13), dead space is less likely to occur between the front and rear portions 6 and 7 of the bag body 1 and the luggage basket B, making it easier to ensure a large pet storage space 11 inside the bag body 1.

[0060] Similarly, as shown in Figure 2, even when the left-right spacing between the pair of left and right side portions 9 is narrowed using the bag width adjustment portion 10, the pair of left and right side portions 9 are inclined so that the left-right width of the bag body 1 increases upward from the bottom portion 5.Therefore, when the bag body 1 is placed in a bicycle luggage basket B (see Figure 13), dead space is less likely to occur between the pair of left and right side portions 9 of the bag body 1 and the luggage basket B, making it easier to ensure a large pet accommodation space 11 inside the bag body 1.

[0061] In addition, as shown in Figure 4, this pet carrier bag has a cushion sheet 28 removably attached to the upper surface of the bottom portion 5, so that when the bag body 1 containing a pet is placed in the bicycle's cargo basket B (see Figure 13) and the pet is ridden, the cushion sheet 28 can absorb the impact transmitted from the cargo basket B, thereby reducing the burden on the pet.

[0062] Furthermore, as shown in Figure 13, this pet carrier bag has a connecting belt 4 attached to the bag body 1 that can be connected to the bicycle's luggage basket B, making it possible to prevent the bag body 1 containing the pet from falling out of the bicycle's luggage basket B while the bicycle is in motion.

[0063] As shown in Figure 1, this pet carrier bag has a pet viewing window 15 on the top surface 8 of the bag body 1, which is made of a transparent fabric that allows the pet storage space 11 inside the bag body 1 to be seen from the outside of the bag body 1. This allows the user riding the bicycle to see the pet through the pet viewing window 15 on the top surface 8 of the bag body 1 and check the condition of the pet inside the bag body 1.

[0064] Furthermore, as shown in Figure 2, when the left-right spacing between the pair of left and right side sections 9 is narrowed using the bag width adjustment section 10, the outer width in the left-right direction between the lower ends of the side sections 9 is set to a range of 26 cm or more and 34 cm or less, and the outer width in the front-to-back direction between the lower ends of the front section 6 and rear section 7 shown in Figure 3 is set to a range of 20 cm or more and 28 cm or less, so that the size of the bag body 1 can be reliably adapted to fit the luggage baskets B of typical bicycles owned by a variety of users.

[0065] In the above embodiment, a front basket is used as the bicycle cargo basket B for carrying a pet carrier bag, but the pet carrier bag of this embodiment can also be placed in a rear basket of the bicycle.

[0066] The embodiments disclosed herein should be considered to be illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the claims, not by the above description, and is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope of the claims. [Explanation of symbols]

[0067] 1 bag body 4 Connecting belt 5 Bottom part 6 Front part 7 Rear part 8 Top part 9 Side part 10 Bag width adjustment section 11 Pet Containment Space 15 Pet viewing window 20 Extended Fabric 21 Fabric storage slide fastener 22 Position fixing member 25 Starting Point 26 Termination 27 Fixtures 28 Cushion Seat B. Luggage basket

Claims

1. The bag has a bag body (1) that forms a pet accommodation space (11) therein for accommodating a pet, The bag body (1) comprises a rectangular bottom surface (5), a front surface (6) and a rear surface (7) rising from the front and rear edges of the bottom surface (5), an upper surface (8) facing above the bottom surface (5), a pair of left and right side surfaces (9) that define both ends of the pet accommodation space (11) in the left and right direction, and a bag width adjustment section (10) that adjusts the distance between the pair of left and right side surfaces (9) in accordance with the left and right inner width of the bicycle luggage basket (B), The bag width adjustment section (10) is configured to be able to adjust the spacing between the pair of left and right side sections (9) so that the bag body (1) has an inverted trapezoidal shape in which the width in the left-right direction of the bag body (1) increases upward from the bottom section (5).

2. 2. The pet carrier bag compatible with bicycle baskets according to claim 1, wherein the bag width adjustment section (10) comprises an extension fabric (20) connecting the left and right side edges of the bottom section (5), the front section (6), the top section (8), and the rear section (7) to the peripheral edges of the pair of left and right side sections (9); fabric storage slide fasteners (21) connecting the left and right side edges of the bottom section (5), the front section (6), the top section (8), and the rear section (7) to the peripheral edges of the pair of left and right side sections (9) when the extension fabric (20) is folded; and a position fixing member (22) fixing the relative position of the lower ends of the side sections (9) in the left-right direction with respect to the bottom section (5) when the fabric storage slide fasteners (21) are open.

3. The position fixing member (22) is formed in a flat plate shape extending inward in the left-right direction from the lower end of the side portion (9) along the upper surface of the bottom portion (5), and a fixing device (27) that detachably fixes the lower surface of the position fixing member (22) to the upper surface of the bottom portion (5) is attached to the lower surface of the position fixing member (22) and the upper surface of the bottom portion (5), as described in claim 2.

4. The fabric storage slide fastener (21) has a circumferential length that extends more than one circumference along the periphery of the side portion (9), A pet carrier bag compatible with bicycle baskets as described in claim 2 or 3, wherein the starting end (25) and ending end (26) of the fabric storage slide fastener (21) in the closing direction are positioned at positions corresponding to the lower edge of the periphery of the side portion (9).

5. A pet carrier bag compatible with bicycle baskets as described in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the front portion (6) and the rear portion (7) are inclined and rise from the bottom portion (5) so that the distance between them in the front-to-rear direction increases upward from the bottom portion (5).

6. 4. The pet carrier bag compatible with bicycle baskets according to claim 1, wherein a cushion sheet (28) for absorbing shock transmitted from the bicycle basket (B) to the pet in the pet accommodation space (11) is detachably attached to the upper surface of the bottom portion (5).

7. 4. The bicycle basket-compatible pet carrier bag according to claim 1, wherein a connecting belt (4) that can be connected to a bicycle basket (B) is attached to the bag body (1).

8. A pet carrier bag compatible with bicycle baskets as described in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the top surface portion (8) is provided with a pet viewing window (15) made of a transparent fabric that allows the pet storage space (11) inside the bag body (1) to be seen from the outside of the bag body (1).

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