A carrying bag for facilitating a person carrying a pair of skates or other items. The carrying bag may also be used as a
cushion when empty of the skates or other items. The carrying bag may also be used to insulate items within the bag against cold environments, such as skating rinks.Two skate compartments each include two flexible webs fixed together at portions of the
peripheral edges thereof to form an internal pocket. Each web is selectively fixed together at other portions of the
peripheral edges at a mechanical
fastener, such as a zipper. Each flexible web substantially and mutually overlaps to form generally a skate-shaped profile that includes at least a narrow top portion and a front
toe-edge portion. Preferably the selectively openable other portions of the
peripheral edges are at a rear side of the bag. The narrow top portion of each compartment is mutually and opposingly fixed together at a seam area. The front
toe-edge portion of each compartment terminates at a rigid preferably metallic ring, each of which may be mutually and selectively connectable with a mechanical clap, or the like.A draw string is slidably captured by each narrow top portion of each compartment. The draw string forms a loop on the rear side of the bag, while two free ends of the drawstring terminate at a front side of the bag.In use, with each skate placed into the pocket of one of the compartments through the open mechanical
fastener, the
fastener may be closed to capture the skate within the pocket of the compartment. The bag may then be carried over the person's shoulder with the two rings mutually fixed around the person's
waist with the mechanical claps, or suspended from an object, such as a door knob, with the loop synched threrearound to secure the bag to the object.In one embodiment, each flexible web includes an outer layer and an inner layer. In such an embodiment, the outer layer may be a resilient
cushioning layer, and the inner layer may be made from an insulating layer of material. As such, items contained within the pocket are at least partially insulated from cold environments such as skating rinks.In such an embodiment, a second, hidden pocket may be included between the outer layer and the inner layer, opening through the inner layer. Similarly, a third pocket may be included between the outer layer and the inner layer, opening through the outer layer.