US 11,882,921 B2
Expandable sling bag
Spencer N. Cope, Provo, UT (US); and Zackary B. Cluff, Heber City, UT (US)
Assigned to WANDRD, LLC, Orem, UT (US)
Filed by WANDRD, LLC, Orem, UT (US)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,404.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378178 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A45F 3/02 (2006.01); A45F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45F 3/02 (2013.01) [A45F 2003/003 (2013.01); A45F 2200/0525 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sling bag for use with a portable computer comprising a laptop computer or a tablet computer and having a first major dimension comprising one of a length and a width of the portable computer and a second major dimension comprising another of the length and the width of the portable computer, with the second major dimension being the same as or larger than the first major dimension, the sling bag comprising:
a bag body having a back, a front, side edges, a top, a bottom, a width, and a height, with the width of the bag body exceeding the height of the bag body and being greater than the first major dimension of the portable computer and the height of the bag body being smaller than the second major dimension of the portable computer, the bag body including:
a primary receptacle accessible through a primary opening in the top of the bag body;
a secondary receptacle accessible from a secondary opening in the top of the bag body, the secondary opening having a length and the secondary receptacle having a width that enable the secondary opening and the secondary receptacle to receive the first major dimension of the portable computer inserted therethrough;
a bottom opening beneath the secondary opening, the bottom opening having a length that enables the bottom opening to receive the first major dimension of the portable computer inserted therethrough; and
a bottom closure for the bottom opening;
an expandable base extending across a bottom portion of the secondary receptacle, collapsible within the bottom portion of the secondary receptacle, accessible from the bottom opening of the bag body, and extendable through the bottom opening of the bag body to expand the secondary receptacle through the bottom opening when the bottom closure is open, a combined length of the expandable base and the secondary receptacle being sufficient to receive the second major dimension of the portable computer;
a shoulder strap securable to the bag body; and
a retention system comprising a strap extendable over only a portion of the secondary opening in the top of the bag body, between a rear location adjacent to the back of the bag body and front location toward the front of the bag body, the strap securable in place over the secondary opening.