US 12,471,693 B2
Modular gear bag system
Tyler Cigard, Irvine, CA (US); Sharon Jieun Park, Irvine, CA (US); Katelyn Fukushima, Irvine, CA (US); and Scott Lambert, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by 5.11, Inc., Manteca, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,976.
Application 17/812,976 is a continuation of application No. 16/748,502, filed on Jan. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,388,978.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/795,168, filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346534 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A45F 4/02 (2006.01); A45F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45F 4/02 (2013.01) [A45F 2003/003 (2013.01); A45F 2004/023 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular gear bag system, comprising:
a gear bag, comprising:
a body with a front, a back, and defining an interior space located in between the front and the back;
a flap connected to the body along one edge and having a free edge such that the flap can be lifted away from the body;
a pair of first connection locations located underneath the flap, each of the pair of first connection locations being spaced apart from one another in a width direction of the gear bag; and
a second connection location located below the pair of first connection locations, the second connection location spaced below the flap; and
a plurality of accessories, each one of the plurality of accessories comprising:
a pair of first accessory connections each configured to selectively connect with one of the pair of first connection locations of the gear bag; and
a second accessory connection configured to selectively connect with the second connection location of the gear bag;
wherein any selected one of the plurality of accessories can be connected to the body of the gear bag by connecting the pair of first accessory connections to the pair of first connection locations and also connecting the second accessory connection to the second connection location.