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Garment bag

CA 1285250 C · Owner: King, William L. · Inventors: King, William L.

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A flexible garment bag of the type which can be hung or held vertically or which can be folded transversely midway between the ends and carried by a handle like a suitcase. The front of the bag has an access panel attached at the bottom by a fold to allow it to be moved to open position. Detachable connections allow the access panel to be closed. When closed a handle on the, outside of the access panel allows the bag to be carried like a suitcase. Unlike other designs which put the handle on the back panel, this arrangement permits suits to be loaded in the usual way, but when the bag is folded the suits are folded with the lapels up instead of down, thus limiting wrinkling. A rigid folding …

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  • Granted June 25, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 25, 2008.
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FiledDecember 29, 1987
GrantedJune 25, 1991
Term endedJune 25, 2008
Patent numberCA 1285250 C
Classification (IPC)B65D85/18 +2 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedDec 29, 1987Patent grantedJune 25, 1991Term endedJune 25, 2008

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