The present disclosure provides a lock assembly for a bag, wherein the bag has a bag body and a bag flap, the assembly comprising: a body-side sub-assembly secured to the bag body; and a flap-side sub-assembly secured to the bag flap, wherein the body-side sub-assembly comprises: a base member having a rear portion secured to the bag body, a pair of rotation members, each rotation member including an upper grip and a lower shaft extending from the upper grip, a rotation-force transfer mechanism configured to transfer a rotation force between the pair of rotation members, wherein the rotation-force transfer mechanism employs a belt.

The PBL can be constructed utilizing various zipper configurations: one perimeter zipper (A) FIG. 5) (claims 1c, 2, 3) or a 3-way zipper configuration FIG. 1, 2, 3, 4) (Claims 1a, b, c, 2, 3) located on the front exterior storage compartment of the PBL. The 3-way zipper configuration has two independent zippers, one on each side, that run the entire length of each side and top of the front exterior storage compartment. The third middle zipper divides the front compartment from top to bottom, equally dividing the front compartment in halves. The various zipper configurations allows the user to (partially) or fully unzip only the front compartment and independently access or remove either or both internal/external customizable storage compartments, allowing for efficient storage and organization as well as effective and efficient item retrieval. (Claim 1a, b, c, 2, 3)

A carrying device made of moldable foam. The bag is divided into three sections as part of the one mold. The bag includes handles that are also made of moldable foam and include 3 sets of holes to allow the handles to be size adjustable as needed. The handles use screw buttons to attach to the bag, to allow the handles to open to attach to anything necessary. There are 10 holes within the bag in which the handles can be attached.