A shopping cart accessory pouch. The device includes a flexible base including a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of central dividing walls. The pair of central dividing walls separate an interior of the base into a front compartment and a rear compartment. The pair of central dividing walls defining a central pocket therebetween for receiving thin items such as coupons or other thin objects. A perimeter cord is disposed about an upper perimeter of the base. A plurality of attachment fasteners are removably secured to the perimeter cord, wherein each attachment fastener of the plurality of attachment fasteners is configured to secure the base to a rail of a shopping cart. The device is configured to provide additional storage space that is elevated above the lower surface of the shopping cart, such that additional items may be stored under the pouch.

A tote bag including a collapsible container body made of a foldable assembly of fabric panels that are joined together to form a bottom side and a sidewall including four lateral sides that jointly define an inner storage volume when the collapsible container body takes an expanded state. The sidewall is formed of at least one side panel joined at extremities along at least one vertical connection line. The four lateral sides are defined by pinching the at least one side panel to form four vertical ridges that shape the sidewall into the four lateral sides, each vertical ridge being formed by pinching of the at least one side panel along a pinching line that does not extend fully to the bottom side and stops at a first distance from the bottom side. Furthermore, each vertical connection line is positioned along the sidewall at a location that does not coincide with any one of the vertical ridges.

A tote bag including a collapsible container body made of a foldable assembly of fabric panels that are joined together to form a bottom side and a sidewall including four lateral sides that jointly define an inner storage volume when the collapsible container body takes an expanded state. The sidewall is formed of at least one side panel joined at extremities along at least one vertical connection line. The four lateral sides are defined by pinching the at least one side panel to form four vertical ridges that shape the sidewall into the four lateral sides, each vertical ridge being formed by pinching of the at least one side panel along a pinching line that does not extend fully to the bottom side and stops at a first distance from the bottom side. Furthermore, each vertical connection line is positioned along the sidewall at a location that does not coincide with any one of the vertical ridges.

A combination carrying device includes a rigid basket having a flexible bag nested therein. The flexible bag may be formed from one or more fabrics or like materials and form or define a tapered volume having a pair of handle extensions. The rigid basket may be formed from plastics or like materials and include rotatable handles mounted to sides of the rigid basket. The flexible bag and the rigid basket include magnetically compatible components that cause the flexible bag to remain nested within the rigid basket when such components are within a close proximity of one another. A customer carrying a combination carrying device in a materials handling facility may place one or more items in the flexible bag nested within the rigid basket, and extract the flexible bag from the rigid basket after executing a purchase for the items therein.

A system is described for making use of recycled containers, such as recyclable bags. The shopper first opts into a reusable bag recycling program using a computing device, such as a smartphone. The shopper may select and purchase products through an e-commerce system. The e-commerce system determines if the shopper has allergies and if so, either provides a non-allergenic reusable bag to shopper, or uses non-allergenic bags to package the products purchased through the e-commerce system. If the shopper does not have allergies, then a standard reusable bag will be used. An automated dispensing unit receives reusable bags, authenticates, tests, sanitizes and stores the reusable bags. Credit is provided to shopper for each reusable bag returned. It also debits the account of shopper for reusable bags provided to shopper or used to package products purchased through the e-commerce system.

A system is described for making use of recycled containers, such as recyclable bags. The shopper first opts into a reusable bag recycling program using a computing device, such as a smartphone. The shopper may select and purchase products through an e-commerce system. The e-commerce system determines if the shopper has allergies and if so, either provides a non-allergenic reusable bag to shopper, or uses non-allergenic bags to package the products purchased through the e-commerce system. If the shopper does not have allergies, then a standard reusable bag will be used. An automated dispensing unit receives reusable bags, authenticates, tests, sanitizes and stores the reusable bags. Credit is provided to shopper for each reusable bag returned. It also debits the account of shopper for reusable bags provided to shopper or used to package products purchased through the e-commerce system.

Disclosed is a reusable bag that is compact and capable of being constantly kept-on hand by a consumer without being an impediment to a consumer's everyday activities. In a preferred embodiment, a disclosed reusable bag may be folded into a wallet-fitting card that may be kept on-hand in a persons' wallet, purse, or apparel pockets. In another preferred embodiment, the disclosed reusable bag defines a wallet-fitting card (e.g., credit card sized) that unfurls to become a reusable bag.

Disclosed is a reusable bag that is compact and capable of being constantly kept-on hand by a consumer without being an impediment to a consumer's everyday activities. In a preferred embodiment, a disclosed reusable bag may be folded into a wallet-fitting card that may be kept on-hand in a persons' wallet, purse, or apparel pockets. In another preferred embodiment, the disclosed reusable bag defines a wallet-fitting card (e.g., credit card sized) that unfurls to become a reusable bag.

Products, processes, and kits are provided for compressing, containing, and carrying goods, particularly soft goods. Cinchable carrying bags are reconfigurable between and open, substantially flat configuration and the present disclosure relates to cinchable carrying bags, cases, or luggage. In particular, present disclosure relates to portable, soft-sided or textile bags configured for reducing the volume or footprint of a load of goods, such as soft goods, contained therein. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to reconfigurable bag templates configured for receiving a load of goods while in an open or substantially flat configuration, wrapping around the load of goods into a folded configuration, reducing the volume or footprint of the goods in a cinched configuration, and securing or containing the cinched goods in a closed configuration. The present disclosure relates to cinchable carrying bags, cases, or luggage. In particular, present disclosure relates to portable, soft-sided or textile bags configured for reducing the volume or footprint of a load of goods, such as soft goods, contained therein. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to reconfigurable bag templates configured for receiving a load of goods while in an open or substantially flat configuration, wrapping around the load of goods into a folded configuration, reducing the volume or footprint of the goods in a cinched configuration, and securing or containing the cinched goods in a closed configuration.

A sectional modular bag, which is variably conformable between a flattened non-use condition, and a container-use condition, comprises at least one containing bag body composed of only two parts (2), which are designed to generally define two main partitions (3a), two side partitions (3b), at least one bottom partition (4) and an opening (20) of said bag body (1).