Patent attributes
A tote bag including a collapsible container body made of a foldable assembly of fabric panels 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. Opposite first and second lateral sides of the collapsible container body are each provided with a gusset fold designed to allow outward folding of the first and second lateral sides into flat-folded gusset sections. The collapsible container body is configured to be foldable into a flattened folded configuration where the first and second lateral sides are folded outward along the gusset fold into the flat-folded gusset sections, which are in turn foldable inward over lateral sections of a third one of the lateral sides, while a fourth one of the lateral sides is foldable inward to align the bottom side with the fourth lateral side. The collapsible container body is provided with a releasable holding structure to selectively secure the flat-folded gusset sections to the third lateral side and keep the collapsible container body in the flattened folded configuration.
