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A carrying bag convertible to a flat mat includes a rectangular body member of flexible foldable material and an arrangement of fold lines and fasteners which enables the body member to be used alternately as a flat mat or a relatively compact, compartmented carrying bag, the arrangement further all

A carrying bag convertible to a flat mat includes a rectangular body member of flexible foldable material and an arrangement of fold lines and fasteners which enables the body member to be used alternately as a flat mat or a relatively compact, compartmented carrying bag, the arrangement further allowing selective joining of a plurality of such body members, when in the flat mat configuration, to establish an integral, extended flat mat assembly.

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An article of manufacture convertible between a flat mat and an erect carrying bag, said article of manufacture comprising: a body member of flexible foldable material, the body member having a longitudinal centerline and an outer periphery including opposed longitudinally-extending side edges and o

An article of manufacture convertible between a flat mat and an erect carrying bag, said article of manufacture comprising: a body member of flexible foldable material, the body member having a longitudinal centerline and an outer periphery including opposed longitudinally-extending side edges and opposed laterally-extending end edges when the body member is in the flat mat configuration; a first fold line extending laterally across the body member generally intermediate the end edges to define panels in the body member; at least one second fold line extending laterally across the body member, the second fold line being located generally intermediate the first fold line and a corresponding end edge to define a pair of main sections in the corresponding panel, such that upon folding the body member along the second fold line the main sections of the corresponding panel will be juxtaposed with one another; a pair of third fold lines extending longitudinally along the body member, each third fold line being located generally intermediate the longitudinal centerline of the body member and a corresponding longitudinally-extending side edge to define subsections in each of said panels, such that upon folding the body member along the third fold lines, subsequent to said folding along the second fold line, subsections of each panel will be juxtaposed and the opposed side edges of the body member will confront one another; fastening means located along said longitudinally-extending side edges of the body member for selectively fastening together the confronting longitudinally-extending side edges, subsequent to said folding along the third fold lines, to establish a collapsed, generally tubular configuration in the panels, the tubular configuration having opposite ends and openings located adjacent the opposite ends such that upon folding the body member along the first fold line the panels will be juxtaposed in side-by-side relationship and the openings will be adjacent one another to establish side-by-side receptacles extending between each opening and the first fold line; and holding means for holding the panels in said side-by-side relationship to establish the erect carrying bag.