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A cloth bag having the property of maintaining a sustained open-bag configuration once opened and the sides arranged vertically comprising a flat base, a pair of flexible yet retentive side panels and a pair of supple end panels attached to the base, a flexible yet retentive divider panel attached t

A cloth bag having the property of maintaining a sustained open-bag configuration once opened and the sides arranged vertically comprising a flat base, a pair of flexible yet retentive side panels and a pair of supple end panels attached to the base, a flexible yet retentive divider panel attached to the end panels and base to divide the bag into two large compartments, closure means, such as a zipper, to join the side panels together along their top edges and fold back and join the end panel top edges onto themselves to form exterior flaps that are folded down and attached to the end flap near the base and a handle for carrying same.

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1. A collapsable and machine washable utility bag comprising: (a) a flat yet flexible base defining an enclosed outer edge; (b) a pair of opposed flexible yet retentive side panels, extending upward for vertical positioning from opposed portions of said base outer edge, having respective top and

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A collapsable and machine washable utility bag comprising: (a) a flat yet flexible base defining an enclosed outer edge; (b) a pair of opposed flexible yet retentive side panels, extending upward for vertical positioning from opposed portions of said base outer edge, having respective top and side edges; (c) a pair of opposed supple end panels, extending upward from opposed free portions of said base outer edge, having respective top and side edges and joined to said side panels along their mutually adjacent side edges and being arranged to be straightened vertically upward along with said side panels to form an open-bag configuration; (d) a flexible yet retentive divider panel interposed and shorter than said side panels having opposed side edges attached to said end panels and arranged to form a two-compartment bag; (e) flexible means for closing said bag by joining said side panel top edges together and closing each said end panel top edge over onto itself to form exterior end flaps that may be folded down and attached lower onto said end panels to form a compact bag configuration; and, (f) a flat strip of flexile material of heavier gauge than said end panel attached to said end panels near the top edges thereof and extending therealong to sustain said open-bag configuration when said bag is opened, said panels vertically arranged and said strips straightened. 2. The utility bag of claim 1 wherein said base comprises at least two layers of cloth having at least one layer of flexible yet retentive sheet material enclosed therebetween. 3. The utility bag of claim 1 wherein said side panels are comprised of at least two layers of cloth having a layer of flexible yet retentive sheet material enclosed therebetween. 4. The utility bag of claim 1 wherein said end panels are comprised of at least two layers of cloth wherein said flat strip is enclosed therebetween. 5. The utility bag of claim 1 wherein said top and said side edges of said panels are covered with a welt. 6. The utility bag of claim 1 including a bag handle comprised of a pair of straps of finite length arranged in an inverted U-shaped configuration wherein the straight segments of each U are attached to one of each said side panels and the intermediate U-shaped segments extend above said closure means for grasping. 7. The utility bag of claim 1 wherein said base defines a flat rectangular outline. 8. The utility bag of claim 1 wherein said side panels and said end panels are rectangular in shape. 9. The utility bag of claim 2 wherein said cloth is 400 denier woven nylon 8 ounces/yard. 10. The utility bag of claim 3 wherein said cloth is 400 denier woven nylon 8 ounces/yard. 11. The utility bag of claim 4 wherein said cloth is 400 denier woven nylon 8 ounces/yard. 12. The utility bag of claim 3 wherein said flexible yet retentive sheet material is 1/8 inch thick reticulated flexible polyurethane foam having a 200 denier woven nylon/oxford cloth backing. 13. The utility bag of claim 4 wherein said strip material is 11/2 inch wide polypropylene strap. 14. A collapsable and machine washable utility bag comprising: (a) a flat yet flexible rectangular base comprising two layers of cloth having a layer of flexible yet retentive sheet material enclosed therebetween defining an enclosed outer edge; (b) a pair of opposed flexible yet retentive side panels comprising two layers of cloth having a layer of flexible yet retentive sheet material enclosed therebetween extending upward for vertical positioning from opposed portions of said base outer edge having respective top and side edges; (c) a pair of opposed supple end panels comprising two layers of cloth extending upward from opposed free portions of said base outer edge having respective top and side edges and joined to said side panels along their mutually adjacent side edges and being arranged to be straightened vertically upward along with said side panels to form an open-bag configuration; (d) a flexible yet retentive divider panel comprising two layers of cloth having a layer of flexible yet retentive sheet material enclosed therebetween interposed and shorter than said side panels having opposed side edges attached to said end panels and arranged to form a two-compartment bag; (e) flexible means for closing said bag comprising a zipper adjacent said panel top edges for joining said side panel top edges together and closing each said end panel top edge over onto itself to form opposed exterior end flaps that may be folded down and attached lower onto said end panels to form a compact bag configuration; (f) a flat strip of flexile material of heavier gauge than said end panel cloth interposed said end panel cloth layers near the top edges thereof and extending therealong to sustain said open-bag configuration when said bag is opened, said panels vertically arranged and said strips straightened; and, (g) a bag handle comprising a pair of straps of finite length partially attached to the exterior of said bag and arranged to form a pair of inverted U-shaped loops extending above said zipper, one loop on each side thereof, for grasping.