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A tote bag made of cloth having a compartment at the bottom holding a block of buoyant material for flotation of the bag, the compartment having an opening for insertion of the block with a slide fastener for closing the opening, the block being rigid and holding the bottom of the bag flat, the bag

A tote bag made of cloth having a compartment at the bottom holding a block of buoyant material for flotation of the bag, the compartment having an opening for insertion of the block with a slide fastener for closing the opening, the block being rigid and holding the bottom of the bag flat, the bag being adapted to float with the compartment generally upright one way or the other and having distress signals on the bottom of the compartment arranged so that a signal is upright and visible above water whichever way the compartment is disposed.

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A receptacle particularly for toting items on a boat comprising a tote bag having a main body made of cloth having a generally rectangular bottom, upwardly extending sides and ends and a generally rectangular top, the top having an access opening for placement of items in the bag on said bottom, and

A receptacle particularly for toting items on a boat comprising a tote bag having a main body made of cloth having a generally rectangular bottom, upwardly extending sides and ends and a generally rectangular top, the top having an access opening for placement of items in the bag on said bottom, and means for closing the opening, handle means for carrying the bag comprising strapping extending under and across the bottom of the main body of the bag and means for releasably fastening the strapping together above the bag, and means for enabling the bag to float in the event it is dropped into the water comprising a compartment at the bottom of the bag formed of cloth having a generally rectangular bottom corresponding in size and shape to the bottom of the main body, and sides and ends extending up to the sides and ends of the bottom, the upper margins of the sides of the compartment being seamed to the junctures of the sides and bottom of the bag, the strapping extending between the upper margins of the sides of the compartment and said junctures, the upper margins of the ends of the compartment being seamed to the junctures of the ends and bottom of the bag, the bottom of the bag forming the top of the compartment, a generally rigid block of buoyant material in the compartment, said block being rectangular in plan corresponding generally in size and shape to the bottom of the main body of the bag and the bottom of the compartment and having a thickness corresponding generally to the height of the compartment and thereby having a relatively tight fit therein, said block functioning to stiffen the bottom of the main body of the bag and hold it flat, said compartment having an opening through which the block of buoyant material is inserted, and means for closing the opening after insertion of the block.