Bag with adjustable drawstring

Abstract

A bag has an open top and an adjustable drawstring for closing the open top. The drawstring has two ends, a stop section formed by a knot or a ridge disposed at approximately a center of the string to divide the string into a first side and a second side, and means for reducing the length of the drawstring after the bag is closed, said means causing one side of the string to slide against another side of the string to cause the string to form two loops. In one embodiment the means is an O-ring positioned on the first side of the string near the knot. The first side of the string is looped around and through the O-ring again, and the second side of the string is then threaded through the O-ring. The two ends of the string are threaded through the bag and tied together, such that pushing the O-ring toward the bag until the O-ring abuts the bag causes the drawstring to pull the bag closed and causes the first and second sides of the string to form two loops, thus shortening the free portion of the string and avoiding entanglement.

1 . A bag having an open top and a drawstring for closing the open top, and means for reducing the length of the drawstring after the bag is closed, said means causing one side of the string to slide against another side of the string to cause the string to form two loops.  
   
   
       2 . The bag according to  claim 1 , wherein said drawstring has two ends, a stop section disposed at approximately a center of the string to divide the string into a first side and a second side, an O-ring positioned on the first side of the string near the stop section, wherein the first side of the string is looped around and through the O-ring again, and wherein the second side of the string is then threaded through the O-ring, the two ends of the string being tied together, such that pushing the O-ring toward the bag until the O-ring abuts the bag causes the drawstring to pull the bag closed and causes the first and second sides of the string to form two loops.  
   
   
       3 . The bag according to  claim 1 , wherein the o-ring is made out of a pliable material.  
   
   
       4 . The bag according to  claim 1 , wherein the drawstring is threaded through an upper part of the bag.  
   
   
       5 . The bag according to  claim 1 , wherein the drawstring has a length that is greater than a circumference of the bag.  
   
   
       6 . The bag according to  claim 1 , wherein the means for reducing the length of the drawstring is a running knot.  
   
   
       7 . The bag according to  claim 6 , wherein the running knot is a slip knot.  
   
   
       8 . The bag according to  claim 2 , wherein the stop section one of a knot or a ridge formed by melting the string.