Tote bag

Abstract

A tote bag includes a semi-rigid sack wall dependently and upwardly disposed about a rigid base to present an upwardly oriented mouth. The semi-rigid sack wall is affixed at the lower edges thereof to the separately constructed rigid base, which generally includes an outer perimetrical frame and an inner perimetrical frame, the outer perimetrical frame and the inner perimetrical frame cooperating to dependently support an interiorly disposed, wire mesh and to anchor the lower edges of the semi-rigid sack walls. A removable panel is included to selectively close the bottom of the tote bag.

1 . A tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use, said tote bag comprising:
 a rigid base, said rigid base comprising a perimetrical frame;   a semi-rigid sack wall, said sack wall being dependently and upwardly disposed about said rigid base; and   an open mesh interiorly disposed substantially within said perimetrical frame, said open mesh thereby forming the bottom of the tote bag.   
     
     
         2 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said open mesh comprises a wire mesh. 
     
     
         3 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said wire mesh comprises a polymer coating. 
     
     
         4 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said perimetrical frame comprises an outer perimetrical frame and an inner perimetrical frame. 
     
     
         5 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 4 , wherein said outer perimetrical frame and said inner perimetrical frame are cooperatively adapted to support said interiorly disposed open mesh. 
     
     
         6 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 5 , wherein said outer perimetrical frame and said inner perimetrical frame are cooperatively adapted to anchor the lower edges of said semi-rigid sack wall. 
     
     
         7 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 5 , wherein said outer perimetrical frame and said inner perimetrical frame are further cooperatively adapted to anchor the lower edges of said semi-rigid sack wall. 
     
     
         8 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 7 , wherein said outer perimetrical frame comprises a vertically oriented portion and a horizontally oriented portion, said vertically oriented portion and said horizontally oriented portion forming an interiorly oriented shelf. 
     
     
         9 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 8 , wherein said outer perimetrical frame comprises a plurality of rabbeted, elongate blocks. 
     
     
         10 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 9 , wherein said plurality of blocks are joined together in mitered edges to form said outer perimetrical frame. 
     
     
         11 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 8 , wherein said inner perimetrical frame and said vertically oriented portion of said outer perimetrical frame sandwich the lower edges of said sack wall, thereby anchoring said sack wall. 
     
     
         12 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 8 , wherein said inner perimetrical frame and said horizontally oriented portion of said outer perimetrical frame sandwich the outer edges of said open mesh in dependent support of said open mesh. 
     
     
         13 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 12 , wherein said inner perimetrical frame and said vertically oriented portion of said outer perimetrical frame sandwich the outer edges of said open mesh in dependent support of said open mesh. 
     
     
         14 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 13 , wherein said inner perimetrical frame and said vertically oriented portion of said outer perimetrical frame further sandwich the lower edges of said sack wall, thereby anchoring said sack wall. 
     
     
         15 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 14 , wherein the lower edges of said sack wall are disposed to the interior side of the outer edges of said open mesh. 
     
     
         16 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 14 , said tote bag further comprising a removable panel adapted to prevent escape through the open mesh of material contained within the interior of the tote bag. 
     
     
         17 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 7 , said tote bag further comprising a removable panel adapted to prevent escape through the open mesh of material contained within the interior of the tote bag. 
     
     
         18 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 4 , said tote bag further comprising a removable panel adapted to prevent escape through the open mesh of material contained within the interior of the tote bag. 
     
     
         19 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 2 , said tote bag further comprising a removable panel adapted to prevent escape through the open mesh of material contained within the interior of the tote bag. 
     
     
         20 . The tote bag particularly adapted for outdoor use as recited in  claim 1 , said tote bag further comprising a removable panel adapted to prevent escape through the open mesh of material contained within the interior of the tote bag.