Bag with Luggage Pass-Through

Abstract

A bag has at least two sides, a front, a back defining a sidewall, and a base; a storage compartment; and at least one strap or handle. An outer surface of the sidewall has a first panel having a first side and a second side and a top. The first side and the second side are attached to the outer surface of the sidewall and the first panel and the sidewall form a sleeve. The sleeve is configured to allow a luggage handle to pass through from a bottom of the sleeve to and through a top of the sleeve. The top of the first panel and the sidewall have a magnetic closure configured to disconnect when a luggage handle is passed through the sleeve and to reconnect when the luggage handle is removed from the sleeve. The sleeve may have a pocket configured to receive one or more items therein.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A bag comprising:
 at least two sides, a front, a back defining a sidewall, and a base;   a storage compartment having an opening, wherein the opening is configured to allow access to the storage compartment;   at least one strap or handle;   an outer surface of the sidewall comprising a first panel having a first side and a second side and a top, wherein the first side and the second side are attached to the outer surface of the sidewall and wherein the first panel and the sidewall form a sleeve, wherein the sleeve is configured to allow a luggage handle to pass through from a bottom of the sleeve to and through a top of the sleeve; and   the top of the first panel and the sidewall comprising a magnetic closure configured to disconnect when a luggage handle is passed through the sleeve and is configured to reconnect when the luggage handle is removed from the sleeve.   
     
     
         2 . The bag of  claim 1 , wherein the magnetic closure comprises at least one first panel magnet or ferromagnetic material attached to the top of the panel and at least one sidewall magnet or ferromagnetic material configured to be attracted to the at least one first panel magnet and attached to a corresponding area on the sidewall. 
     
     
         3 . The bag of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one first panel magnet attached to the top of the panel is at least one magnetic strip. 
     
     
         4 . The bag of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one first panel magnet comprises 2 to 5 magnetic strips. 
     
     
         5 . The bag of  claim 2 , wherein the first panel comprises at least one first panel foam strip located at the top of the first panel, and extending between sides of the first panel, wherein the at least one first panel magnet or ferromagnetic material is embedded in the at least one first panel foam strip. 
     
     
         6 . The bag of  claim 5  wherein the at least one first panel foam strip is sandwiched between two layers of material and wherein the two layers of material retain the at least one first panel magnet or ferromagnetic material. 
     
     
         7 . The bag of  claim 2 , wherein the sidewall comprises a second panel and wherein the second panel comprises at least one sidewall foam strip located at the corresponding area of the sidewall, wherein the at least one sidewall magnet or ferromagnetic material is embedded in the at least one sidewall foam strip. 
     
     
         8 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the magnetic closure is configured to automatically reconnect when the handle is removed from the sleeve. 
     
     
         9 . The bag of  claim 1  further comprising a closure device configured to secure the storage compartment. 
     
     
         10 . A bag comprising:
 at least two sides, a front, a back defining a sidewall;   a storage compartment having an opening wherein the opening is configured to allow access to the storage compartment;   at least one strap or handle;   an outer surface of the sidewall comprising a first panel, the first panel comprising a first side and a second side, a top, wherein the first side and the second side are attached to the outer surface of the sidewall to form a sleeve, wherein the sleeve is configured to allow a luggage handle to pass-through from a bottom of the sleeve to and through a top of the sleeve;   wherein the sleeve comprises a pocket configured to receive one or more items therein; and   wherein the sleeve comprises a magnetic closure configured to disconnect when a luggage handle is passed through the sleeve and reconnect when the handle is removed from the sleeve.   
     
     
         11 . The bag of  claim 10 , wherein the pocket is formed by a layer attached to the first panel and the sidewall comprises a second panel. 
     
     
         12 . The bag of  claim 11  wherein the magnetic closure comprises at least one second panel magnet or ferromagnetic material attached to the top of the second panel and at least one sidewall magnet or ferromagnetic material configured to be attracted to the at least one second panel magnet and attached to a corresponding area on the sidewall. 
     
     
         13 . The bag of  claim 12 , wherein the at least one second panel magnet attached to the top of the second panel is at least one magnetic strip. 
     
     
         14 . The bag of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one second panel magnet comprises 2 to 5 magnetic strips. 
     
     
         15 . The bag of  claim 12 , wherein the second panel is inwardly located from the first panel and the second panel further comprises at least one foam strip located at the top of the second panel, and extending between the first side and the second side of the second panel, wherein the at least one second panel magnet or ferromagnetic material is embedded in the at least one foam strip. 
     
     
         16 . The bag of  claim 10 , wherein the magnetic closure comprises at least one first panel magnet or ferromagnetic material attached to the top of the first panel and at least one sidewall magnet or ferromagnetic material configured to be attracted to the at least one first panel magnet and attached to a corresponding area on the sidewall. 
     
     
         17 . The bag of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one first panel magnet attached to the top of the first panel is at least one magnetic strip. 
     
     
         18 . The bag of  claim 17 , wherein the at least one first panel magnet comprises 2 to 5 magnetic strips. 
     
     
         19 . The bag of  claim 16 , wherein the first panel comprises at least one foam strip located at the top of the first panel, and extending between sides of the first panel, wherein the at least one first panel magnet is embedded in the foam strip. 
     
     
         20 . The bag of  claim 15  wherein the second panel further comprises a foam layer and wherein the foam strip is positioned on the foam layer.