ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,797, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DB Equipment AS (Oslo, Norway).
"Sports bag with protective ribs" was invented by Truls Kristian Brataas (Oslo, Norway) and Henrik J. S. Kax (Johanneshov, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bag for carrying sports equipment includes an upper wall, a bottom wall, and a side panel extending between the upper wall and bottom wall to form an enclosure for containing the sports equipment, wherein the upper wall is removably coupled to the side panel along at least a part of its perimeter to provide access to the enclosure; a first strengthening rib comprising a first rib section extending lateral...