Nike patents gym bag with built-in fan to keep gear dry
Nike has filed a patent for a sports bag that includes a small fan or airflow device attached to the side. The bag features a panel near the bottom with openings that allow air to move through the main storage compartment.
In the filing’s own words
A bag with a top end and a bottom end opposite the top end; a main body extending from the top end toward the bottom end, the main body including a main storage compartment: a first wall disposed on a first side of the main body; a panel disposed adjacent the bottom end of the bag; one or more openings disposed in the panel; and at least one flow device attached to the first wall.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A bag comprising: a top end and a bottom end opposite the top end; a main body extending from the top end toward the bottom end, the main body including a main storage compartment: a first wall disposed on a first side of the main body; a panel disposed adjacent the bottom end of the bag; one or more openings disposed in the panel; and at least one flow device attached to the first wall.
Facts
- Company
- Nike (NIKE, Inc.)
- Official title
- ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT BAG INCLUDING AN EXHAUST SYSTEM
- Publication number
- US20260305780A1
- Application number
- 19098253
- Filed
- Apr 2, 2025
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
A45C 3/001 Human necessitiesA45C 13/103 Human necessitiesA45C 15/00 Human necessitiesF26B 9/003 Mechanical engineeringA45C 2003/002 Human necessitiesA45C 2003/007 Human necessitiesMore from Nike in Clothing & sport
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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