Shipping bag reversible into a cosmetic bag
A flexible shipping bag may be turned inside out to make a stylish cosmetic bag. Sealing flaps permit closing the flexible shipping bag. Sealing-flap top segments may be cut-off to open the flexible shipping bag and these fold into the flexible shipping bag when the flexible shipping bag is turned inside out. Cosmetic flaps are attached inside the flexible shipping bag below the sealing flaps. These invert and become visible when the flexible shipping bag is turned inside out. A zipper to close the cosmetic bag is attached to top edges of cosmetic flaps below the point where the top segment is cut off. Once the flexible shipping bag is turned inside out, the zipper is positioned below the top edge of, and inside, the cosmetic bag and the cosmetic-flap bottom edge is positioned at the top of the cosmetic bag to provide a finished edge.
1. A flexible shipping bag having an open top and configured to be turned inside out to a flexible cosmetic bag, the flexible shipping bag comprising:
sealing flaps each comprising: an outside wall; a sealing-flap top segment; a sealing-flap top edge; and, a sealing-flap bottom edge,
wherein the sealing flaps are configured to enable opening the flexible shipping bag by cutting off the sealing-flap top segment,
wherein each sealing-flap bottom edge is configured to permit folding its sealing flap into the flexible shipping bag when the flexible shipping bag is turned inside out, and thereby conceal the sealing flap to an external viewer;
a cosmetic flap for each sealing flap, each cosmetic flap comprising a cosmetic-flap top edge and cosmetic-flap bottom edge,
wherein each cosmetic-flap bottom edge is attached inside the flexible shipping bag below its corresponding sealing flap;
a zipper attached to the cosmetic-flap top edge of at least two cosmetic flaps and configured to close the cosmetic bag by joining these cosmetic flaps together,
wherein the zipper is configured to rest below the sealing-flap top segment, and
wherein the cosmetic flaps are configured to invert when the flexible shipping bag is turned inside out such that the zipper is positioned below the top edge of, and inside, the cosmetic bag and the cosmetic-flap bottom edge is positioned at the top of the cosmetic bag.
2. The flexible shipping bag of claim 1 wherein the sealing flap further comprises a plastic lining on an inside wall.