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Pocket brief guide

What Is a Slip Pocket on a Bag?

For a bag brief, use “slip pocket” for an open pocket reached through an unfastened top edge. The term alone does not fix its construction, dimensions, depth or capacity.

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Open backpack with visible organizer pockets and pocket openings

Define the Open Edge Before You Name the Pocket

Mark whether the pocket is inside, front or back, where its open edge faces, and the item it is meant to hold. Then ask to see that location on the sample.

A slip pocket is a useful brief term, not a complete construction instruction. It does not by itself establish lining attachment, hidden layers, finished depth, capacity, security or manufacturing route.

Try Access and Contents on the Actual Sample

Saunders recommends trying pockets on the sample for capacity, weight, balance and manufacturing complexity. Treat those as review prompts for this project, not universal pocket performance claims.

  1. Mark the location and direction of the open edge.
  2. Name the intended contents and the access condition to try.
  3. Give finished width and depth targets or a marked drawing.
  4. Ask how the pocket edge, lining and attachment are proposed.
  5. Check access, contents, balance and complexity on the sample.
  6. Record project-specific approval notes separately.

A Clear Pocket Brief Helps the Conversation

A helpful message is: “Please show the proposed open pocket in this location with the intended contents in the sample. We need to check the opening direction, finished dimensions, access and how the edge is made.”

Use this page before the prototype review; it does not replace an approved technical drawing or a final quality inspection checklist.

Use a Visible Organizer Area Only as a Location Reference

This catalog image shows an organizer area and visible pocket openings. It can help you mark where you want to discuss access.

It does not prove that any pocket is a slip pocket, or establish its hidden construction, capacity, item fit, closure, material or performance.

Source and Limits

Ann Saunders, Design, Manufacture and Sell Your Bag Collection (2024), PDF pp. 219-226, supports trying pocket arrangements on a sample for practical capacity, weight, balance and manufacturing complexity. The definition and brief fields here are editorial aids. The source does not establish a universal pocket construction, capacity, security level or product performance.