of the mat and the knot which is bigger than the hole acts as a stopper the ropes used are ordinary strong ropes made of nylon with about one half inch diameter as in the case of ordinary tarpaulin and canvas sold in stores a metallic or plastic ring covers and protects the edges of the holes 6 through which the ropes are inserted when the ropes 7 on opposite sides are tied up together two by two they transform the mat into a bag for carrying objects fig3 other stronger straps 8 fig2 one or two on each side of the bag provide the handles 8 to be gripped to take the bag away either by carrying it two people or more each holding one or two handles or by dragging it away on the floor from one end by pulling on the handles 8 on one side one person areas that carry the handles and ringed holes are reinforced by doubling the plastic material 9 so as to provide greater resistance against tearing forces when carrying or pulling the bag the straps 3 two to four in each cut corner 2 are made of the same plastic tarpaulin fabric they are sown at the top and or near the middle of each cut corner about two inches away from the corner edges in addition one heavy duty zipper 4 may be installed per cut corner with each one of the two parts of the zipper covering each one of the two edges of the cut corner regarding operation the four to five feet long ropes with knots 10 on one end are inserted into the ringed holes through the back of the mat bag the knots are big enough to not go through the.