Multi-use bag carrier, or loose/disparate item consolidator

Abstract

An organizer for facilitating the arrangement and organization of plastic shopping bags in a shopping trip, also lending itself to the general organization and cohesion of items that are difficult to consolidate or unify. Included are a first elongated member and a second elongated member extending from the first elongated member. The first and second elongated members combine to define therewithin a space for accommodating at least portions of items, the first elongated member acting to accommodate a plurality of looped items thereabout, the second elongated member at an introduction gap for introducing looped items therethrough to the accommodating space. Further, the second elongated member is elastically deformable to alter a width of the introduction gap.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED U.S. APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 804,891, filed on Jun. 15, 2006, and entitled, respectively, “Improved One-Piece Carrier”, the contents of which are hereby fully incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention addresses problems relating to the arrangement and organization of plastic shopping bags in a shopping trip, and more broadly to the general organization and cohesion of items that are difficult to consolidate or unify. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Grocery shopping, as an oft thankless domestic task, presents challenges in the realm of time management and overall convenience that are too numerous to mention. Anything to make such a task easier or more pleasant would likely be highly welcome. [0004] One oft encountered problem is in the efficient organization and management of plastic grocery shopping bags. Normally, a shopper must wrestle...

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Problems solved by technology

Grocery shopping, as an oft thankless domestic task, presents challenges in the realm of time management and overall convenience that are too numerous to mention.

One oft encountered problem is in the efficient organization and management of plastic grocery shopping bags.

This awkward and unwieldy task is, on many occasions, not helped in the least by grocery workers who seem content to minimize the number of items placed in each bag, thus artificially increasing the number of bags that the shopper needs to handle.

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