Reusable Bag Handle and Method for Manufacturing

Abstract

A reusable bag handle for carrying a bag having a cord and a method of manufacturing such bag handle. The handle has a tubular body formed of a resilient material and has a predetermined longitudinal length with opposite first and second ends. The body has an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface extends longitudinally through the body between the first and second ends for carrying the cord of the bag. The body has first and second opposite loop sides resiliently biased against one another and defining a slot extending longitudinally through the body between the first and second ends for inserting the cord of the bag into a cavity defined by the inner surface and the first and second loop sides.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to an improvement for handling bags or the like, in particular T-shirt plastic bags.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a T-shirt bag B with a handle H that is held by a user to carry around different items such as groceries, clothing, electronics, etc. While carrying around these items, users face a common problem: the handle turns into a rope or cord C. As the weight of the bag increases, the cord C presses down even harder on the fingers of the user, which in turn can cause pain and inconvenience. The hand and / or fingers may become marked. The distance of travel will also be a factor, as the longer one walks around, which shoppers tend to do, the more strain there is on the fingers, hands and wrists.[0003]There have been many suggestions to solve this problem, like improving the shopping bag itself or changing its handle. These solutions tend to be difficult to implement and not very cost e...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]a tubular body formed of a resilient material and having a predetermined longitudinal length with opposite first and second ends, the body having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface extending longitudinally through the body between the first and second ends for carrying the cord of the bag, the body having first and second opposite loop sides resiliently biased against one another and defining a slot extending longitudinally through the body between the first and second ends for inserting the cord of the bag into a cavity defined by the inner surface and the first and second loop sides and whereby when the cord of the bag is inserted through the slot and into the cavity, the cord is prevented from becoming accidentally detached by means of the loop sides.

Problems solved by technology

While carrying around these items, users face a common problem: the handle turns into a rope or cord C. As the weight of the bag increases, the cord C presses down even harder on the fingers of the user, which in turn can cause pain and inconvenience.

These solutions tend to be difficult to implement and not very cost effective, as they would change the shape of the problem but not solve it.

Although these configurations allegedly prevent the bags to become accidentally detached from the bag when in use, these types of carriers tend to be somewhat relatively expensive to manufacture and it becomes difficult to easily mass produce them at a reasonable price because of their particular shape.

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