US 10,683,141 B2Granted

Secure shopping bag

AssigneeKitaru Innovations Inc.

InventorsKapoor Chandaria, Brian Tobias, J. Gordon Murphy

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Abstract

A security handle for a bag that holds merchandise, a bag incorporating the handle and a method of using the same. A first handle section of the security handle is secured to a first wall of the bag. A second section of the handle is folded over an upper end of the bag and is secured to a second wall of the bag that is opposite the first wall. The handle thereby closes off access to an interior compartment defined by the bag, thereby securing merchandise within the interior compartment. The handle includes a selectively removable tamper-proof opener member positioned between the first and second handle sections. The opener member is removed after delivery of the bag to a customer to allow access to interior compartment of the bag. The opener member may be a pull tab that is integrally formed with the first and second handle sections.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method of securely carrying merchandise inside a bag, wherein the bag has a front wall having a top edge region;

a back wall having a top edge region;
and a first side and a second side that extend between the front wall and the back wall;
said method comprising:
placing merchandise within an interior compartment defined by the bag;
providing a handle comprising a single planar sheet of material that includes each of a first handle section, a second handle section and a frangible zone defined between the first and second handle sections;
providing a first adhesive region on the first handle section;
folding the single planar sheet of material into a W-shaped member such that the frangible zone is located between the first handle section and the second handle section;
engaging the first handle section on the front wall of the bag adjacent the top edge region thereof by positioning the top edge region of the front wall of the bag on the first adhesive region provided on the first handle section;
and adhering the top edge region of the front wall to the first adhesive region;
positioning the frangible zone of the handle across an opening defined between the top edge region of the front wall and the top edge region of the back wall;
engaging the second handle section on the back wall of the bag adjacent the top edge region thereof;
aligning an aperture defined in the first handle section with an aperture defined in the second handle section;
positioning the aligned apertures a distance vertically above the top edge region of the front wall and the top edge region of the back wall;
blocking the opening with the frangible zone;
and
retaining the merchandise in the interior compartment.

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A method of securely carrying merchandise inside a bag, wherein the bag has a front wall having a top edge region;

a back wall having a top edge region;
and a first side and a second side that extend between the front wall and the back wall;
said method comprising:
placing merchandise within an interior compartment defined by the bag;
providing a handle comprising a first handle section and a second handle section with a frangible zone defined between the first and second handle sections, wherein the first handle section, the second handle section and the frangible zone are provided on a planar sheet of material;
providing a first adhesive region on the first handle section;
positioning the top edge region of the front wall of the bag on the first adhesive region provided on the first handle section;
adhering the top edge region of the front wall to the first adhesive region to engage the first handle section on the front wall of the bag adjacent the top edge thereof;
folding the planar sheet of material over an uppermost edge of the front wall;
moving the top edge region of the front wall and the top edge region of the back wall towards each other;
positioning the frangible zone of the handle across an opening defined between the top edge region of the front wall and the top edge region of the back wall;
engaging the second handle section on the back wall of the bag adjacent the top edge region thereof;
causing the first handle section and the second handle section to extend upwardly beyond the top edge regions of the front wall and back wall;
blocking the opening with the frangible zone;
and
retaining the merchandise in the interior compartment.

13 more elements

A method of securely carrying merchandise inside a bag, wherein the bag has a front wall having a top edge region;

a back wall having a top edge region;
and a first side and a second side that extend between the front wall and the back wall;
said method comprising:
fabricating a handle blank from a planar sheet of material, wherein the handle blank has a top surface and a bottom surface;
configuring the handle blank as a handle comprising a first handle section and a second handle section with a frangible zone defined between the first and second handle sections;
providing a first adhesive region and a second adhesive region on the top surface of the planar sheet of material on either side of the frangible zone;
providing a third adhesive region and a fourth adhesive region on the bottom surface of the planar sheet of material on either side of the frangible zone;
wherein the first adhesive region and the third adhesive region are located on the first handle section and the second adhesive region and the fourth adhesive region are located on the second handle section;
placing merchandise within an interior compartment defined by the bag;
engaging the first handle section on the front wall of the bag adjacent the top edge region thereof;
positioning the frangible zone of the handle across an opening defined between the top edge region of the front wall and the top edge region of the back wall;
aligning the top edge region of the back wall of the bag with a fold line provided on the first handle section between the third adhesive region and the frangible zone;
engaging the second handle section on the back wall of the bag adjacent the top edge region thereof;
securing the top edge region of the back wall and the first handle section together using the third adhesive region;
blocking the opening with the frangible zone;
and
retaining the merchandise in the interior compartment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/368,090Filed 2 Dec 2016 · us provisional application
Priority: 10 Dec 2015
Published: US 2017/0166358 A115 Jun 2017
Granted: 16 Jun 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

B65D 33/06
Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags: handles
B65B 7/02
Closing containers or receptacles after filling: closing containers or receptacles deformed by, or taking-up shape, of, contents, e.g. bags, sacks
B65B 61/14
Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages: for incorporating,…
B65B 61/18
Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages: for making…