Extensible handle bag apparatus

An extensible handle bag apparatus, capable of fabrication on high-speed bag manufacturing equipment, having handle elements which can be maintained in either a wholly unobtrusive unextended, retracted position within a bag article, or in an extended deployed position for facilitating comfort to an individual's hands when utilizing the handle elements, as well as for providing substantial load carrying handle capabilities to said apparatus, thereby reducing the likelihood of severing the handle elements from the bag apparatus when it is being used to carry a load of articles, said extensible handle bag apparatus comprising:

• bag means for operably housing and supporting said load of articles,
• said bag means having a front panel and an opposing back panel, each having substantially planar exterior surfaces, and substantially planar interior surfaces opposite said exterior surface, and defining an interior region,
• each of said front and back panels having an uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge defining an aperture for enabling the passage of said articles into said interior region, and a substantially sealed bottom end for precluding the inadvertent release of said articles positioned within said interior region;
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• a pair of handle means for facilitating carrying of said bag means,
• each of said handle means being constructed from an extensible and substantially non-retractable material with one of said pair of handle means operably attached to the substantially planar interior surfaces of each of said front and back panels respectively,
• each of said handle means being capable of yielding in at least a direction which allows said material to be extensible toward and into a fully deployed substantially elongated inverted U-shaped load carrying position,
• each of said unextended handle means having a gripping member having opposite ends and two leg members emanating from the opposite ends of said gripping member, so as to be in substantially parallel relationship therewith, so as to minimize the thickness of said pair of handle means, to in turn, reduce protrusion of said pair of handle means during said high speed manufacture of said extensible handle bag apparatus,
• said pair of handle means being operably and wholly positioned adjacent to and below said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of at least said front panel and said back panel in a substantially retracted position below said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of said bag means prior to said handle means yielding in said at least a direction which allows said material to be extensible,
• said pair of handle means being capable of manipulation from said substantially retracted position below said uppermost substantially linear to peripheral edge of said bag means to said fully deployed substantially elongated inverted U-shaped load carrying position as a function of the direction of extensibility of the material, with said gripping member positioned above said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of said bag means and, in turn, said handle means being substantially maintained in a substantially elongated inverted U-shaped configuration after said deployment;
• at least one of said two leg members of each of said pair of handle means further include at least one attachment contact means for operable securement to a portion of said bag means,
• said at least attachment contact means comprising at least one of said two leg members having at least one stretched region so as to result in a maximized surface area for operable attachment to a portion of said bag means.

An extensible handle bag apparatus, capable of fabrication on high-speed bag manufacturing equipment, having handle elements which can be maintained in either a wholly unobtrusive unextended, retracted position within a bag article, or in an extended deployed position for facilitating comfort to an individual's hands when utilizing the handle elements, as well as for providing substantial load carrying handle capabilities to said apparatus, thereby reducing the likelihood of severing the handle elements from the bag apparatus when it is being used to carry a load of articles, said extensible handle bag apparatus comprising:

• bag means for operably housing and supporting said load of articles,
• said bag means having a front panel and an opposing back panel, each having substantially planar exterior surfaces, and substantially planar interior surfaces opposite said exterior surface, and defining an interior region,
• each of said front and back panels having an uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge defining an aperture for enabling the passage of said articles into said interior region, and a substantially sealed bottom end for precluding the inadvertent release of said articles positioned within said interior region;
• a pair of handle means for facilitating carrying of said bag means,
• each of said handle means being constructed from an extensible and substantially non-retractable material with one of said pair of handle means operably attached to the substantially planar interior surfaces of each of said front and back panels respectively,
• each of said handle means being capable of yielding in at least a direction which allows said material to be extensible toward and into a fully deployed substantially elongated inverted U-shaped load carrying position,
• each of said unextended handle means having a gripping member having opposite ends and two leg members emanating from the opposite ends of said gripping member, so as to be in substantially parallel relationship therewith, so as to minimize the thickness of said pair of handle means, to in turn, reduce protrusion of said pair of handle means during said high speed manufacture of said extensible handle bag apparatus,
• said pair of handle means being operably and wholly positioned adjacent to and below said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of at least said front panel and said back panel in a substantially retracted position below said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of said bag means prior to said handle means yielding in said at least a direction which allows said material to be extensible,
• said pair of handle means being capable of manipulation from said substantially retracted position below said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of said bag means to said fully deployed substantially elongated inverted U-shaped load carrying position as a function of the direction of extensibility of the material, with said gripping member positioned above said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of said bag means and, in turn, said handle means being substantially maintained in a substantially elongated inverted U-shaped configuration after said deployment;
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• said extensible handle bag apparatus further including handle carrier means for operably attaching at least a portion of at least one of said pair of handle means to said bag means,
• at least one of said two leg members of each of said pair of handle means further include at least one attachment contact means for operable securement to a portion of said handle carrier means,
• at least one attachment contact means comprising at least one of said two leg members having at least one stretched region so as to result in a maximized surface area for operable attachment to said handle carrier means.

An extensible handle bag apparatus, capable of fabrication on high-speed bag manufacturing equipment, having handle elements which can be maintained in either a wholly unobtrusive unextended, retracted position within a bag article, or in an extended deployed position for facilitating comfort to an individual's hand when utilizing the handle elements, as well as for providing substantial load carrying handle capabilities to said apparatus, thereby reducing the likelihood of severing the handle elements from the bag apparatus when it is being used to carry a load of articles, said extensible handle bag apparatus comprising:

• bag means for operably housing and supporting said load of articles,
• said bag means having a front panel and an opposing back panel, each having substantially planar exterior surfaces, and substantially planar interior surfaces opposite said exterior surface, and defining an interior region,
• each of said front and back panels having an uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge substantially defining an aperture for enabling the passage of said articles into said interior region, and a substantially sealed bottom end for precluding the inadvertent release of said articles positioned within said interior region;
• a pair of handle means for facilitating carrying of said bag means,
• each of said handle means being constructed from an extensible and substantially non-retractable material with one of said pair of handle means operably attached to the substantially planar interior surfaces of each of said front and back panels respectively,
• each of said unextended handle means having a gripping member having opposite ends and two leg members emanating from the opposite ends of said gripping member, so as to be in substantially parallel relationship therewith, so as to minimize the thickness of said pair of handle means, to in turn, reduce protrusion of said pair of handle means during said high speed manufacture of said extensible handle bag apparatus,
• said pair of handle means being operably and wholly positioned adjacent to and below said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of at least said front panel and said back panel in a substantially retracted position below said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of said bag means,
• said pair of handle means being capable of manipulation from said substantially retracted position below said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of said bag means to said fully deployed substantially elongated inverted U-shaped load carrying position as a function of the extensibility of the material, with said gripping member positioned above said uppermost substantially linear to peripheral edge of said bag means and, in turn, said handle means being substantially maintained in a substantially elongated inverted U-shaped configuration after said deployment;
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• at least one of said two leg members of each of said pair of handle means including at least one attachment contact means for operable securement to a portion of said bag means,
• said at least one attachment contact means comprising at least one of said two leg members having at least one stretched region so as to result in a maximized surface area for operable attachment to a portion of said bag means.

An extensible handle bag apparatus, capable of fabrication on high-speed bag manufacturing equipment, having handle elements which can be maintained in either a wholly unobtrusive unextended, retracted position within a bag article, or in an extended deployed position for facilitating comfort to an individual's hands when utilizing the handle elements, as well as for providing substantial load carrying handle capabilities to said apparatus, thereby reducing the likelihood of severing the handle elements from the bag apparatus when it is being used to carry a load of articles, said extensible handle bag apparatus comprising:

• bag means for operably housing and supporting said load of articles,
• said bag means having a front panel and an opposing back panel, each having substantially planar exterior surfaces, and substantially planar interior surfaces opposite said exterior surface, and defining an interior region,
• each of said front and back panels having an uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge substantially defining an aperture for enabling the passage of said articles into said interior region, and a substantially sealed bottom end for precluding the inadvertent release of said articles positioned within said interior region;
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• a pair of handle means for facilitating carrying of said bag means,
• each of said handle means being constructed from an extensible and substantially non-retractable corrugated material with one of said pair of handle means operably attached to the substantially planar interior surfaces of each of said front and back panels respectively,
• said corrugated material being orientated in a direction which facilitates yielding of said handle means in at least a direction which allows said handle means to be linearly extensible toward and into a fully deployed substantially elongated inverted U-shaped load carrying position,
• each of said unextended handle means having a gripping member having a top peripheral edge, opposite ends and two leg members emanating from the opposite ends of said gripping member, so as to be in substantially parallel relationship therewith, so as to minimize the thickness of said pair of handle means, to in turn, reduce protrusion of said pair of handle means during said high speed manufacture of said extensible handle bag apparatus,
• said pair of handle means being operably and wholly positioned adjacent to and below said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of at least said front panel and said back panel in a substantially retracted position below said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of said bag means,
• said pair of handle means each having a substantially inverted U-shaped orientation when in said substantially retracted position, wherein said top peripheral edge of said gripping members are positioned above each corresponding leg member, in a position more proximate than said leg members to said top peripheral edge of said bag means,
• said pair of handle means being capable of linear extensibility from said substantially retracted U-shaped orientation position below said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of said bag means to said fully deployed substantially elongated inverted U-shaped load carrying position as a function of the direction of the extensibility of the corrugated material, with said gripping member positioned above said uppermost substantially linear top peripheral edge of said bag means and, in turn, said handle means being substantially maintained in said substantially elongated inverted U-shaped configuration after said deployment.