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US 6,883,207 B2Granted
Apparatus for holding bags
OwnerPaul André Le Rouxinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus including a handle member including a body portion having an opening there through, the handle member suitable for grasping with fingers of a human hand through the opening; a cantilever portion having a base end and a free end, the base end coupled to the handle member, the coupling defining a slot between the free end of the cantilever portion and the handle member, the slot being suitable for inserting the handle of a bag, and a hook attached to the cantilever portion and blocking a portion of the slot.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a handle member comprising a body portion defining an opening therethrough, the opening configured to receive fingers of a human hand therethrough, the handle member configured to be grasped by said fingers;
- a rigid cantilever portion having a base end and a free end, the base end coupled to the handle member defining a slot between the free end and the handle member, the slot being configured to receive at least one handle of at least one bag;
- a hook extending into the slot between the free end and the handle member, the hook configured to block at least a portion of the slot, wherein at least a portion of the slot defines a generally circular well, the slot angled upwardly from the well toward the free end of the cantilever portion, and wherein the hook has a smaller thickness than the cantilever portion and has a generally triangular shape, the hook having an arcuate edge which is continuous with and forms a portion of the well, the arcuate edge terminating in a generally pointed distal end;
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- a small gap formed in the periphery of the well between the distal end of the hook and the slot, whereby bag handles are retained in the well by said hook but can easily be removed.
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A method for carrying bags comprising:
- providing an apparatus comprising a handle member and a rigid cantilever portion, the handle member defining an opening therein and a slot between the handle member and the cantilever portion, the apparatus further comprising a hook attached to the cantilever portion, the hook having a smaller thickness than the cantilever portion, the slot defining a well and the hook in the slot being continuous with and forms a portion of the well and terminating in a generally barb-like point;
- grasping the handle member through the opening;
- inserting at least one handle of at least one bag over the cantilever portion and through a space defined by the hook extending into the slot such that the at least one handle is disposed in a well defined by the slot, wherein the hook is angled inwardly toward the well;
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- carrying the at least one bag having said at least one handle disposed in said well by holding the handle member.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a handle member comprising a body portion defining an opening therethrough, the opening configured to receive fingers of a human hand therethrough, the handle member configured to be grasped by said fingers;
- a cantilever portion having a base end and a free end, the base end coupled to the handle member defining a slot between the free end and the handle member, wherein at least a portion of the slot defines an arcuate well, the slot being configured to receive at least one handle of at least one bag;
- a hook extending into the slot between the free end and the handle member, the hook having a smaller thickness than the cantilever portion, the hook configured to block at least a portion of the slot, the hook having an arcuate edge which is continuous with and forms a portion of the well, the arcuate edge terminating in a generally pointed distal end, wherein the well terminates in said generally pointed distal end;
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- a small gap formed in the periphery of the well between the distal end of the hook and the slot, whereby bag handles are retained in the well by said hook but can easily be removed.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a handle member comprising a body portion defining an opening therethrough, the opening configured to receive fingers of a human hand therethrough, the handle member configured to be grasped by said fingers;
- a cantilever portion having a base end and a free end, the base end coupled to the handle member defining a slot between the free end and the handle member, wherein at least a portion of the slot defines a curved well, the slot being configured to receive at least one handle of at least one bag;
- a hook extending into the slot between the free end and the handle member, the hook having a smaller thickness than the cantilever portion, the hook configured to block at least a portion of the slot, the hook having a curved edge continuous with and forms a portion of the well, the curved edge terminating in a barb-like distal tip;
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- a small gap having a fixed dimension formed in the periphery of the well between the hook and the slot, whereby bag handles are retained in the well by said hook but can easily be removed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.