CA2084326A1

CA2084326A1 - Bag handler

Info

Publication number: CA2084326A1
Application number: CA 2084326
Authority: CA
Inventors: Angela Marie De La Ronde
Original assignee: de la RONDE AGNES MAGDOLNA
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1992-12-04
Filing date: 1992-12-04
Publication date: 1994-06-05

Abstract

ABSTRACT:
Tools designed to carry/transport with ease and keep together several items with handles, namely plastic shopping/grocery bags, paper bags with string handles and/or any item with handles, such as briefcases, lunch boxes, packages wrapped with string, umbrellas with handles, sports bags etc., which contains ones groceries, purchased goods, or personal belongings that would ordinarily be held/carried in ones (hand) fingers.
Hand Held Model:
A horizontal metal bar, with a plastic/rubber coated handle that is formed to the shape of your (hands) fingers for a solid and comfortable grip to hold onto, has hooks on which bags or items with handles are placed on. It can be placed down, while transporting the bags in a vehicle or to open/close doors and easily picked up again as the bags will stay on their hooks due to the narrow opening of the hooks that the items are put on. There is also one hook with a wider opening on the bottom which allows for slightly wider handles, for example a briefcase.
Roller Model:
An upright (vertical) metal bar, with a rubber/plastic coated handle formed to the shape of your (hand) fingers for a comfortable grip to hold onto, has hooks on which all bags or items with handles can be placed ant easily transported, due to the wheels at the bottom which allows one to simply push it and requires the use of only one hand leaving the other free to open/close doors, push elevator buttons etc.
The top half slides into the bottom half, thus reducing it's size for easy storage while shopping (in the shopping cart), in a vehicle, vehicle trunk, closets and for hand transport to your destination (i.e the shopping centre, vehicle etc.).

Description

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5P~C4TIOA~ '' This inYention relates to easy transport and keeping together of several and various bags, packages, briefcases most anything with handles that would be held in ones (hand) fingers to transport it.
It improves the capability to transport with ease and keep together several (same or different) items at one time which have handles and would normally be carried in ones ~and) fngers.
The disadvantages it over comes is being abk to "keep together" and "transport/carry" at the same time several items, that have handles, with ease and without the often paillful fngers one e~cperiences, (speafically with sev~ral heavy plastic bags of groceries) and the difficulties in having to place down the several items to open/close doors etc. and pick them up again while still trying to keep them together.
The hand held model, assuming two are being used in the case of a normal grocery shop, the bags still have to be placed down to open/close doors, however picking them up again is done with ease as the bags remain in their hooks. With the Roller Modkl, which carries all items on one apparatus, there absolute1y no difficulties, due to the wheels which allows for easy transport (pushing it), be it from tho car to tho home or from tho shopping centre and walking home or to other shopping oontra. It roquiros tho uso of only ono hand, and tho other hand is thon freo to open/closo doors, push obvator buttons, otc. It also stands on it's own when tho stand is placed down into proper position. A190, becauso of tho narrow daign thoy should bo allowod on public transport systems, thus allowing easo in transporting tho packaga, bags etc. A;180, Now one apocially in apartment comp1e~ca, (with guite a ways to go, doors to opon, eloYators to wait for, buttons to push) can easily transport all of thoir paclcaga at a once without wishing thoy had a shopping cart at home.
Aftorwards, tho rollor model can bo easily storod upright bocauso of it's narrow daign or can bo reduced at appro~imately the half way point for evon better storage.
Tho bat way to utilizo it is by placing tho handlos of any itom to bo carriod into the hooks provided.

In drawings which illustrate embodiments of tho invention, Figuro I is a viow of tho Hand-Held model, Figure 2 is a fronta1 view of the Upright (ro11er) mode1, Figuro 3 is a view of tho Upright (roller) model, roduced in size for storago (in home, vehiclo, or to talco for shopping), Figure 4 is a view of tho back of the upright (rollor) model, showing tho stand which allows it to stand alone without tho uso of ones hands, Figuro S is a view of tho hoolcs that 8upport/carry tho handla of tho bags, parcols otc.

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The hand held model, Figure 1, made of steeUmeta1 in which its handb is formed to the shape of your ~and) fingers and is coated in rubber/plastic for comfort and a firm grip, ref.l. The metal hooks (which support/carry the items) has a narrow opening which prevents the items from coming off the hooks, ref. 2. The e~tra wide opening of the hook is madc for wider handles, such as as briefcases, ref. 3.
The upright model, Figure 2 made of steeVmetal in which its handb is formed to the shape of your (hand) fingers and is coated in rubber/plastic for comfort and a frm grip, ref. 1. The metal hooks which support the items to be carried, ref. 2. The point where the top ha1f is released by removal of a metal pin allows it to slide down and insidb the bottom portion for reduction in size to appro~cimately one half, ref. 3. The rubber wheels which allows one to push the unit for easy transport, ref. 4.
The upright mo~bl, Figure 3, in reduced position with the top half inside the bottom half for storage and casy transport to ~rehicle, in shopping centre or to any destination.
The stand, Figure 4, of the upright (roller) model which allows the unit to stand upright on its own, ref. 1.
Tho hooks, Figure 5, which support thc items to be carried.

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Claims

1. A manual tool(s) either a horizontal hand held bar or a vertical bar with wheels (for even easier transport) used to transport/carry with ease and keep together several bags or items with handles or strings or areas normally required to be held/tranported in ones hand by his fingers, such as plastic grocery bags, paper bags with string handles, briefcases, lunchboxes, packages wrapped with string, sportsbags etc.

2. A tool(s) as defined in 1, in which metal hooks support/carry the items to be carried and is transported by either a hand held horizontal bar or rolled on the wheels of an upright (vertical) bar.

3. The strength of the metal and hooks which is capable of supporting the weight of several items/packages etc.

4. The narrow opening of the hooks that keep the items in place, even when placed down, specifically, on the horizontal hand held model.

5. The design and size of each hook that is capable of supporting several items on each hook.

6. The design of the handles on the tool(s) which is formed to the shape of your (hand) fingers for comfort and a firm grip when holding the handles, which is covered with rubber/plastic for further comfort.

7. The narrow design of the upright (vertical - roller) model, making it easy for storage.

8. The availability to reduce the upright (vertical - roller) model (by the removal of a solid pin, to which the top half slides and fits into the bottom half) and reduces it to almost one half of its height, which allows for further easier storage in the home, vehicle, vehicle trunk, shopping cart and transporting/carrying to your destination.