EP0085524A1 - Poignée de préhension pour sac - Google Patents

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EP0085524A1
EP0085524A1 EP83300353A EP83300353A EP0085524A1 EP 0085524 A1 EP0085524 A1 EP 0085524A1 EP 83300353 A EP83300353 A EP 83300353A EP 83300353 A EP83300353 A EP 83300353A EP 0085524 A1 EP0085524 A1 EP 0085524A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
    • A45F5/00—Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
    • A45F5/10—Handles for carrying purposes
    • A45F5/102—Handles for carrying purposes with means, e.g. a hook, receiving a carrying element of the hand article to be carried
    • A45F5/1026—Handles for carrying purposes with means, e.g. a hook, receiving a carrying element of the hand article to be carried the carrying element being flexible, e.g. plastic bag handle
    • A45F5/1046—Handles for carrying purposes with means, e.g. a hook, receiving a carrying element of the hand article to be carried the carrying element being flexible, e.g. plastic bag handle and supported above the grip surface of the carrying handle
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
    • A45F5/00—Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
    • A45F5/10—Handles for carrying purposes
    • A45F5/102—Handles for carrying purposes with means, e.g. a hook, receiving a carrying element of the hand article to be carried
    • A45F5/1026—Handles for carrying purposes with means, e.g. a hook, receiving a carrying element of the hand article to be carried the carrying element being flexible, e.g. plastic bag handle
    • A45F2005/1053—Carrying handles intended for receiving parcel cords or package bands
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
    • A45F5/00—Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
    • A45F5/10—Handles for carrying purposes
    • A45F5/102—Handles for carrying purposes with means, e.g. a hook, receiving a carrying element of the hand article to be carried
    • A45F2005/1066—Details
    • A45F2005/1073—Retaining means for controlled release of the carrying element

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  • This invention relates to a handle grip for releasably retaining a handle of a loaded shopping bag, the shopping bag having a plastic sheet-type handle, or a cord handle.
  • U.S. Patent No. 2,444,558 to Elliott describes such a handle which is basically cylindrical in shape, but which has an offset bore and an offset slot for admitting the handle to the bore. No means are provided for preventing the bag handle from moving longitudinally or transversely within the bore, and hence for preventing corresponding movements in the bag. As well, since the admission slot is offset, it would likely be difficult to engage and disengage the bag handle from the device without using one hand to hold the device and another to position the bag handle.
  • U.S. Patent No. 2,506,781 also to Elliott, discloses an improvement consisting of an elongated medial partition and an admission slot with diverging ends.
  • the bag handle can still slide freely through the device, requiring the cord to be repositioned longitudinally in it in situations where the bag is loaded with a medium weight and after the bag has been placed on a supporting surface so that the bag handle has slid longitudinally through it.
  • the bag handle can slide longitudinally.through it and remain in an off-centre position within the device as a result of friction of the bag handle with the device.
  • U.S. Patent No. 645,317 to Flanders and 1,460,354 to Carver describe package handle grip devices which utilize removable and fixed wire yokes respectively positioned in a substantially rigid handle.
  • the present invention provides a handle grip for releasably retaining handles of a loaded shopping bag, which handle grip comprises a tube.
  • the tube has a pair of retaining slots extending adjacent to respective ends of the tube, each of which taper inwardly so that when the loaded shopping bag handles are passed therethrough and the tube is positioned upright and lifted, the shopping bag handles will become firmly wedged in the retaining slots.
  • the tube also has an admission slot extending between the ends of the tube, and dimensioned so as to allow the shopping bag handles to pass through it.
  • the pair of retaining slots are positioned on a lowermost position of a lower side of the tube, and extend lengthwise from respective ends of the tube and taper inwardly therefrom.
  • the tube have a uni-directional convexly downward curvature, and the lower side of the tube is transversely upcurving.
  • the tube is made substantially linear, and the lower side of the tube is transversely upcurving.
  • the tube may also advantageously be made so as to substantailly conform in shape to a cylinder.
  • the tube may usefully be additionally provided with a hole adjacent an innermost end of a retaining slot.
  • the handle grip in such an embodiment additionally comprises a hook removably extending through the hole and having an enlarged end abutting the inside surface of the tube.
  • Two holes may usefully be provided adjacent an innermost end of respective retaining slots, the handle grip additionally comrpising two hooks removably extending through respective holes, and each having an enlarged end abutting the inside surface of the tube.
  • the admission slot is disposed in an upper side of the tube.
  • the admisssion slot may usefully diverge adjacent the ends of the tube and theretoward.
  • the tube usefully has two holes contiguous with an innermost and of respective ; retaining slots, and the handle grip additionally comprises two hooks outwardly and removably extending through respective holes, and each having an enlarged end abutting the inside surface of the tube.
  • the handle grip advantageously comprises a substantially linear tube.
  • the tube has a lower upcurving side, and a pair of retaining slots on the lower side thereof, which extend lengthwise from repective ends of the tube.
  • the tube also has an admission slot extending between the ends of the tube and dimensioned so as to allow the shopping bag handle to pass through it.
  • the tube is advantageously provided with two holes adjacent an innermost end of respective slots', and the handle grip additionally comprising two hooks removably extending through respective holes and each having an enlarged end normally abutting the inside surface of the tube.
  • the handle grip shown consists of a tube 2 which substantially conforms in shape to a cylinder.
  • the tube 2 is provided with a pair of retaining slots 12 on a lowermost portion of a lower side 8 of the tube 2.
  • Each of the retaining slots 12 extends lengthwise from respective ends 4,6 of the tube 2, each tapering inwardly from its corresponding end so that when the handles 28 of a bonded shopping bag 26 are passed through them, and the tube 2 is positioned upright and lifted, as shown in Figure 5, the shopping bag handles 28 will become firmly wedged in the retaining slots 12.
  • An admission slot 14 is provided at an upper side 10 of the tube 2. This admission slot 14 is of such a width as to normally readily accommodate the handles 28 of the shopping bag 26 through the admission slot 14.
  • the admission slot 14 is able to expand as the tube 2 is outwardly flexible at its upper end 10, this being a result of the thinner construction of the tube 2 at the upper end 10 as is most clearly shown in Figure 1.
  • the admission slot 14 diverges adjacent the ends 4,6 of the tube 2 so as to form diverging portions 16 at each of the ends 4,6.
  • the tube 2 also has two holes 18 contiguous with an innermost end of each of the slots 12.
  • Two hooks 20 are provided which are of a diameter somewhat less than the holes 18. These hooks 20 outwardly and removably extend through their respective holes 18.
  • the end 22 of each of the hooks 20 is enlarged by means of the flange 24.
  • each of the hooks 20 normally abutts the inside surface of the tube 2 as shown in broken lines in Figure 2, thereby retaining the hooks 20 in the position shown in Figure 2 when the tube 20 is maintained in an upright position as shown in that Figure.
  • the handle grip described above may be used with or without the two hooks 20.
  • the tube 2 is placed under the handles 28 of the loaded shopping bag 26, and the tube 2 then moved upward so that the handles 28 pass through the admission slot 14, either contemporaneously or successively (the latter will likely be the case where the user desires to engage the loaded shopping bag on the device by using only one hand).
  • the diverting portions 16 of the admission slot 14 assist in positioning the handles 28 in alignment with the admission slot 14.
  • the shopping bag handles 28 will be unable to move longitudinally-or transversely within the tube 2.
  • the handle grip can then be used to carry the loaded shopping bag 26 in the-resulting configuration.
  • the tube 2 can then be rotated 360° with the shopping bag handles 28, engaged in the retaining slots 12. This will result in a twist in the handles 28 being positioned adjacent each retaining slot 12, thereby resulting in the handles 28 becoming even more firmly wedged in the retaining slots 12.
  • this latter configuration virtually ensures that when the shopping bag is placed temporarily on a supporting surface, the handles 28 remain engaged in the retaining slots 12, the tube 2 being unable to rotate with respect to the handles 28, so that when it is desired to again pick up the shopping bag 26 by means of the handle grip, no adjustment of the handles 28 within the tube 2 is required.
  • the tube 2 When it is desired to disengage the handles 28 from the handle grip, then first, if the tube 2 was.rotated 360° with the handles 28 engaged in the retaining slots 12, it should be rotated 3600 in the opposite direction to remove the twists in the handles 28. The tube 2 is then slowly rotated a further 180° until the upper side 10 of the tube 2 is downwardly disposed and the lower side 8 of the tube 2 is upwardly disposed. When the tube 2 is then in this position, the handles 28 should be disengaged from the retaining slots 12, and if they are not, minor shaking may be necessary. The handles 28 will then pass through the admission slot 14 so that the handles 28 then become disengaged from the handle grip. Providing the admission slot 14 is sufficiently wide, the disengagement can also be accomplished with one hand only.
  • the handle grip shown can, of course, be used with a single cord handle bag or a number of such bags, or a number of sheet-type shopping bags. If the thickness of the cord handle or the total thickness of the handles of the sheet-type shopping bag which are attempted to be simultaneously admitted to the tube 2 exceeds the width of the admission slot 14, because of the construction of the tube 2 previously described, the admission slot 14 will tend to automatically enlarge.
  • the hooks 20 can be used to hang various other parcels from them.
  • the hooks 20 would be particularly useful for a parcel tied with a cord of such a tightness as to be impossible to fit the tube'2 between the parcel and the cord and still have room for the fingers of a user on the lower side 8 of the tube 2. If it is desired to remove the hooks 20, the second end 22 is simply lifted upward toward the upper side 10 of the tube 2, and necessary bending motions to accommodate the bends in the hooks 20 being made simultaneously.
  • the hooks 20 can, of course, be installed by reversing this process.
  • the handle grip described is preferably injection molded thereby producing a handle grip with smooth edges.
  • the handle grip described can be readily made from a thermo-plastic type of plastic. Sheets of the plastic are first stamped to produce the shape shown on Figure 1. Of course, the sheets used would have to have the varying thickness shown. The stamped sheets can then be heat-rolled around a cylindrical mold to produce the handle grip shown in Figure 2. The handle grip produced by this latter process though tends to have rough edges.
  • the hooks 20 are typically made from metal by well known techniques.
  • the hooks 20 and their associated holes 18 in the tube 2 can be dispensed with in situations where it is not deemed necessary to have the hooks 20 present for carrying items such as parcels.
  • the tube 2 substantially conform in shape to a cylinder.
  • the tube 2 could have an elliptical cross-section.
  • the tube 2 need not be substantially linear, but could have a uni-directional convexly downward curvature. That is, the tube 2 will curve downwardly only to conform to the shape of the shopping bag handles 28.
  • the shape of the tube 2 described above, that is, substantially conforming in shape to a cylinder is preferred since it produces a handle grip of particularly simple construction.
  • the retaining slots 12 need not extend lengthwise from respective ends 4,6 of the tube 2 as described above. Instead, a tube could be provided with closed vertical ends, each having a retaining slot of a similar shape to those of the retaining slots described above, vertically disposed. However, again, this results in a handle grip of more complex construction.
  • the position of the admission slot 14 could also be changed somewhat in relation to the position of the retaining slots 12. However, when the admission slot 14 is disposed on an upper side 10 of the tube 2, and the retaining slots 12 are disposed on a lower side 8 thereof, a particularly simply constructed handle grip as described above is produced.
  • the holes 18 for the hooks 20 need not be contiguous with the innermost end of respective retaining slots 12 as described above.
  • the holes could be disposed on the lower surface 8 of the tube 2 somewhat inwardly of the innermost ends of respective retaining slots 12.
  • a particularly simply constructed handle grip is produced, separate portions of a stamp to produce the holes 18 in a plastic sheet not being required.
  • a further alternative is to provide a handle grip comprising a substantially linear tube with a transversely upcurving lower side, wherein the slots on the lower side of the tube are not tapered inwardly, but are instead, of a size which will snugly accommodate the handles 28 of a shopping bag 26.

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GB2147800A (en) * 1983-10-13 1985-05-22 Douglas Ernest Heasman Detachable handle for plastic carrier bags and strap-handled carriers
WO1988006128A1 (fr) * 1987-02-13 1988-08-25 Ristomatti Ratia Oy Poignee servant a porter des objets portatifs
GB2207856A (en) * 1987-08-11 1989-02-15 Nicholas Aleck Bar carrying handle
US4923235A (en) * 1989-01-30 1990-05-08 Wolverine Aluminum Distributing Ltd. Handle
US5029926A (en) * 1989-08-28 1991-07-09 Dieterich Jr Peter D Handle for plastic bag
FR2660174A1 (fr) * 1990-04-02 1991-10-04 Fino Edouard Poignee pour le transport de sachet munie de anses.
US5058767A (en) * 1989-08-28 1991-10-22 Dieterich Jr Peter D Dispensing apparatus and method of dispensing bag holders
US5257845A (en) * 1992-10-30 1993-11-02 Mcconnell Michael J Detachable hand grip for carrying bags and the like
GB2287181A (en) * 1994-03-08 1995-09-13 Stephen John Sanders Handle
GB2293309A (en) * 1994-09-03 1996-03-27 Peter Devlin Handle grip
WO1996016570A1 (fr) * 1994-12-02 1996-06-06 Carlos Romero Recalde Poignee pour le transport de sacs
GB2298129A (en) * 1995-02-23 1996-08-28 David John Beckett Handle holder
GB2308804A (en) * 1996-01-05 1997-07-09 William Arthur Clayburn Carrying handle
US5775757A (en) * 1996-06-11 1998-07-07 Tipp; Raymond P. Flexible bag handle hand grip
US5865494A (en) * 1996-12-12 1999-02-02 Tipp; Raymond P. Flexible bag handle hand grip
US6354645B2 (en) * 1999-04-13 2002-03-12 Grabb-It, Inc. Device and method for advertising and carrying bags with handles
US6378925B1 (en) * 1997-10-10 2002-04-30 Peter A. Greenlee Hand grip orthosis
GB2370756A (en) * 2001-01-06 2002-07-10 Frank Trcek Re-usable bag carrying handle
EP1308107A1 (fr) * 2001-10-30 2003-05-07 Tomi Machinery Manfuacturing Co., Ltd. Poignée pour porter des objets et procédé de fabrication
US6749240B1 (en) 1999-04-13 2004-06-15 Grabb-It Inc. Method of advertising and distributing sales incentives on a useful device
WO2008054249A2 (fr) * 2006-10-12 2008-05-08 Dmitrij Veniaminovich Rjasnoj Poignée détachable destinée au transport de bagages
US7805813B1 (en) 2003-10-06 2010-10-05 Bunyard Robert J Grip for use on a bail

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DE2725481A1 (de) * 1977-06-06 1978-12-14 Rudolf Kirsten Tragegriff fuer plastikeinkaufstaschen
GB2078497A (en) * 1980-02-12 1982-01-13 Nordstrom Eva Margareta Carrying handle

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DE2725481A1 (de) * 1977-06-06 1978-12-14 Rudolf Kirsten Tragegriff fuer plastikeinkaufstaschen
GB2078497A (en) * 1980-02-12 1982-01-13 Nordstrom Eva Margareta Carrying handle

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2147800A (en) * 1983-10-13 1985-05-22 Douglas Ernest Heasman Detachable handle for plastic carrier bags and strap-handled carriers
WO1988006128A1 (fr) * 1987-02-13 1988-08-25 Ristomatti Ratia Oy Poignee servant a porter des objets portatifs
GB2207856A (en) * 1987-08-11 1989-02-15 Nicholas Aleck Bar carrying handle
US4923235A (en) * 1989-01-30 1990-05-08 Wolverine Aluminum Distributing Ltd. Handle
US5029926A (en) * 1989-08-28 1991-07-09 Dieterich Jr Peter D Handle for plastic bag
US5058767A (en) * 1989-08-28 1991-10-22 Dieterich Jr Peter D Dispensing apparatus and method of dispensing bag holders
FR2660174A1 (fr) * 1990-04-02 1991-10-04 Fino Edouard Poignee pour le transport de sachet munie de anses.
US5257845A (en) * 1992-10-30 1993-11-02 Mcconnell Michael J Detachable hand grip for carrying bags and the like
WO1994009673A1 (fr) * 1992-10-30 1994-05-11 Mcconnell Michael J Poignee detachable pour transport de sacs et objets similaires
GB2287181A (en) * 1994-03-08 1995-09-13 Stephen John Sanders Handle
GB2293309A (en) * 1994-09-03 1996-03-27 Peter Devlin Handle grip
WO1996016570A1 (fr) * 1994-12-02 1996-06-06 Carlos Romero Recalde Poignee pour le transport de sacs
GB2298129A (en) * 1995-02-23 1996-08-28 David John Beckett Handle holder
GB2308804A (en) * 1996-01-05 1997-07-09 William Arthur Clayburn Carrying handle
GB2308804B (en) * 1996-01-05 2000-02-02 William Arthur Clayburn Handle for container
US5775757A (en) * 1996-06-11 1998-07-07 Tipp; Raymond P. Flexible bag handle hand grip
US5865494A (en) * 1996-12-12 1999-02-02 Tipp; Raymond P. Flexible bag handle hand grip
US6378925B1 (en) * 1997-10-10 2002-04-30 Peter A. Greenlee Hand grip orthosis
US6354645B2 (en) * 1999-04-13 2002-03-12 Grabb-It, Inc. Device and method for advertising and carrying bags with handles
US6749240B1 (en) 1999-04-13 2004-06-15 Grabb-It Inc. Method of advertising and distributing sales incentives on a useful device
GB2370756A (en) * 2001-01-06 2002-07-10 Frank Trcek Re-usable bag carrying handle
EP1308107A1 (fr) * 2001-10-30 2003-05-07 Tomi Machinery Manfuacturing Co., Ltd. Poignée pour porter des objets et procédé de fabrication
US7805813B1 (en) 2003-10-06 2010-10-05 Bunyard Robert J Grip for use on a bail
WO2008054249A2 (fr) * 2006-10-12 2008-05-08 Dmitrij Veniaminovich Rjasnoj Poignée détachable destinée au transport de bagages
WO2008054249A3 (fr) * 2006-10-12 2008-08-07 Dmitrij Veniaminovich Rjasnoj Poignée détachable destinée au transport de bagages

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