JP2001206389A - Simple shopping bag - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple shopping bag which is in a structure suitable for aged or weak persons to heighten their purchasing will. SOLUTION: In the simple shopping bag 1 which is made of a thin plastic in a structure having a housing part 2 with an upper opening 2a provided and with two pieces of binding cords 3 provided at the edges of the upper opening and used for carrying purchased articles while being folded up when empty, two pieces of shouldering straps 4 are provided at appropriate positions at the outside of the housing part 2 in the vertical direction with slackness being provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a simple shopping bag suitable for carrying, for example, an article purchased by an elderly person at a supermarket or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In supermarkets and superstores, small and large shopping bags are always prepared so that customers can bring in items they have purchased. Although this simple bag is made of paper, it is often made of a thin plastic that can be folded and deformed. FIG. 6 schematically shows two examples of the conventional simple bag. The simple bag 30 of the same (a) is mainly composed of a storage section 31 having an upper opening 31a,
At the upper opening edge, two binding string portions 32 and two suspending portions 33 are integrally formed. Binding string 32
Are connected to each other to close the upper opening 31a so that the purchased articles put in the storage section 31 do not protrude and fall. The take-up portions 33 are provided in a loop shape from both side edges of the upper opening 31a, and are used to suspend and carry the simple bag 30. On the other hand, the simple bag 34 shown in FIG.
It is simplified from the simple bag 30, and comprises a storage section 35 having an upper opening 35a and two hanging take-up sections 36.
The take-up portion 36 is provided in a loop shape from both sides of the upper opening 35a, and also serves as a binding string by narrowing the upper opening 35a by a load when a purchased product is put into the storage portion 35 and carried.

[0003]

The simple bag 30, described above,
Numeral 34 is provided free of charge to the customer as a part of the service, and all of them are for putting purchased items and suspending them by hand and carrying them. Therefore, the elderly cannot carry the purchased goods when they become heavy, and often refrain from giving up the necessary goods or give up. Even if you are not an old man,
For example, the same applies to a person with an injured arm or leg or a person with weak physical strength.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0004] An object of the present invention is to provide a simple shopping bag which has a configuration suitable for the elderly and those with weak physical strength, thereby increasing the willingness to purchase. is there.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 1 and the like, is used to store and transport purchased items. 2
In a thin plastic shopping bag 1 that has a binding string portion 3 of a book and is entirely foldable and deformable, the bag is arranged with slack along the outer surface of the storage portion 2 in the vertical direction. In this state, it has two shoulder string portions 4 for carrying on the back, which are attached to appropriate positions of the storage portion 2. In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2 and the like, a purchased product is put in and carried, and a storage portion 7 having an upper opening 7a and a hanging portion 9b are integrally provided at an edge of the upper opening. Then, in the thin plastic shopping bag 6 that is entirely foldable and deformable, the storage portion 7 is properly positioned in the state where the storage portion 7 is loosely arranged along the outer surface of the storage portion 7 in the vertical direction. Has two shoulder straps 9d (or 9) for carrying on the back.

In each of the above inventions, the former makes it possible for an elderly person or a person with weak physical strength (hereinafter abbreviated as an elderly person) to put a purchased product in the storage section 2 and carry it with the shoulder strap 4 on her back. . In that case, the upper opening 2a
It is closed by the binding part 3 of the book. In the latter, in addition to this, it is also possible for a normal person to take it in the same manner as in the past and carry it by suspending it via the portion 9b, and when carrying it, take the upper opening 7a of the storage portion 7 and use the portion 9b. And close. That is, the former invention is configured as a bag dedicated to the elderly and the like, while the latter invention is configured as a dual-purpose bag for the elderly and the like. Such a simple bag makes it easy to bring back the purchased item without any strength or physical strength, and can easily solve the problem of having to carry it as in the conventional case.

[0007] Each of the above inventions is more preferably embodied as follows. First, the shoulder straps 4, 9
In this configuration, d (or 9) is provided across the upper openings 2a and 7a of the storage sections 2 and 7. More preferably, the shoulder strap portions 4, 9d form slack on one side of the front and rear surfaces forming the storage portions 2, 7, and extend from the one side to the other side through the bottom. It is.
These are all for obtaining stability when carrying the simple bags 1 and 6 on their backs. In addition, since this kind of simple bag is made of a deformable and thin plastic, if the shoulder strap portion is simply attached to one side of the storage portion, the stability becomes lower as the bag becomes larger. The problem is easily solved by these configurations. Second, the shoulder string portion 9d is provided using a string portion integrally formed at the upper opening edge of the storage portions 2 and 7. The shoulder string part of the present invention may be the storage part 2 and the separate shoulder string part 4 attached at an appropriate position as shown in FIG. However, in terms of manufacturing, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the shoulder string portions 9, 14, 19 are integrally formed with the storage portions 7, 12, 17 so as to be integrally extended, and necessary portions are attached by welding or the like in a later step. In some cases, it can be simplified.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The drawings show four examples from the simple bag of FIG. 1 to the simple bag of FIG. 4 to which the present invention is applied. The material of each simple bag is the same as in the prior art, and is made of a thin plastic that can be folded and deformed. In the manufacture, for example, after the upper and lower ends are trimmed using a cylindrical member, the cylindrical bottom portion is integrated, and a shoulder string portion is attached.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a simple bag in which a separate shoulder strap is attached to a storage portion, wherein FIG. 1 (a) is a view from the front side of the simple bag, and FIG. It is the figure seen from the back side of. In this simple bag 1, the storage section 2 has two shoulder string sections 4 together with two binding string sections 3. The size is arbitrarily designed to be large, medium, or small as in conventional products. The storage unit 2 is a foldable and deformable bag having a bottom side joined by welding and a top opening 2a in the same manner as in the related art. The storage unit 2 has a substantially rectangular shape with the front and rear surfaces overlapping, and when purchased small articles are inserted through the top opening 2a. The bags are separated from each other while projecting the sides to form a bag of a predetermined size. Each binding string 3 is stored in the storage section 2
At the upper opening edge, and is integrally formed from substantially the middle of the front and rear surfaces. The upper opening 2a is closed by tying the binding string portions 3 to each other, so that the purchased product placed in the storage portion 2 does not protrude.

The material of each shoulder string portion 4 is made of a thin plastic material that can be folded and deformed, like the storage portion 2. The shoulder string portion 4 is an elongated string, and one side of the front and rear surfaces of the storage portion 2 (here, FIG.
(A) is the front side, and (b) is the back side), and is arranged with slack for carrying in the up and down direction, and the upper end 4a extends from the front to the back side across the upper opening 2a. The lower end 4b extends from the front to the rear through the bottom. The upper end 4a and the lower end 4b are joined by welding at an appropriate position on the back side. Reference numeral 5 shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 1 schematically shows the welded portion. In addition, the length of the shoulder string part 4 is about 55 to 75 cm as a guide,
It can be determined in consideration of the average body shape of the elderly, the size of the storage section 2, and the like.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 2 shows a simple bag in which a shoulder string portion is integrally formed in a storage portion. FIG. 2 (a) is a diagram viewed from the front side of the simple bag, and FIG. It is the figure seen from the back side. In this simple bag 6, the storage portion 7 has two binding string portions 8 and two shoulder string portions 9,
Utilizing a part of the shoulder string portion 9, a hanging portion 9b is formed. The storage section 7 is a foldable and deformable bag having a bottom side joined by welding and having an upper opening 7a. The storage section 7 has a substantially rectangular shape with the front and rear surfaces overlapping, and the side protrudes when purchased small articles are inserted through the upper opening 2a. They are separated from each other to form a bag of a predetermined size. Each binding cord portion 8 is located at the upper opening edge of the storage portion 7 and is integrally extended from substantially the middle of the front and rear surfaces. Each shoulder cord portion 9 is located on both sides of the binding cord portion 8, is integrally extended from the upper opening edge of the corresponding storage portion 7, and becomes a strap portion that becomes a hanging portion 9 b and an original backrest. And a cord portion for use. In this shoulder string portion 9, the base portion 9a is located on one side of the front and rear surfaces of the storage portion 7 (here, FIG. 2A is the front side, and FIG. Integrated into the opening edge,
The taking part 9b is arranged so as to cross the upper opening 7a so as to form a loop, and the part 9c is welded to the edge of the front opening, and the shoulder part 9d has slack for carrying on the back in the vertical direction outside the front. The lower end 9e extends from the front to the rear through the bottom and is joined by welding at an appropriate position. Each enlarged view of FIG. 2 schematically shows the two welded portions 10. Note that the take-out portion 9b is set to the same length as that of FIG. 6, and the length of the shoulder portion 9d is the first length.
Similar to the form, it can be determined in consideration of the average body shape of the elderly, the size of the storage section 7, and the like.

In the second embodiment described above, the first embodiment is configured as a dedicated bag for an elderly person, etc.
Is formed together with the original shoulder portion 9d to form the portion 9b, and a mode in which the simple bag 6 is carried through the shoulder portion 9d and a mode in which the simple bag 6 is suspended and carried through the taking portion 9b can be selected. It was made. And in this structure, since the shoulder part 9d and the take-out part 9b are provided using the same shoulder string part 9, manufacture becomes easier than the structure which attaches a take-away part independently. Further, in the simple bag 1 of the first embodiment, the upper opening 2a is closed with the two binding string portions 3 so that the small articles such as the purchased items put in the storage section 2 do not protrude and fall. And old people,
As shown schematically in FIG. 5, when the simple bag 1 is carried on the back through the shoulder string portion 4, the upper portion of the shoulder string portion 4 has an upper opening 2.
a, the small parts in the storage part 2 are prevented from protruding even by the crossed part. On the other hand, in the simple bag 6 of the second embodiment, for example, the upper opening 7a is bound so as to prevent the small articles such as the purchased articles put in the storage section 7 from protruding and falling, and the string sections 8 are tied together and taken out. Part 9b
By tying them together, the small items in the storage section 7 are reliably prevented from protruding. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the binding portion 8b of FIG. 2 may be omitted because the holding portion 9b can also be used for the binding string.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 3 shows an example of the simple bag shown in FIG. 1 in which the form of the shoulder strap is changed. That is, in the simple bag 11, similarly to the simple bag 1 in FIG. 1, the storage portion 12 has two shoulder string portions 14 together with two binding string portions 13. The difference is that each shoulder string portion 14 is integrally formed from the upper opening edge of the storage portion 12 and is located on one side of the front and rear surfaces of the storage portion 12 (here, FIG. 3 is a front side). It crosses the upper opening 12a, and is arranged with a slack for carrying on the back in the vertical direction outside the front.
b is welded to the bottom 12b side. The enlarged view of FIG. 3 schematically shows the welded portion 15. This lower end 14b
Are welded and attached to the cylindrical storage portion 12 at the same time as the opening of the bottom portion 12b is welded. Therefore, the third embodiment has the same function as the simple bag 1 of the first embodiment, such as carrying on the back, and is easily manufactured.

(Fourth Embodiment) FIG. 4 shows an example of the simple bag shown in FIG. 3 in which the form of the shoulder strap is further modified. That is, the simple bag 16 is provided in the storage section 1 having the upper opening 17a.
7 has two shoulder straps 19 together with two binding straps 18, and each shoulder strap 19 is
7 is the same as the simple bag 11 of FIG. 3 in that it is formed integrally from the upper opening edge. A different configuration is that each shoulder cord portion 19 is located on one side of the front and rear surfaces of the storage portion 17 (here, the front side in FIG. 4), extends from the front upper opening edge portion, and is used for carrying on the back outside in the vertical direction. It is arranged with slack, and the lower end 19b is welded to the bottom side. The enlarged view of FIG. 4 schematically shows the welded portion 20. This lower end 1
9b is attached and attached at the same time when the bottom portion 17b of the storage portion 17 is welded in the width direction.

It should be noted that the present invention can be further variously modified within the scope described in claim 1 or 2 based on the above embodiments. In particular, the material is made of polyethylene, but other materials may be used. In addition, a molding method suitable for a mass production form is appropriately devised.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a supermarket or a superstore, for example, by preparing the simple bag of the present invention as an exclusive product for the elderly, in addition to the existing products, the customer can purchase the product. The upper opening can be closed with the binding string portion, or the upper opening can be closed using the hanging portion, and can be carried on two shoulder strap portions. For this reason, it becomes a mode that is gentle to the elderly and the like, and has effects such as stimulating purchase motivation and contributing to purchase promotion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a simple bag according to a first embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the front and back sides.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a simple bag according to a second embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the front and back sides.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a simple bag according to a third embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the front side.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a simple bag according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the front side.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing an example of using the simple bag of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a reference view showing two conventional simple bags.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 6, 11, 16 are simple shopping bags, 2, 7, 12, 17 are storage portions 2a, 7a, 12a, 17a are upper openings 3, 8, 13, 18 are binding strap portions 4, 9, 14, 19 Is a shoulder string part 9b is a taking part 9d is a shoulder part

Claims (5)

[Claims] Claims: 1. An article for carrying a purchased article, wherein the article has two storage straps integrally formed in a storage section having an upper opening and an edge of the upper opening.
A shopping bag made of thin plastic that is entirely foldable and deformable, and is attached to an appropriate position of the storage section in a state where the storage section is loosely arranged along the outer surface of the storage section in a vertical direction. A simple shopping bag having two shoulder straps for carrying. 2. A thin plastic made of a thin plastic which is provided with an upper opening storage portion and a hanging portion at the upper opening edge, and is entirely foldable and deformable. In the shopping simple bag, in a state where the bag is arranged with a slack along the outer surface of the storage unit in a vertical direction, the bag has two shoulder straps attached to appropriate positions of the storage unit. Simple shopping bag characterized by having 3. The simple shopping bag according to claim 1, wherein the shoulder string portion is provided so as to cross an upper opening of the storage portion. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the shoulder string portion forms slack on one side of the front and rear surfaces forming the storage portion, and extends from the one side through the bottom to the other side. 3. The simple shopping bag according to any one of 3. 5. The shopping simple according to claim 1, wherein the shoulder string portion is provided by using a string portion integrally extended from an upper opening edge of the storage portion. bag.