Lawrence Andrew Crouch

US Patent:

6447037, Sep 10, 2002

Filed:

Aug 8, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/633977

Inventors:

Lawrence Andrew Crouch - Charlotte NC 28235

International Classification:

B65D 3306

US Classification:

294149, 294150, 294165

Abstract:

Multiple handle-type bags, particularly plastic grocery bags, may be gathered for carrying and transportation by utilizing a flattened flexible strap with loop portions at its opposite ends. The strap is inserted through the collected handle openings of the bags to draw the handles together and, then, one end of the strap is inserted through the loop portion of the other strap end to close and cinch the other strap end about the handles. The bags may then be manually carried as a group by grasping the loop portion of the one strap end either within the fingers of users hands or about the users wrist.