Patent ID: 6447037
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A device for gathering for easy carrying and secure transportation a plurality of bags of the type for containing and transporting manually carriable goods, each of which bags has a carrying handle defining a handle opening, the device comprising a strap for collecting and supporting the plurality of bags as a collective group, the strap comprising an elongate body having opposite ends formed as loop portions each defining an opening therethrough, the body being flexible and the loop portions thereof being configured relative to one another such that each loop portion is capable of insertion through the opening of the other loop portion, the body being configured to be insertable through the handle openings of the plurality of bags when collected together as a group and for drawing of the handles of the bags together with the opposite ends of the strap at least partially exposed outside the handle openings of the bags so as to facilitate insertion of one end of the strap through the opening defined by the loop portion of the other end of the strap for closure of the loop portion of the other end of the strap about the collected handles of the bags to secure the handles of the bags together.