Patent ID: 7607278

Claim:
An apparatus for bundling newspapers for recycling, said apparatus comprising: a bundle of newspapers to be secured for recycling, said bundle of newspapers defined by a lower face, upper face, and four side walls; an elongate handle member, said elongate handle member having a first end and a second end, said elongate handle member having first and second spaced apart throughbores perpendicular to an elongate axis of said handle member, said handle member further having indented notches formed in said first end and said second end of said handle member; a cordage member comprised of string or twine, said cordage member positioned through said first throughbore in said handle member so as to define two legs of said cordage member, each of said legs having a handle end and a loose end, said legs positioned on a flat surface and overlapped so as to form an X intersection and define a loop between said X intersection and said handle member, said bundle of newspapers to be secured for recycling positioned on said X intersection at a 45 degree angle, said handle member positioned on said upper face of said bundle of newspapers with said handle end portions of said legs of said cordage extending upwardly along two adjacent said side walls, said loose ends of said legs of said cordage extending upwardly to said upper face of said bundle of newspapers, said loose ends of said legs of said cordage members inserted through said second throughbore of said handle member and drawn taut and wrapped about said notches in said first end and said second end of said handle member.