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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas W Cooper, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; A44B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24 3 / ; 2430 / ; 24 3 / ; 383-6 ; 294170 ;
Abstract
A clasp having a wafer-like body releasably holds together thin flexible handles of a bag for carrying articles. The body includes a pair of opposing lobes that define a channel extending from a peripheral edge to an interior aperture. A wall of the aperture defines two generally V-shaped niches, each on opposite sides of the channel adjacent the lobes. The handles of the bag, inserted through the channel to the interior aperture, engage the niches for holding the bag substantially closed when being operated for enveloping articles. A method of releasably maintaining an entrance of a bag substantially partially closed is also disclosed.