Patent Application
20240300699
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The disclosure relates to handgrips and more particularly pertains to a new handgrip for facilitating carrying a plurality of open containers.
The prior art relates to handgrips and includes a variety of handgrips being attachable to bags wherein the handgrips facilitate carrying the bags. Known prior art does not include a handgrip configured to facilitate carrying a plurality of open containers and comprising a cover enwrapping at least one handle of each open container of the plurality of open containers.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of bags and each bag includes at least one handle. A grip comprises a tube enclosing a channel and having a curvature shape configured to contour at least one handle. An elongated slot is positioned on an exterior of the tube and extends therethrough. The elongated slot extends through each end of the pair of ends of the tube.
Another embodiment of the disclosure comprises a method including the steps of providing a grip and inserting at least one handle of each bag of a plurality of bags through an elongated slot into a channel of the grip. The elongated slot of the grip positions upwardly relative to at least one handle and a bottom of the grip is grabbed to carry the plurality of bags.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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Alternatively, the open container carrier handle system and method 10 may comprise a pail 16 such as a paint-containing bucket having an opening extending through a top side of the pail 16, wherein the opening forms an upper perimeter edge 18 of the pail 16. A handgrip 20 is typically coupled to the pail 16 and includes a pair of rods 22. Each of the rods 22 is attached to and extends upwardly from the upper perimeter edge 18 of the pail 16. Each of the rods 22 attaches to a clutching member 24, wherein the clutching member 24 connects the pair of rods 22 together.
A grip 26 comprises a tube 28 enclosing a channel 30 and having a curvature shape configured to contour at least one handle 14. The tube 28 has a pair of ends 32 and each end 32 of the pair of ends 32 is open. An exterior of the tube 28 has an elongated slot 34 extending therethrough. The elongated slot 34 extends through each end 32 of the pair of ends 32 of the tube 28 and allows access into the channel 30 of the tube 28. The pair of ends 32 is flared and symmetrical to facilitate inserting at least one handle 14 through the elongated slot 34. An interior layer 36 comprises a resiliently flexible material and will typically comprise an elastomeric material such as rubber or silicone. An exterior layer 38 normally enwraps an entirety of the interior layer 36 and typically comprises a fabric material.
In use, the grip 26 is provided and at least one handle 14 of each bag 12 of the plurality of bags 12 is inserted through the elongated slot 34 into the channel 30. The grip 26 typically will enwrap each handle 14 of the pair of handles 14 of each bag 12 to facilitate carrying the bags 12. The elongated slot 34 is positioned upwardly relative to at least one handle 14 to inhibit accidentally removing the handle 14 through the elongated slot 34 when grabbing the grip 26. A bottom of the grip 26 is grabbed thereafter to carry the plurality of bags 12.
Alternatively, the clutching member 24 of the handgrip 20 is inserted through the elongated slot 34 into the channel 30 of the grip 26. The grip 26 will typically enwrap the clutching member 24 to facilitate carrying the pail 16. The elongated slot 34 is normally positioned upwardly relative to the clutching member 24 to inhibit accidentally removing the clutching member 24 through the elongated slot 34 while grabbing the grip 26.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
