ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,477, issued on May 27.
"Shopping bag" was invented by Sungmook Lim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a shopping bag adopting a unique design structure, so that a user's will to re-use the shopping bag can be strengthened and the shopping bag is easy to be processed. The shopping bag entirely has an elliptical structure and comprises: a central portion on which an object is placed; a peripheral portion which surrounds the central portion and has various cut patterns formed therein; and a pair of handle portions which are symmetrically formed at both sides of the edge of the peripheral portion, wherei...