ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,987, issued on Sept. 23.
"Reinforced paper bag" was invented by Peter L. Levy (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reliable leakage resistant reinforced paper bag having reinforcement strips coupling the two handles and traversing the bag handle sides, spanning the bottom and coupled to the opposite bag side handle while increasing reliability and carrying capacity of the bag."
The patent was filed on March 11, 2025, under Application No. 19/076,933.
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