If you’re one of the most widely recognized electronics companies, folks may assume that everything you come up with is some high-tech piece of gadgetry. So when Apple files a patent for a common paper shopping bag, well, it’s a bit of a head-scratcher.
Part of Apple’s appeal is its shopping experience, which may be why the tech giant filed a patent application for white paper shopping bags made with at least 60% post-consumer recycled content back in March. The bag features handles made of paper fibers that are more flexible, almost like a shoelace, The Next Web notes.
More specifically, the bag has “a handle formed entirely of paper fiber yarn knitted in an 8-stitch circular knit pattern.”
Is there any kind of hidden wireless technology, or maybe a way to connect to the bag via Bluetooth? Nope, it’s just a bag, as Apple notes the background of such items: “Bags are often used for containing items. For example, retail bags may be used to contain items purchased at a retail store.”
The company switched to paper bags from plastic earlier this year, so it’s likely that these newly patented bags will be the carrier of choice at Apple stores.
by Mary Beth Quirk via Consumerist
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