Carrier bags

Claim 1

A CARRIER COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE PAPER BAG HAVING CONNECTED END, SIDE AND BOTTOM WALLS AND A RECTANGULAR OPEN MOUTH AT ITS TOP AND FORMED WITH CREASE LINES TO ENABLE IT TO BE FOLDED FLAT BUT OPENABLE TO RECTANGULAR BOX SHAPE, THE END AND SIDE WALLS OF SAID BAG BEING EXTENDED UPWARDLY ABOVE THE MOUTH OF THE BAG TO FORM AN UPWARD EXTENSION INCORPORATING INWARDLY FOLDABLE SUPERIMPOSED FLAP PORTIONS, AN OPPOSED PAIR OF SAID FLAP PORTIONS EACH INCORPORATING A CARDBOARD STIFFENING MEMBER ADHESIVELY SECURED TO THE INNER SURFACE THEREOF, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STIFFENING MEMBERS BEING COEXTENSIVE IN WIDTH AND LENGTH WITH THE BAG MOUTH TO COMPLETELY COVER THE MOUTH ON FOLDING, THE LOWER OF SAID OPPOSED FLAP PORTIONS INCLUDING A HANDLE INTEGRAL WITH THE ATTACHED STIFFENING MEMBER AND FORMED BY TWO CUTS EXTENDING FROM THE EDGE TO THE CENTER OF THE STIFFENING MEMBER, THE INNER ENDS OF SAID CUTS BEING CONNECTED BY A CREASE LINE ENABLING THE HANDLE PORTION TO BE BENT THROUGH NINETY DEGREES SO AS TO PROJECT UPWARDLY FROM THE FLAP AND AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO, AND THE UPPER OF SAID OPPOSED FLAP PORTIONS BEING FORMED AT ITS CENTER WITH A SLOT TO RECEIVE THE UPWARDLY PROJECTING HANDLE TO MAINTAIN THE FLAP PORTIONS IN CLOSE PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP AND RENDER THE BAG SUBSTANTIALLY WATERPROOF.