Apple patents bold new innovation – a paper bag

White paper bags made of recycled material tend to be flimsy due to the amount of bleach used, so Apple's come up with a solution

Apple has patented remotely disabling iPhone cameras. It's patented Gear VR-style headsets, and watch-controlled photography. It's even patented the sliding function to unlock the phone - deceased as of iOS 10 - and the concept of a phone with a bezel and rounded edges.

Now it's gone one step further, and applied to patent a paper bag.