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US 11,524,816 B2Granted
Plastics shipping bag
AssigneeMettler Packaging LLC
InventorsRene Donner, Patrick Eberhard
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Abstract
A plastics shipping bag includes a closure flap which projects beyond the front wall, can be folded over the outer face of the front wall, and comprises a passage opening, which is configured and designed for the passage of a handle loop or handle of the front wall and/or rear wall, wherein the closure flap comprises at least one fastening means between the opening edge of the rear wall and the passage opening, which fastening means is configured and designed to close the opening end once the closure flap has been folded over onto the outer face of the front wall. The plastics shipping bag can be used for shipping foods, such as chilled foods.
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A plastics shipping bag, comprising:
- a closed or substantially closed base end and an opposite opening end;
- a front wall having an inner face and an outer face, each face having a first side edge and an opposite second side edge as well as an opening edge and a base edge;
- a rear wall having an inner face and an outer face, each face having a first side edge and an opposite second side edge as well as an opening edge and a base edge,
- wherein the front wall and the rear wall are interconnected at least in portions, directly or by way of side walls and/or side folds and/or a base area in a region of their first and second side edges and base edges,
- wherein the front wall, or the front wall and the rear wall, or the front wall, the rear wall and the side walls, are designed to be multi-layered at least in portions, including an inner layer and an outer layer or an inner layer, an outer layer and at least one intermediate layer;
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- at least one handle or handle loop attached to the opening edge, the inner face or the outer face of the front wall, and/or at least one handle or handle loop attached to the inner face of the rear wall below the opening edge,
- wherein the front wall has a first length which corresponds to the average distance between the opening edge and the base edge of the front wall, and wherein the rear wall has a second length which corresponds to the average distance between the opening edge and the base edge of the rear wall, wherein the first length is shorter than the second length, such that the rear wall projects beyond the front wall at the opening end and this portion of the rear wall projecting beyond the front wall forming a closure flap can be folded onto the outer face of the front wall,
- wherein the closure flap comprises a passage opening which is configured and designed for the passage of the handle loop or handle of the front wall and/or rear wall,
- wherein the closure flap comprises at least one fastener between the opening edge of the rear wall and the passage opening, which fastener is configured and designed to close the opening end once the closure flap has been folded over onto the outer face of the front wall, and
- wherein the layer forming the outer layer of the front wall comprises an extended edge portion in a region of the opening edge, which extended edge portion is folded over onto the outer face of the inner layer of the front wall and forms an overlapping portion together with this inner layer, and
- wherein the extended edge portion and the inner layer, or the extended edge portion, the inner layer and also the inner layer and the outer layer, or the inner layer and the at least one intermediate layer and the at least one intermediate layer and the outer layer, are interconnected in the overlapping portion forming a first connection area.
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A plastics shipping bag, comprising:
- a closed or substantially closed base end and an opposite opening end;
- a front wall having an inner face and an outer face, each having a first side edge and an opposite second side edge as well as an opening edge and a base edge;
- a rear wall having an inner face and an outer face, each face having a first side edge and an opposite second side edge as well as an opening edge and a base edge,
- wherein the front wall and the rear wall are interconnected at least in portions, directly or by way of side walls and/or side folds and/or a base area in the region of their first and second side edges and base edges,
- wherein the front wall, or the front wall and the rear wall, or the front wall, the rear wall and the side walls, are designed to be multi-layered at least in portions, including an inner layer and an outer layer or an inner layer, an outer layer and at least one intermediate layer;
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- at least one handle or handle loop attached to the opening edge, the inner face or the outer face of the front wall, and/or at least one handle or handle loop attached to the inner face of the rear wall below the opening edge,
- wherein the front wall has a first length which corresponds to the average distance between the opening edge and the base edge of the front wall, and wherein the rear wall has a second length which corresponds to the average distance between the opening edge and the base edge of the rear wall, wherein the first length is shorter than the second length, such that the rear wall projects beyond the front wall at the opening end and this portion of the rear wall projecting beyond the front wall forming a closure flap can be folded onto the outer face of the front wall,
- wherein the closure flap comprises a passage opening which is configured and designed for the passage of the handle loop or handle of the front wall and/or rear wall,
- wherein the closure flap comprises at least one fastener between the opening edge of the rear wall and the passage opening, which fastener is configured and designed to close the opening end once the closure flap has been folded over onto the outer face of the front wall, and
- wherein the layer forming the outer layer of the rear wall comprises an extended edge portion in a region of the opening edge, which extended edge portion is folded over onto the outer face of the inner layer of the rear wall and forms an overlapping portion together with this inner layer, and
- wherein the extended edge portion and the inner layer, or the extended edge portion, the inner layer and also the inner layer and the outer layer, or the inner layer and the at least one intermediate layer and the at least one intermediate layer and the outer layer, are interconnected in the overlapping portion forming a second connection area.
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