Package of reclosable bags with staggered sliders

A package of reclosable bags, the package comprising:

• a roll of reclosable bags, the roll comprising a number x of reclosable bags, wherein each reclosable bag has:
• a first panel and a second panel opposite the first panel, the first panel and the second panel joined along corresponding first and second sides thereof with a mouth defined therebetween, the mouth having a width greater than 9 inches, and
• a closure member extending along the mouth, the closure member including a slider configured to open and close the mouth,
• wherein the reclosable bags of the roll are arranged in an overlapping shingled arrangement and the roll is rolled about an axis parallel with the mouth of each bag, and further wherein the slider of each reclosable bag in the roll is offset along the closure member relative to the slider of each adjacent reclosable bag of the roll so as to be staggered in a repeating pattern;
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• a container comprising a plurality of walls defining a compartment, the plurality of walls including a bottom wall having a depth, a front wall having a height extending upwardly from the bottom wall, and a side wall having a height extending upwardly from the bottom wall and adjacent the front wall, wherein the container has a cross-sectional area in side view,
• wherein the container has a spatial efficiency defined by an equation of
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• the spatial efficiency being measured in bags/unit cross-section value, and wherein x is between 15 and 30, when the spatial efficiency is above 2.3, and wherein x is between 31 and 40 when the spatial efficiency is above 3.

A method of packaging reclosable bags comprising:

• stacking a number x of reclosable bags in an overlapping shingled arrangement, each of the reclosable bags having opposite first and second panels joined along corresponding first and second sides thereof, and a mouth having a width defined therebetween, the mouth having a closure member extending along the mouth, the closure member including a slider configured to open and close the mouth;
• staggering the position of each slider offset along the closure member relative to the slider of each adjacent reclosable bag to define a repeating pattern,
• rolling the stacked reclosable bags about an axis parallel with the mouth of each bag into a roll of reclosable bags;
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• inserting the roll of reclosable bags into a container having a plurality of walls defining a compartment, the plurality of walls including a bottom wall having a depth, a front wall having a height extending upwardly from the bottom wall, and a side wall having a height extending upwardly from the bottom wall and adjacent the front wall, wherein the container has a cross-sectional area in side view,
• wherein the container has a spatial efficiency defined by an equation of
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• the spatial efficiency being measured in bags/unit cross-section value, and x is between 20 and 30 when the spatial efficiency is above 3 and between 31 and 40 when the spatial efficiency is above 3.3 when the mouth width of each reclosable bag in the roll is less than about 9 inches, and
• further wherein x is between 15 and 30 when the spatial efficiency is above 2.3 and between 31 and 40 when the spatial efficiency is above 3 when the mouth width of each reclosable bag in the roll is greater than 9 inches.