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US 2006/0078232 A1Published application
Deli bag with adhesive strip
OwnerThomas Trinkoinventor
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Abstract
A bag for holding perishable foods for transportation to a consumer's home includes an adhesive disposed on a flap of the bag to be folded down to cover the bag's opening. The adhesive can be used to bind multiple deli bags together for dispensing as well as to seal the bag for transportation of foodstuffs.
Claims16
A packaging system comprising:
- a plurality of plastic bags comprising:
- a first plastic sheet extending from a top edge to a bottom edge and having a first side and a second side;
- a second plastic sheet jointed to the first plastic sheet at a corresponding bottom edge, first side, and second side to form a pouch therebetween and having a top edge opposite the bottom edge displaced below the top edge of the first plastic sheet to form a flap extending above the top edge of the second plastic sheet to the top edge of the first plastic sheet;
- an adhesive strip disposed on the flap;
- a connecting tab;
- and
- wherein a first of the plurality of plastic bags is secured to the connecting tab via one of an adhesive strip formed on the connecting tab and a perforation and wherein a remainder of the plurality of plastic bags is stacked upon the first of the plurality of plastic bags and secured to the flap of an adjacent bag by the adhesive strip.
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A perishable food packaging dispenser comprising:
- a first plastic bag having a flap configured to fold over an entry passage into the first plastic bag and an adhesive strip disposed on the flap to secure the flap to the first plastic bag when folded over the entry passage;
- a second plastic bag having a flap configured to fold over an entry passage into the second plastic bag and an adhesive strip disposed on the flap to secure the flap to the second plastic bag when folded over the entry passage;
- a connecting tab extending from a first joining edge to a second joining edge wherein the first plastic bag is configured to be removeably secured to the first joining edge through one of an adhesive strip and a perforation and the second plastic bag is configured to be removeably secured to the second joining edge through one of another adhesive strip and another perforation;
- a first stack of bags joined to the first plastic bag through the adhesive strip of the first bag;
- and
- a second stack of bags joined to the second plastic bag through the adhesive strip of the second bag.
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A flexible package for food comprising:
- a back plastic sheet having a front and rear surface;
- a tab engageable with a rack;
- a first perforation separating the tab from a first remainder of the back plastic sheet;
- a second perforation separating the tab from a second remainder of the back plastic sheet;
- a first front plastic sheet having a front and rear surface and attached at side and bottom edges and not at a top edge to corresponding edges of the first remainder of the back plastic sheet with the rear surface of the first front plastic sheet adjacent to the front surface of the first remainder of the back plastic sheet to form a pouch therewith, the first front plastic sheet sized so that the top edge of the first front plastic sheet is below the first perforation of the back plastic sheet to leave a flap portion of the first remainder of the back plastic sheet that may fold over the edge of the first front plastic sheet to cover the top edge of the first front plastic sheet and so that the front surface of the flap portion may fold about the front portion of the first front plastic sheet to touch at a first contact area near the top edge of the first front plastic sheet;
- a second front plastic sheet having a front and rear surface and attached at side and bottom edges and not at a top edge to corresponding edges of the second remainder of the back plastic sheet with the rear surface of the second front plastic sheet adjacent to the front surface of the first remainder of the back plastic sheet to form a pouch therewith, the second front plastic sheet sized so that the top edge of the second front plastic sheet is below the second perforation of the back plastic sheet to leave a flap portion of the second remainder of the back plastic sheet that may fold over the edge of the second front plastic sheet to cover the top edge of the second front plastic sheet and so that the front surface of the flap portion may fold about the front portion of the second front plastic sheet to touch at a second contact area near the top edge of the second front plastic sheet;
- at least one first resealable adhesive strip positioned on the first contact area to resealably hold the first flap portion closed against the first front plastic sheet;
- and
- at least one second resealable adhesive strip positioned on the second contact area to resealably hold the second flap portion closed against the second front plastic sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.