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US 2006/0215941 A1Published application
Twin support aperture side tear bag pack
OwnerAllen Golbertinventor
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Abstract
T-shirt style and open mouth grocery or merchandise bag packs includes a plurality of plastic bags, each having a central tab located above the bag mouth. The bag pack is suspended from a dispensing rack by a pair of support apertures through the central tab. The tab is designed to rupture at the support apertures when the bag is dispensed from the rack. The tab may have a flattened top and a pair of opposed lateral sides or may have a rounded top. The weakened area may take the form of a cut or a notch. These weakened areas may begin at the support apertures or one of the lateral sides of the flattened top tab or at points below the top most point of the rounded tab. The weakened areas may also be perforations or single openings. The open mouth bags may have a handle opening through the tab.
Claims48
A twin support aperture side-tear bag pack, comprising:
- a plurality of registered polyethylene bags, each of said bags having front and rear walls joined at substantially parallel first and second side edges thereof;
- said front and rear walls being joined at substantially parallel upper and lower edges thereof;
- said front and rear walls having a U-shaped cut-out commencing at a first point on said upper edge spaced inwardly from said first side edge, extending downwardly toward said lower edge and returning upwardly to a second point on said upper edge spaced inwardly from said second side edge;
- said U-shaped cut-out forming an open bag mouth, a pair of bag handles and at least one of front and rear central tabs extending upwardly from a central point on said bag mouth;
- said central tab having a top edge, first and second lateral edges extending downwardly from said top edge;
- said central tab being penetrated by first and second support apertures for suspending said bag pack on support arms of a dispensing rack, said apertures being disposed below said top edge;
- said central tab having a weakened area between each of said first and second apertures and one of said first and second lateral edges;
- and
- whereby, when one of said bags is pulled from said dispensing rack, said weakened areas of said central tab will rupture, thereby causing said central tab to remain with said dispensed bag.
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A twin support aperture side-tear bag pack, comprising:
- a plurality of registered polyethylene bags, each of said bags having front and rear walls joined at substantially parallel first and second side edges thereof;
- said front and rear walls being joined at substantially parallel upper and lower edges thereof;
- said front and rear walls having a U-shaped cut-out commencing at a first point on said upper edge spaced inwardly from said first side edge, extending downwardly toward said lower edge and returning upwardly to a second point on said upper edge spaced inwardly from said second side edge;
- said U-shaped cut-out forming an open bag mouth, a pair of bag handles and at least one of front and rear central tabs extending upwardly from a central point on said bag mouth;
- said central tab having a rounded peripheral edge, said peripheral edge having an uppermost point;
- said central tab being penetrated by first and second support apertures below said uppermost point, said apertures suspending said bag pack on support arms of a dispensing rack;
- said central tab having a weakened area between each of said support apertures and one of third and fourth points below said uppermost point;
- and
- whereby, when one of said bags is pulled from said dispensing rack, said weakened areas of said central tab will rupture, thereby causing said central tab to remain with said dispensed bag.
6 more elements
A twin support aperture side-tear bag pack, comprising:
- a plurality of registered polyethylene bags, each of said bags having front and rear walls joined at substantially parallel first and second side edges thereof;
- said front and rear walls being joined at substantially parallel lower edges thereof to form a sealed bag bottom and an open bag mouth;
- said bag mouth having a central hanging tab extending upwardly therefrom;
- said central tab having a top edge, first and second lateral edges extending downwardly from said top edge;
- said central tab being penetrated by first and second support apertures for suspending said bag pack on support arms of a dispensing rack, said apertures being disposed below said top edge;
- said central tab having a weakened area between each of said first and second apertures and one of said first and second lateral edges;
- and
- whereby, when one of said bags is pulled from said dispensing rack, said weakened areas of said central tab will rupture, thereby causing said central tab to remain with said dispensed bag.
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A twin support aperture side-tear bag pack, comprising:
- a plurality of registered polyethylene bags, each of said bags having front and rear walls joined at substantially parallel first and second side edges thereof;
- said front and rear walls being joined at substantially parallel lower edges thereof to form a sealed bag bottom and an open bag mouth;
- said bag mouth having a central hanging tab extending upwardly therefrom;
- said central tab having a rounded peripheral edge, said peripheral edge having an uppermost point;
- said central tab being penetrated by first and second support apertures below said uppermost point, said apertures suspending said bag pack on support arms of a dispensing rack;
- said central tab having a weakened area between each of said support apertures and one of third and fourth points below said uppermost point;
- and
- whereby, when one of said bags is pulled from said dispensing rack, said weakened areas of said central tab will rupture, thereby causing said central tab to remain with said dispensed bag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.