Bag with handle and method of manufacture thereof
AssigneePeel Plastic Products Limited
InventorsBrian George Hutchison, William Troost
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Abstract
A bag includes a panel having an inner surface and an outer surface and holes through the panel. A handle strip having a handle part is disposed adjacent the panel outer face, and a reinforcing strip, which can be separate from or an extension to the handle strip, is disposed adjacent the panel inner face. An area of the reinforcing strip is sealed to an area of the handle strip at the hole and is sealed also to the inner face of the panel. In a method of manufacturing the bag and handle arrangement, holes are formed in a bag panel, a handle strip has its end regions threaded through the holes and the end regions are folded back and sealed against each other and against a reverse face of the bag pattern piece
Claims18
A bag having a panel, the panel having an inner surface and an outer surface and a plurality of holes through the panel, a handle strip having a handle part thereof disposed adjacent the panel outer surface, and at least one reinforcing strip disposed adjacent the panel inner surface, areas of the handle strip and areas of the at least one reinforcing strip being sealed together through the holes.
In the manufacture of a bag, a method of fitting a handle comprising forming a plurality of holes in bag web material, bringing a handle strip to the holes at one surface of the material, bringing a reinforcing strip to the holes at a reverse surface of the material, and sealing the handle strip to the reinforcing strip through the holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.