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US 2022/0212862 A1Published application
Compositions and materials for odor reducing articles including trash bags
Assigneesimplehuman, LLC
InventorsFrank Yang, Ryan Wong
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are polymer-based films (and articles of manufacture made therefrom or comprising thereof). In several embodiments, the film comprises biodegradable polymers. In several embodiments, the film comprises post-consumer recycled material. In several embodiments, the film comprises an odor absorbing agent (e.g., carbon). In several embodiments, an article of manufacture comprising a film as disclosed herein or the film itself is biodegradable.
Claims20
A trash bag, comprising:
- a multilayer sidewall providing an inner surface of the trash bag, the multilayer sidewall having a thickness spanning from an outside surface of the trash bag to an inner surface of the trash bag, the multilayer sidewall comprising:
- at least a first layer and a second layer, the first layer comprising a biodegradable polymer and the second layer comprising a biodegradable polymer and an odor control agent;
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- wherein the first layer provides the outside surface of the trash bag and the second layer is located more proximally to the inside surface of the trash bag than the first layer.
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A multilayer film comprising:
- at least a first layer and a second layer, the first layer comprising a biodegradable polymer and the second layer comprising a biodegradable polymer and an odor absorbing agent;
- wherein the second layer has a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the first layer.
A method of manufacturing a trash bag, comprising:
- coextruding a multilayer film, wherein the multilayer film comprises at least a first layer and a second layer, the first layer comprising a biodegradable polymer and the second layer comprising a biodegradable polymer and an odor absorbing agent;
- wherein the first layer provides the outside surface of the bag and the second layer is located more proximally to the inside surface of the trash bag than the first layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.