Multi-film thermoplastic bags having visually-distinct contact areas creating text
AssigneeThe Glad Products Company
InventorsMatthew W. Waldron, Sarah J. Steenblock, Shaun T. Broering, Deborah K. Fix, Edward B. Tucker, Jeffrey S. Stiglic
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Abstract
One or more implementations of a multi-film thermoplastic structure include a first film having a first appearance in contact with a second film having a second appearance at one or more visually-distinct contact areas arranged into a text. Wherein the one or more visually-distinct contact areas, cause the first film to take on the second appearance of the second film. In one or more implementations the multi-film thermoplastic structure comprises a thermoplastic bag and text comprises a suffocation warning.
Claims20
A multi-film thermoplastic bag comprising:
- a first thermoplastic film having a first appearance;
- a second thermoplastic film having a second appearance created by a pigment, the first appearance differing from the second appearance;
- one or more separated portions where the first thermoplastic film and the second thermoplastic film are not in intimate contact, wherein the one or more separated portions are substantially flat;
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- one or more contact areas arranged to create text, wherein the one or more contact areas comprise portions of the multi-film thermoplastic bag where the first thermoplastic film and the second thermoplastic film are in intimate contact;
- wherein a contrast between one or more separated areas and the one or more contact areas, which when viewed in the first thermoplastic film makes the text legible, wherein the contrast is due to the one or more contact areas having the second appearance the one or more separated areas not having the second appearance.
A thermoplastic bag comprising:
- a first thermoplastic film sidewall and a second thermoplastic film sidewall joined together along a first side edge, an opposite second side edge, and a closed bottom edge, wherein the first thermoplastic film sidewall and the second thermoplastic film sidewall comprise a first color;
- a layer of thermoplastic material adjacent to at least a portion of the first thermoplastic film sidewall, wherein the layer of thermoplastic material comprises a second color;
- one or more separated areas at which the first thermoplastic film sidewall and the layer of thermoplastic material are separated by a gap;
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- one or more contact areas arranged to create text, wherein the one or more contact areas comprise portions in which the first thermoplastic film sidewall and the layer of thermoplastic material are bonded together;
- wherein a difference in appearance between one or more separated areas and the one or more contact areas, which when viewed in the first thermoplastic film makes the text legible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.