Plastic bag chain

In combination a chain of laterally interconnected bags and a machine for filling them, each bag having bottom and side edges fully closed along the entire length thereof and a reclosable upper end mouth having interlocking fastener strip profiles running fully laterally across opposed inner facing surfaces of said mouth, said machine comprising drive means for pulling said chain disposed in and along a laterally extending linear track extending through the machine, with said track having a channel recess, means for filling said bags, and means for separating each filled bag from said chain, said bag chain comprising:

• a sole linking means adjacent the upper end of said bag for interconnecting said bags withone another at adjacent side edges and transmitting chain pulling tension between adjacent bags, each linking means having a rupture strength less than that of said bags, and
• a ridge running laterally along at least one face of each said bag adjacent said mouth and precisely aligned with said linking means at each side edge of each said bag, said ridge having a thickness sufficient for extending into said channel recess for supporting said chain in and along said track.