Method of forming a compartmented bag

A method of forming a severable compartmented T-shirt bag from a tubular web comprising a pair of continuous overlying lengths of web material, said method comprising the steps of longitudinally heat welding the lengths of web material together centrally therealong to define a compartment to each side of the heat welding with each compartment having a side edge seam formed along the edge thereof by the heat welding, said heat welding including slitting the lengths of web material between said compartments and the formed seams thereof and defining heat sealed edges along said seams, forming a line of severance along and between said seams for selective separating of the compartments into separate units, said severance line being formed by reengaging said seams along said heat sealed edges prior to a cooling thereof to form a tack joinder therebetween;

• and including the steps of transversely seaming said lengths of web material into individual bag units and forming a central cutout area for each bag unit, to define a bag mouth with a handle to each side of said severance line.