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US 5,404,621 AGranted
Closure for plastic bags
OwnerRichard M. Heinkeinventor
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Abstract
A closure for closing plastic bags comprising a truncated, hollow cone having an opening extending therethrough for receiving the bunched neck of a plastic bag or the like. The cone is provided with a plurality of spaced-apart gripping fingers which engage the bunched neck of the plastic bag to prevent the cone from becoming detached from the bag. An optional weak section is provided in the closure to enable the closure to be selectively opened to remove the closure from the bag.
Claims1
A closure for closing plastic bags, comprising,
- a truncated, hollow cone having an opening extending therethrough for receiving the bunched neck of a plastic bag;
- said cone having a plurality of gripping fingers provided thereon for engagement with the bunched neck of the plastic bag for preventing the cone from becoming detached from the bag;
- said cone having an upstanding side wall portion at its lower end and wherein said gripping fingers extend upwardly and inwardly from said upstanding side wall portion;
- said side wall portion having a weak section formed therein which may be ruptured to permit the closure to be opened and removed from the bag;
- and a pair of tabs extending from said side wall portion adjacent said weak section to facilitate the selective rupturing of said weak section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.