Wicketless saddle pack of plastic bags

A wicketless saddle pack of thermoplastic bags comprising:

• a first stack of thermoplastic bags, each bag thereof being consecutively arranged in the stack and having a bottom edge, upper and lower walls, a pair of side edges, and an open top end;
• a second stack of thermoplastic bags, each thereof bag being consecutively arranged in the stack and having a bottom edge, upper and lower walls, a pair of side edges, and an open top end;
• a lip segment formed adjacent the open end of each individual bag, said lip segment being an extension of the lower wall of a respective bag, each bag being removable from its respective lip segment along a perforated tear line formed between the open end of the bag and the lip segment, the consecutive lip segments defined by the first stack positioned atop the consecutive lip segments defined by the second stack of bags so that the bags in the first stack are oppositely opposed to those in the second stack;
• a pad formed from the stacked lip segments of said first and second bag stacks, said pad bonded together by at least one continuous tapered weld through the pad;
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• at least one locating passageway formed through the bonded pad being positioned adjacent said at least one continuous tapered weld so that each hole forming a passageway is retained in register to maintain the form of the passageway for suspending the stack of bags over a mounting bar so that an individual bag from either stack is separately usable for bagging purposes;
• the bonded pad of being formed by moving at least one shaped ultrasonic horn downward through the pad while simultaneously activating the shaped horn with ultrasonic vibratory energy to form each continuous tapered weld positioned adjacent each passageway.