US 6,488,222 B1 · Bag dispensing system and C-fold bag used therewith

Abstract

A folded gusseted plastic bag has a first side gusset formed by first, second, and third longitudinal folds, a second side gusset formed by fourth, fifth, and sixth longitudinal folds, a seventh longitudinal fold being on a side of the bag containing the first, second, and third folds and forming a first folded bag flap, and an eighth longitudinal fold which is on a side of the bag containing the fourth, fifth, and sixth folds, the eighth fold forming a second folded bag flap. The folded gusseted bag also is folded into a total of at least eight contiguous plies. A roll of the folded, gusseted bags includes a continuous web of the folded, flattened bags joined along perforated severance lines. Preferably the perforated severance lines further comprise a centrally-located slit. The dispensing system utilizes the roll of folded-gusseted bags in combination with a dispenser comprising: (i) a support member for attachment to a support surface; (ii) a pair of guide channels carried by the support member for rotatably supporting the roll of plastic bags for rotation of the roll on the core; (iii) a tongue spaced apart from and carried by said support member in a predetermined position corresponding to the predetermined position of the slit in the tear line.

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Dependent claims

A wound roll of plastic bags comprising a continuous web of folded, flattened bags joined along perforated severance lines, the bags further comprising:

(A) first, second, and third longitudinal folds which form a first gusset;
(B) fourth, fifth and sixth longitudinal folds which form a second gusset;
(C) a seventh longitudinal fold which is on a side of the bag containing the first, second, and third folds, the seventh fold forming a first folded bag flap;
(D) an eighth longitudinal fold which is on a side of the bag containing the fourth, fifth and sixth folds, the eighth fold forming a second folded bag flap, the combined width of the two flaps being no greater than the distance between the seventh and eighth folds, with the bag being folded into a total of at least eight contiguous plies;
and
(E) an opening in each severance line which is adapted to engage the separating tongue of a bag dispenser so that each individual bag can be separated from the roll.

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A bag dispensing system for serially dispensing plastic bags, comprising:

(A) a wound roll of plastic bags comprising a continuous web of folded, flattened bags joined along perforated severance lines, the bags further comprising:
(i) first, second, and third longitudinal folds which form a first gusset;
(ii) fourth, fifth and six longitudinal folds which form a second gusset;
(iii) a seventh longitudinal fold which is on a side of the bag containing the first, second and third folds, the seventh fold forming a first folded bag flap;
(iv) an eighth longitudinal fold which is on a side of the bag containing the fourth, fifth and sixth folds, the eighth fold forming a second folded bag flap, the combined width of the two flaps being no greater than the distance between the seventh and eighth folds, with the bag being folded into a total of at least eight contiguous plies;
and
(v) an opening in each severance line which is adapted to engage the separating tongue of a bag dispenser so that each individual bag can be separated from the roll, with the bags being folded into a total of at least eight contiguous plies;
and
(B) a dispenser comprising a support member for attachment to a support surface, means for rotatably supporting the wound roll of plastic bags for rotation of the wound roll during dispensing and separating bags therefrom, and a separating tongue for separating the plastic bags from the wound roll, the tongue being spaced apart from and carried by the support member in a predetermined position corresponding to the location of the opening;
and wherein the wound roll of plastic bags is positioned in the dispenser so that upon pulling a bag to be separated, the opening catches on the tongue, with further pulling causing the bag to be separated to tear free of an adjacent bag.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Bag dispensing system and C-fold bag used therewith

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Bag dispensing system and C-fold bag used therewith

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Abstract

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