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US 7,481,393 B2Granted
Produce bag dispensing system for reducing wasted bags
OwnerThomas Trinko, Dominic Trinkoinventors
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Abstract
Produce bags are delivered with less waste and in more sanitary condition through a container holding a roll of bags having overlapping but separate ends. Adhesion between the bags and ultimate separation of the bags may be flexibly controlled with an interfolding of the bags and control of an orifice which applies drag to the bags and compression as they are removed.
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A produce bag dispensing system comprising:
- a roll of plastic produce bags formed of fully-severed individual bags, each bag having substantially less than 500 square inches of plastic material and the plastic material being substantially of less than 15 micron thickness;
- a container sized to hold the roll of plastic produce bags and providing an opening through which the bags may be dispensed;
- wherein each bag in the roll of plastic bags includes a longitudinal fold and wherein adjacent bags in the roll of plastic bags are interleaved along the longitudinal folds to form overlapped portions that interlock adjacent bags through the longitudinal folds;
- and
- wherein a friction between overlapped portions of each bag is configured to draw a subsequent bag in the roll of plastic bags partially through the opening upon extraction of an adjacent bag through the opening and be overcome to separate the adjacent bag from the subsequent bag before the subsequent bag is fully extracted through the opening.
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A produce bag dispensing system comprising:
- a roll of plastic produce bags formed of fully-severed individual bags, each bag having substantially less than 500 square inches of plastic material and the plastic material being substantially less than 15 micron thickness;
- a container sized to hold the roll of plastic produce bags and providing an opening through which the bags may be dispensed;
- a basket configured to support the container and having a plurality of walls configured to restrict the container from being inadvertently disengaged with the basket;
- and
- wherein a friction between overlapped portions of each bag is configured to draw a subsequent bag in the roll of plastic bags partially through the opening upon extraction of an adjacent bag through the opening and be overcome to separate the adjacent bag from the subsequent bag before the subsequent bag is fully extracted through the opening.
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A produce bag dispensing system comprising:
- a roll of plastic produce bags formed of fully-severed individual bags, each bag formed of a plastic material being substantially less than 15 microns thick and each bag including a longitudinal fold;
- a container sized to hold the roll of plastic produce bags and providing an opening through which the bags may be dispensed;
- wherein adjacent bags in the roll of plastic bags are interleaved along the longitudinal folds to form overlapped portions that interlock adjacent bags through the longitudinal folds;
- and
- wherein a friction between overlapped portions of each bag is configured to draw a subsequent bag in the roll of plastic bags partially through the opening upon extraction of an adjacent bag through the opening and be overcome to separate the adjacent bag from the subsequent bag before the subsequent bag is fully extracted through the opening.
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A produce bag dispensing system comprising:
- a roll of plastic produce bags formed of fully-severed individual bags, each bag formed of a plastic material being substantially less than 15 microns thick;
- a container sized to hold the roll of plastic produce bags and providing an opening through which the bags may be dispensed;
- a basket configured to support the container and having a plurality of walls configured to restrict the container from being inadvertently disengaged with the basket;
- and
- wherein a friction between overlapped portions of each bag is configured to draw a subsequent bag in the roll of plastic bags partially through the opening upon extraction of an adjacent bag through the opening and be overcome to separate the adjacent bag from the subsequent bag before the subsequent bag is fully extracted through the opening.
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