Vertically stacking litter bag with handle
AssigneeThe Clorox Company
InventorDouglas J. Minkler
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Abstract
Bags for granular material with a closure on top of the bag and a vertical handle on the lower end of the bag and having suitable dimensions, static coefficient of friction, creep resistance and containing granular materials of limited flow properties can be vertically stacked without support, for example on a pallet. One such suitable granular material is cat litter.
Claims20
A package for cat litter comprising a gusseted bag of a suitable material having a flat bottom portion, a front portion, a back portion having a handle extending therefrom and defining a length, two gusseted side portions, a top portion comprising a top opening having a slider closure, an interior cavity containing granular cat litter, wherein the top part of the front portion is folded and affixed to the back panel adjacent to the handle when the bag is in a closed position and wherein the handle length is vertically extended on the bottom half of the back portion when the bag is fully extended in an open upright position.
A package for cat litter comprising a gusseted bag of a suitable material having a flat bottom portion, a front portion, a back portion having a handle extending therefrom and defining a length, the handle provided with an aperture, two gusseted side portions, a top portion comprising a top opening having a slider closure, an interior cavity containing granular cat litter, wherein the top part of the front portion is folded and affixed to the back panel adjacent to the handle when the bag is in a closed position and wherein the handle length is vertically extended on the bottom half of the back portion when the bag is fully extended in an open upright position.
A package for cat litter comprising a gusseted bag of a suitable material having a flat bottom portion, a front portion, a back portion having a handle extending therefrom and defining a length, two gusseted side portions, a top portion comprising a top opening having a slider closure, an interior cavity containing granular cat litter, wherein the top part of the front portion is folded and affixed to the back panel adjacent to the handle when the bag is in a closed position and wherein the handle length extends in a vertically directed manner from the bag bottom portion toward the bag opening and the handle is on the bottom half of the back portion when the bag is fully extended in an open upright position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.