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US 9,868,586 B2Granted
Non-uniformly perforated plastic bag
AssigneeAgrofresh Inc.
InventorsAishwaraya Balasubramanian, Nazir Mir, Robert L. McGee, Bruce A. Menning
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Abstract
Provided is a perforated plastic bag wherein the volume of said bag is 100 liters or more; wherein the average perforation diameter is 500 micrometers or less; wherein said plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone, wherein the perforation density of said lower zone is greater than the perforation density of said top zone. Also provided is a method of using such a plastic bag.
Claims20
A method of treating produce comprising
- (a) placing a first portion of produce in a bottom a plastic bag;
- (b) after step (a), folding said bag to form a layer of bag material over said first portion of produce;
- (c) after step (b), placing a second portion of produce in said bag above said layer of bag material;
- and
- (d) after step (c), closing said bag,
- wherein the plastic bag has a volume of 100 liters or more;
- wherein the plastic bag comprises a plurality of perforations each having an average perforation diameter of 500 micrometers or less;
- wherein the plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone,
- and wherein the lower zone has a perforation density that is greater than a perforation density of perforation density of the top zone.
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