Patent ID: 9688441
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B31B,B65D

Claim:
1. A side-gusset bag comprising: front and back face panels each having longitudinally extending side edges; two folded side panels each joined to the face panels at the side edges and each having a center longitudinally extending crease between the respective side edges and subdividing the respective side panel into a pair of side folds; and a handle assembly extending transversely over less than 80% of a transverse width of one of the side panels, having outer edges spaced at least 5 mm from the respective side edges, and consisting of a pair of substantially identical handle halves each formed by two longitudinally spaced ends fixed to a respective side fold on an outer face of the respective side fold of the bag to a respective side of the crease thereof and a middle section extending flat and without folds on the respective side panel between the respective ends and formed unitarily therewith of plastic film, the middle sections being transversely spaced by a longitudinally extending gap at least 2 mm wide and aligned with the respective crease, the handle halves being hidden in the one side panel in a flattened condition of the bag.