Patent ID: 9555931
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A reclosable bag comprising: a first panel including a first side section and a second side section; a second panel including a first side section and a second side section, the first panel opposing the second panel and joined to the second panel along the first and second side sections; a bottom connecting the first and second panels to each other; a reclosable top disposed opposite the bottom and extending between the first and second side sections of the first and second panels; a closure assembly extending along the reclosable top and configured to open and close the reclosable top; and a handle assembly joined to the first panel, the handle assembly including a first handle section formed of a separate handle panel and having a top section, a bottom section, opposing first and second side edges and an opening defined in a central section thereof, wherein the closure assembly is transitionable between a first position relative the top section of the first handle section and a second position relative the top section of the first handle section, the top section of the first handle section being disposed below the closure assembly in the first position, wherein the bottom section of the first handle section is joined along an entire width to the first panel, the first and second side edges are joined along an entire height of the first and second side edges to the first and second side sections, respectively, and the top section of the first handle section is unattached to the first panel.