Patent ID: 7033077
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: B31B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A bag comprising: a first wall and a second wall, said walls being joined along their side edges and forming an open mouth portion proximate to top edges of said walls; a flap portion, which is connected to said second wall, having opposite side edges and a free top edge, the latter being spaced above the top edge of said first wall, said flap portion thus having a projecting outer section extending above said open mouth portion and said flap portion and second wall together forming a transversely extending Z-fold, said flap portion also having an inner section connected along a first fold line of said Z-fold to said second wall and extending into the interior of said bag in an initial position thereof; adhesive strip means for closing said open mouth extending in a transverse direction across one of an inner surface of said second wall and an inner surface of said inner section of the flap portion, said adhesive strip means being located proximate the top edge of said second wall; protective band means for covering said adhesive strip means, said protective band means extending in a transverse direction across the other of said inner surface of said second wall and said inner surface of said inner section and contacting said adhesive strip means, wherein said projecting outer section can be pulled outwardly away from the interior of the bag to expose said adhesive strip means in order to close said open mouth portion during use of the bag.