Patent ID: 8961012
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B31B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A bag having a front panel, a back panel, and a gusset panel, all formed of multi-ply plastic sheet material, each panel having a thermoplastic ply at its interior face and a non-thermoplastic ply at its exterior face; the gusset panel having a first interior margin portion along one side thermally welded to a second interior margin portion of the front panel at a first join, and a third interior margin portion along an opposed side thermally welded to a fourth interior margin portion of the back panel at a second join; a first extension integral with the front panel and extending from the first join, and a second extension integral with the back panel and extending from the second join, the first extension having a first seam portion spaced from the first join, the second extension having a second seam portion spaced from the second join, the first and second seam portions having thermoplastic ply portions facing one another and thermally welded together at a third join; the first and second extensions each having a carrying aperture formed therein; the gusset panel having a third extension integral with the gusset panel and extending from the first join, and having a fourth extension integral with the gusset panel and extending from the second join, the third extension thermally welded to the first extension, the fourth extension thermally welded to the second extension, the third and fourth extensions each having a carrying aperture formed therein, the carrying apertures in the extensions aligned with one another; the first and second extensions overlapping the third and fourth extensions respectively at first and second overlaps, a part of one of the first and second extensions projecting beyond the respective overlap being a respective one of the first and second seam portions.