Patent ID: 6286680
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
In a pack of bags made of a thermoplastic foil, wherein the bags are interlocked into a pack at least in an area of an edge strip and have a perforated tear line formed below an interlocked area for separating the bags from the interlocked edge strip and a bag bottom is formed by a weld seam in an area opposite the edge strip, the improvement comprising: for reducing a bag width (B) each bag of the pack folded around a plurality of folding edges (120) extending in a longitudinal extension (X) of the bag and in a folded position interlocked in the edge strip (R) with the pack, the tear line (107) of the folded bags stamped into the pack of bags formed as a plurality of sickle-shaped incisions (107a) extending as far as longitudinal sides of the pack of bags and cut through the longitudinal sides of the bags, the folded bags (1) being separated at a plurality of outer lateral edges (103a,b) from the interlocked edge strip (R), a plurality of connecting strips (107b) formed between the sickle-shaped incisions so that the bags are connected with the edge strip (R) in such a way that the connecting strips (107b) tear off when the bags are pulled away and each of the bags (1) folded in to a size of one quarter of the bag width (B) in an M shape, when viewed in a cross section.