Patent ID: 6065871
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
In a bag including first and second walls having joined first and second opposed side edges, a top end edge, a bottom end edge, and two spaced-apart seal lines adjacent the top end edge of the bag, the improvement comprising a tear-resistant, bag-supporting handle defined within said two spaced-apart seal lines, said handle comprising a hand-insertion slit defined of a middle slit portion parallel to the top end edge and the bottom end edge of the bag and perpendicular to the side edges of the bag, and two arcuate end slit portions, a first end slit portion situated at a first end of said middle slit portion proximate to the first side edge of the bag and a second end slit portion situated at a second end of said middle slit portion proximate to the second side edge of the bag, wherein each of said first and second end slit portions defines an arc equal to 360 degrees that extends 0 degrees of arc below the middle slit portion toward the bottom end edge of the bag, and wherein the arcs enclose spaces with respective center points measuring 3.50 inches apart, and wherein each arc has a diameter of 0.5 inches.