Patent ID: 7837388
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A bag having a top end and a bottom end, the bag comprising: a) a first vertically extending strip formed of an open mesh fabric and having a pair of opposed longitudinal vertically extending side edges; b) a second vertically extending strip formed of a film of at least one thermoplastic resin, the second strip having a pair of opposed longitudinal vertically extending side edges, an inner surface of one of the side edges of the second strip overlapping an outer surface of a mating side edge of the first strip without being folded over the mating side edge of the first strip and being bonded to the mating side edge of the first strip to form an overlap seal to thereby form a first vertically extending longitudinal seam; c) a first horizontally extending end seam extending laterally across the top end of the bag and joining the first strip and the second strip; and d) a second horizontally extending end seam extending laterally across the bottom end of the bag and joining the first strip and second strip, the first and second end seams overlapping the first longitudinal seam, wherein at least one entire face of the bag is formed from a film of at least one thermoplastic resin and is formed at least in part from the second strip.