Patent ID: 6431396
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A47F,B65H

Abstract:
A combination of rolled plastic shopping bags and dispenser therefore comprising:a plurality of plastic shopping bags, each of said bags having first and second parallel linear side edges, a top edge and a bottom edge; said bags being folded along a vertical axis between the first and second parallel linear side edges; said folded bags being interleaved upon each other so that an upper portion of each bag rests upon a lower portion of a subsequent bag; said interleaved bags being rolled to form a compact roll from which the bags are dispensed; a dispenser, said dispenser comprising: a receptacle, said receptacle constraining movement of the compact roll during dispensing of said interleaved bags; said compact bag roll being disposed within the dispenser with an outside bag of the roll being extendable outwardly from said dispenser; and whereby, when the compact bag roll is disposed within the dispenser with the upper portion of the outside bag being accessible for withdrawal from the dispenser, the bags may be serially withdrawn from the roll starting with the outside bag of the roll.