Patent ID: 7753588
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: A47F,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A bag, comprising: a front wall and a rear wall, the front and rear walls having a top portion; opposing side gusset panels adjoined to and between the front and rear walls, each side gusset panels being adapted to fold inwardly along a center side crease of the side gusset panel when the bag is lying flat, each side gusset panel having an upper edge that is straight or rises upwardly in the vicinity of the center side crease; opposing T-shirt-styled handles formed in the top portion of the front and rear walls, each handle having an upper handle portion, a lower handle portion, and a middle handle portion between the upper and lower handle portions, each middle handle portion having an inwardly projecting portion that makes the middle handle portion wider than each of the upper and lower handle portions, each middle handle portion having a handle mounting aperture; and front and rear mounting tabs between the handles, each of the mounting tabs having a tab mounting cut for providing an opening adapted for receiving an arm or hook of a rack, each of the mounting tabs having a severable portion adjacent the tab mounting cut adapted to tear apart and remain with the bag, wherein a stress relief notch is defined between the lower handle portion of each handle and the front and rear mounting tabs, the stress relief notch having an arcuate shape, the arcuate shape having a radius of curvature RC, the bag being adapted to have a width W when lying flat with the side gusset panels folded inwardly along each respective center side crease, and wherein the ratio of RC to W is less than about 0.060.