Patent Publication Number: US-2018029769-A1

Title: Food Bag Assembly

Description:
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     (g) BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to bag devices and more particularly pertains to a new bag device for providing a serving surface. 
     (h) BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a bag that may contain a food item. The bag has a pouch section a flap that closes the pouch section. The flap defines a serving surface when the flap is opened. Thus, the serving surface supports the food item thereby facilitating the food item to be consumed. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       (i) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a top perspective view of a food bag assembly in an open position according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a top perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure in a closed position. 
         FIG. 3  is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a top view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a right side view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     (j) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new bag device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the food bag assembly  10  generally comprises a bag  12  that may contain a food item  14 . The bag  12  has a pouch section  16  a flap  18  closing the pouch section  16 . The flap  18  defines a serving surface  20  when the flap  18  is opened. Thus, the serving surface  20  supports the food item  14  thereby facilitating the food item  14  to be consumed. The food item  14  may comprise potato chips or the like. 
     The pouch section  16  has a bottom wall  22 , a top wall  24 , a front side  26  and a back side  28 . The front side  26  is open into an interior of the pouch section  16 . The bottom wall  22  extends beyond the front side  26  to define the flap  18 . The flap  18  has a distal edge  30  with respect to the front side  26 . 
     The flap  18  is folded over onto the top wall  24  of the pouch section  16 . Thus, the flap  18  closes the pouch section  16 . The distal edge  30  of the flap  18  is sealed on the top wall  24 . Thus, the flap  18  retains the food item  14  in the bag  12 . The flap  18  may have a length that is equal to a length of the top wall  24  of the pouch section  16 . 
     The flap  18  may be sealed to the top wall  24  with an adhesive or the like. The bag  12  may have a perforation that defines the flap  18  when the perforation is torn. The distal edge  30  of the flap  18  is selectively removed from the pouch section  16 . The flap  18  is manipulated to extend away from the pouch section  16 . Thus, the flap  18  defines the serving surface  20 . 
     In an alternative embodiment  32  as shown in  FIGS. 5 and 6 , back side  28  of the pouch section  16  may have a crease  34 . The flap  18  may have a length that is less than a length of the top wall  24  of the pouch section  16 . The distal edge  30  of the flap  18  is selectively removed from the pouch section  16 . Thus, the pouch section  16  forms a bowl  36  for containing the food item  14 . 
     In use, the bag  12  is laid on a support surface having the bottom wall  22  of the pouch section  16  lying on the support surface. The distal edge  30  of the flap  18  is removed from the pouch section  16 . The flap  18  is manipulated to extend away from the front side  26  of the pouch section  16 . The flap  18  lies on the support surface to define the serving surface  20 . The food item  14  is urged outwardly from the front side  26  of the pouch section  16  to lie on the serving surface  20 . Thus, the food item  14  is removed from the serving surface  20  to be consumed. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.