Patent ID: 7588370

Claim:
An aircraft trash compacting bag for use in an onboard airline trash compactor, having a compacting chamber, means for laterally compacting materials disposed within said chamber and a liquid exit port at the bottom of said chamber, comprising: a generally rectangular cuboid-shaped, disposable trash bag which is configured and dimensioned to be disposed within the onboard aircraft trash compactor compacting chamber, wherein said trash bag comprises: four non-perforated and non-porous, generally rectangular flexible side walls, each having a base edge; and a generally rectangular planar, bottom panel having a perforated outer layer made of a non-porous polyethylene material which is affixed along its perimeter to said base edges of said side walls, and a generally rectangular inner layer made of controlled porosity, non-woven polypropylene which is affixed to said outer layer of said bottom panel, such that when said trash bag is filled with trash and is laterally compacted by the compacting means of said compacting chamber, any liquid contained in the trash drains through said inner layer of said bottom panel and exits said bag through said perforated outer layer of said bottom panel to exit the compacting chamber and wherein said inner layer of said bottom panel of said trash bag is impregnated with a non-leaching anti-bacterial agent and a leaching enzyme.