Patent ID: 7175025

Claim:
A dispensing arrangement of plastic bags, each plastic bag comprising: a sleeve body extending between an open first end and a closed second end, said sleeve body having inside and outside layers, a front and a back; an upper root joined to said sleeve body first end by a first perforated connection; and a lower root joined to said second end by a second perforated connection, said dispensing arrangement comprising: a plurality of said plastic bags arranged in a stack with the upper root of each bag in the stack aligned with and secured to the upper root of the other bags in the stack and the lower root of each bag in the stack aligned with and secured to the lower root of the other bags in the stack, said stack having a top bag and a bottom bag, the outside surface of the back of each bag in the stack being joined at a bond to the outside surface of the front of each adjacent bag in the stack except the bottom bag, said stack being folded to form a folded stack in which said upper and lower roots are opposite a folded side of said bags, said bottom bag being within and said top bag being on the outside of said folded stack; and a container surrounding said folded stack, said upper and lower roots being secured within said container and said folded side of said bags being exposed through an opening in said container.