Patent ID: 6948294

Claim:
A method of packaging point-of-purchase items, comprising the steps of: producing bags as a continuous web, each of said bags being separated from an adjacent bag by a perforated tear line which extends through the web of bags crosswise to a length of the continuous web of bags, each of said bags being sealed along a sealing line adjacent to the perforated tear line; breaking said perforation line on one side of said continuous web, while retaining at least a partial integrity of said perforation tear line on a remaining side of said web such that a flap defining an entry to each of said bags is formed, thereby forming a continuous web of pre-opened bags; storing said continuous web of pre-opened bags on a bag supply; providing said bag supply of said continuous web of pre-opened bags at the point-of-purchase for said items; and loading the point-of-purchase items into at least one of said bags through said entry prior to removal of said at least one bag from a remainder of said continuous web of pre-opened bags.