Patent ID: 8888365

Claim:
A thermoplastic bag with a bag-in-bag configuration, the multi-layered bag comprising: a first thermoplastic bag of a first thermoplastic material, the first thermoplastic bag comprising a first pair of opposing continuous sidewalls joined together along three edges; and a second thermoplastic bag of the first thermoplastic material, the second thermoplastic bag being positioned within the first thermoplastic bag, the second thermoplastic bag comprising a second pair of opposing continuous sidewalls joined together along three edges, wherein one or more of the first or second thermoplastic bags comprises a plurality of alternating stretched and un-stretched regions formed in the sidewalls thereof; and a plurality of non-continuous bonded regions securing the first and second thermoplastic bags together, the bonded regions being aligned with the un-stretched regions; wherein the plurality of non-continuous bonded regions extend in a direction that is either: parallel to a direction of extrusion of the first thermoplastic material of both the first thermoplastic bag and the second thermoplastic bag, or perpendicular to the direction of extrusion of the first thermoplastic material of both the first thermoplastic bag and the second thermoplastic bag.