Patent ID: 7819583

Claim:
A bag structure for holding a product, the bag structure comprising: a bag body comprising side walls having inner and outer surfaces, said body further comprising a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end being adapted for loading the product into the bag structure; a closure member coupled to said top end for opening and closing said bag body, the closure member having a closure end that is spaced apart from the top end of the body, said closure end comprising an edge of said closure member, the edge being free from direct connection to said bag body and extending generally parallel to said top end of said bag body; and an adhesive member secured to said outer surfaces of said bag body and comprising a reinforced section and an adhesive section, said reinforced section comprising a first edge and a second edge that are each generally parallel to said top end of said bag body, said reinforced section configured to contact said closure end with the first edge of said reinforced section situated between said top end of said bag body and the edge of said closure member and the second edge of said reinforced section situated between the edge of said closure member and said bottom end of said bag body when said bag body is folded over, and said adhesive member configured to retain said top end of said bag body in a folded over relationship until said adhesive member is severed along said reinforced section, wherein, when the product is loaded into the bag structure, impact forces from loading the product through the bottom end are exerted on the bag body.