Patent ID: 6945695

Claim:
A web of pre-opened bags made of a plastic material in a condensed dispensing format through which point-of-purchase items can be normally insertable, said web comprising: a first bag connected to at least a second bag at a tear line across the width of said first bag and said second bag, said first bag and said second bag being connected to extend continuously along at least a portion of the length of said web perpendicular to the width of said first bag and said second bag, said first bag and said second bag each having an open ply and an attached ply, said open ply and said attached ply being sealed together at a sealing line at or about a seal end of said bag and having an insertion edge at the other end of said bag, said insertion edge of said attached ply of said first bag adjacent said tear line and said insertion edge of said open ply of said first bag being at least partially separated from said open ply of said second bag, said insertion edge of said open ply of said first bag being capable of extending to a position that is substantially flush with said tear line; and at least one of said at least partially separated insertion edge of said open ply of said first bag and said open ply of said second bag at least partially folded toward a direction of the length of said web and away from said tear line.