Patent ID: 8092088

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a plurality of bags each having first and second sidewalls defining a mouth with two edges, a bottom, and an interior, said bags being coupled together in a group, said first sidewall being unitary and haying a first length from the bottom to a first free edge that is longer than a second length from the bottom to a second free edge of said second sidewall; a pair of fastener strips located along each said mouth, said fastener strips including interlockable profile elements for closing said mouth, at least one said fastener strip including a lower edge; a plurality of sliders, each one of said sliders coupled to the fastener strips of a corresponding one of said bags; and said first sidewall including a header strip for each said bag extending proximate to one edge of the mouth and attached to said one fastener strip at a location intermediate of the profile element and the lower edge of said at least one fastener strip, each said header strip including a line of weakness; wherein for each said bag said profiles are at least partly unlocked and said mouth is at least partly open, each said bag being configured to allow access to the interior.