Patent ID: 8309192

Claim:
A continuous band for manufacturing bags for horticultural products, said continuous band comprising: a continuous plastic sheet having a first side, a second side, a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, and being configured to be closed by a longitudinal seam along the first and second longitudinal edges, so as to form a continuous tube capable of being fragmented into a plurality of portions corresponding to respective bags, the first side being an inner side of the bags and the second side being an outer side of the bags, wherein each portion of the plurality of portions includes at least one window, the at least one window being configured to be sealed with a mesh fragment sized and configured to cover the window and be fixed to a periphery of the window, wherein each of the portions of the plurality of portions of the continuous plastic sheet includes a patch disposed on the first side of the continuous plastic sheet in an area corresponding to a handle area, in which substantial tension is concentrated in a transport situation, the patch being fixed to the first side of the continuous plastic sheet by one of thermal welding and gluing, and having a rigidity so as to enable a reduction in a thickness of the continuous plastic sheet.