Patent ID: 8523439

Claim:
A drawstring trash bag comprising: a first panel and a second panel, the first panel and the second panel joined along three edges of the first panel and the second panel, a fourth edge of the first panel and the second panel defining an upper opening of the drawstring trash bag, a first elastic drawstring provided within a first hem formed in the first panel along the upper edge of the drawstring trash bag, the first elastic drawstring being the only drawstring within the first hem, a second elastic drawstring provided within a second hem formed in the second panel along the upper edge of the drawstring trash bag, the second elastic drawstring being the only drawstring within the second hem, a first and second short seal, each short seal welding together the first panel, the first elastic drawstring, the second elastic drawstring and the second panel, wherein the first short seal is within a first upper corner area and proximate to a first side edge of the drawstring trash bag and the second short seal is within a second upper corner area and proximate to a second side edge of the drawstring trash bag, a first inner seal, the first inner seal welding together the first panel, the first elastic drawstring, the second elastic drawstring and the second panel, wherein the first inner seal is spaced inwardly from the first short seal, and the first upper corner area, defined by the first short seal and the first inner seal, is an inseparable portion of the first and second panel.