Patent ID: 8021049

Claim:
A bag of a heat shrinkable, gas-barrier thermoplastic film for packaging at least one item, the bag comprising: a) a bottom edge; b) first and second side edges; c) an open mouth; d) a first seal disposed adjacent the bottom edge and connecting the first and second side edges, said first seal defining an area between it, the first and second side edges and the open mouth for receiving the at least one item to be packaged; e) a second seal disposed substantially along the bottom edge or between the bottom edge and the first seal and connecting the first and second side edges, the second seal having a shaped portion adjacent a corner of the bag defined by one of the first and second side edges and the bottom edge which projects towards the open mouth, said shaped portion having an apex closest to the open mouth; f) a precut formed in the thermoplastic film and extending from the bottom edge towards the apex of said shaped portion of the second seal; wherein the first seal extends from the other of the first and second side edges across the bag towards said shaped portion of the second seal at a spacing from the bottom edge less than the spacing of said apex from the bottom edge and around said shaped portion of the second seal to said one of the first and second side edges, and wherein a manually graspable tab is formed in an area of the thermoplastic film delimited by the one of the first and second side edges, the first and second seals adjacent said one of the first and second side edges and said shaped portion of the second seal.