Patent ID: 8702308

Claim:
An elastic drawstring trash bag comprising: a polymeric bag comprised of a first panel and a second panel, the first panel and the second panel joined at a first side seal and a second side seal and a bottom, the first panel and the second panel each having an upper edge, a first hem formed in the first panel, the first hem having a first elastic drawstring disposed therein, a second hem formed in the second panel, the second hem having a second elastic drawstring disposed therein, a first short seal, the first short seal inseparably welding the first panel, the first elastic drawstring, the second panel and the second elastic drawstring together, an interior edge of the first short seal defined by the first short seal, a second short seal, the second short seal inseparably welding the first panel, the first elastic drawstring, the second panel and the second elastic drawstring together, an interior edge of the second short seal defined by the second short seal, a bag proper width defined by a distance between an interior edge of the first side seal and an interior edge of the second side seal, and a relaxed upper opening width defined by a distance between the interior edge of the first short seal and the interior edge of the second short seal when the bag is in a relaxed state, the relaxed upper opening width being less than the bag proper width.