Patent ID: 8821018

Claim:
An improved merchandise bag, a typical merchandise bag comprising: front and rear walls of film material of uniform thickness, each of said front and rear walls having first and second side edges, a top edge and a bottom edge; said front and rear walls being joined at said first and second side edges; a first lower seam, said first lower seam sealing said bottom edge of said front wall, and said bottom edge of said rear wall together; and said improvement comprising: at least one of said front and rear walls having an area of increased thickness, said area of increased thickness extending from said top edge to said bottom edge and from a first point spaced inwardly from said first side edge by at least a first predetermined distance to a second point spaced inwardly from said second side edge by at least said first predetermined distance; and said film material comprising about 40-48 wt. % high density, high molecular weight polyethylene, 12-20 wt. % high density, medium molecular weight polyethylene, 20-30 wt. % linear low density polyethylene having a melt index ranging from 0.10-0.30 gm/10 minutes and 0-8 wt. % color concentrate.