Patent ID: 7163339

Claim:
A synthetic resin half-and-half bag for use with automatic bag filling equipment, said bag comprising: (A) first and second side walls joined along two side edge portions and a bottom edge portion to form said bag, said first side wall being formed from a synthetic resin mesh material, and said second side wall being formed from a synthetic resin film material; and (B) a reinforcing strip of a synthetic resin film extending along an upper edge of said first, mesh side wall of said bag, wherein 1) said reinforcing strip has a horizontal length, a vertical width, a bottom edge, a top edge, and a pair of side edges; 2) said reinforcing strip is formed from a single, unfolded strip of material; 3) said reinforcing strip is bonded directly to and overlaps said upper edge of said first, mesh side wall at a location beneath said top edge of said reinforcing strip to form an extension that protrudes well above said upper edge of said first, mesh side wall, said extension having a vertical width and a horizontal length, wherein said vertical width extends from said upper edge of said first, mesh side wall to an upper edge of said extension; 4) said side edges of said reinforcing strip are directly joined to said second, film side wall along seams extending at least a majority of the vertical width of said extension to provide film-to-film bonding between said extension and said second, film side wall; 5) one of said reinforcing strip and said second, film side wall has wicket holes formed therethrough for mounting the bag on wicket pins of the bag filling equipment; and wherein 6) slits are cut in said one of said reinforcing strip and said second, film side wall in the vicinity of said wicket holes to allow for removal of the bag from the bag filling equipment.