Infusion bag

Claim 1

AN INFUSION BAG CONTAINING AN INFUSION MATERIAL COMPRISING A RECTANGULAR SHEET OF FILTER PAPER EMBODYING A THERMOLPASTIC MATERIAL AND HEAT SEALED ALONG THE SIDE EDGES AND MOUTH OF THE BAG, AND A HANDLE COMPRISING A RELATIVELY NARROW RIBBONLIKE STRIP EMBODYING A THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL AND HAVING ONE END THEREOF HEAT SEALED TO ONE WALL OF THE BAG AT SAID MOUTH, A TAG HEAT SEALED TO THE OTHER END OF THE HANDLE WITH SAID OTHER END TERMINATING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SAID TAG ADJACENT THE LOWER MARGINAL EDGE THEREOF, SAID HANDLE BEING WOUND AROUND THE BAG AND SLIGHTLY HEAT SEALED TO THE BODY OF THE BAG AT SELECTED RELATIVELY SMALL SEALING AREAS, ONE OF SAID SMALL SEALING AREAS BEING LOCATED IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE LOWER MARGINAL EDGE OF SAID TAG, THE UPPER MARGINAL EDGE OF SAID TAG BEING ALSO LIGHTLY HEAT SEALED TO THE BAG AT A RELATIVELY SMALL SEALING AREA, WHEREBY SAID TAG IS HELD IN PLACE AT BOTH ITS UPPER AND LOWER MARGINAL EDGES AND LIES FLAT AGAINST THE WALL OF THE BAG TO AVOID ENTANGLEMENT OF THE TAG WITH SIMILAR HANDLES AND TAGS, SAID RELATIVELY SMALL SEALING AREAS COMPRISING FRANGIBLE SEALS WHICH MAY BE READILY BROKEN TO DETACH THE TAG FROM THE BAG AND EXTEND THE HANDLE FOR USE.