Method of applying handles to a series of bags

Claim 1

A METHOD OF CLOSING AN OPEN END OF EACH SUCCESSIVE BAG OF A SERIES OF BAGS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SECURING A CARRYING HANDLE OVER AN OUTER SURFACE OF EACH SUCH BAG, COMPRISING CONTINUOUSLY MOVING A SERIES OF DISCRETE PREFORMED BAGS IN SUCCESSION IN ONE GENERAL DIRECTION AND IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO A FIRST STATION, EACH OF SAID PREFORMED BAGS OF SAID SERIES HAVING A PLURALITY OF WALLS ARRANGED IN SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT RELATIONSHIP AND AN OPEN END TO BE CLOSED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE SECURING OF A HANDLE OVER AN OUTER SURFACE OF AN OUTER OF SUCH WALLS; ADJACENT SAID FIRST STATION PROVIDING AN UPRIGHT STACK OF PREFORMED HANDLES; SLIDABLY FEEDING LOWERMOST INDIVIDUAL HANDLES FROM SAID STACK IN THE DIRECTION OF BUT OBLIQUE TO SAID ONE GENERAL DIRECTION WHILE MAINTAINING THE LOWER SURFACE OF SUCH HANDLE SUBSTANTIALLY IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF SUCH BAG WALL, SAID FEEDING BEING IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP TO MOVEMENT OF SUCCESSIVE BAGS RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST STATION; WHILE SAID BAG WALLS ARE ARRANGED IN SAID SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT RELATIONSHIP POSITIONING A HANDLE OVER AN OUTER SURFACE OF EACH SUCCESSIVE BAG OF SAID SERIES ADJACENT AN END OF SUCH BAG AT SAID FIRST STATION; MOVING THE SUCCESSIVE BAGS OF SAID SERIES WITH HANDLES POSITIONED THEREON TO A SECOND STATION; AND AT SAID SECOND STATION APPLYING A LINE OF STITCHING THROUGH THE HANDLE AND THE

Claim 2

A METHOD OF CLOSING AN OPEN END OF EACH SUCCESSIVE BAG OF A SERIES OF BAGS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SECURING A CARRYING HANDLE OVER AN OUTER SURFACE OF EACH SUCH BAG, COMPRISING CONTINUOUSLY MOVING A SERIES OF DISCRETE PREFORMED BAGS IN SUCCESSION IN ONE GENERAL DIRECTION AND IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO A FIRST STATION, EACH OF SAID PREFORMED BAGS OF SAID SERIES HAVING A PLURALITY OF WALLS ARRANGED IN SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT RELATIONSHIP AND AN OPEN END TO BE CLOSED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE SECURING OF A HANDLE OVER AN OUTER SURFACE OF AN OUTER OF SUCH WALLS; ADJACENT SAID FIRST STATION PROVIDING AN UPRIGHT STACK OF PREFORMED HANDLES; SLIDABLY FEEDING LOWERMOST INDIVIDUAL HANDLES FROM SAID STACK IN THE DIRECTION OF BUT OBLIQUE TO SAID ONE GENERAL DIRECTION WHILE MAINTAINING THE LOWER SURFACE OF SUCH HANDLE SUBSTANTIALLY IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF SUCH BAG WALL, SAID FEEDING BEING IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP TO MOVEMENT OF SUCCESSIVE BAGS RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST STATION; WHILE SAID BAG WALLS ARE ARRANGED IN SAID SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT RELATIONSHIP POSITIONING A HANDLE OVER AN OUTER SURFACE OF EACH SUCCESSIVE BAG OF SAID SERIES ADJACENT AN END OF SUCH BAG AT SAID FIRST STATION; MOVING THE SUCCESSIVE BAGS OF SAID SERIES WITH HANDLES POSITIONED THEREON TO A SECOND STATION; AND AT SAID SECOND STATION APPLYING A LINE OF STITCHING THROUGH THE HANDLE AND THE