Polystyrene multi-closure strip adapted for separation into individual closures

Claim 1

IN A MULTI-CLOSURE STRIP, WHEREIN THE CLOSURES EACH MAY HAVE A BAG CONFINING MOUTH AND A NARROW OPENING LOCATED IN A LONGITUDINAL SIDE EDGE THEREOF AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID MOUTH FOR ADMITTING A BAG NECK INTO THE LATTER; THE STRUCTURE COMPRISING: A MULTIPLE OF CLOSURES OF TRANSVERSELY STIFF, THIN, SHEET MATERIAL COMPRISING POLYSTYRENE OR THE LIKE, ARRANGED CONSECUTIVELY WITH THEIR TRANSVERSE EDGES IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATION; AND WEB MEANS INTEGRALLY CONNECTING WITH EACH CONSECUTIVE PAIR OF CLOSURES IN FRANGIBLE AREAS OF UNION LOCATED BETWEEN OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID WEB MEANS AND SAID CLOSELY SPACED EDGES OF SAID CONSECUTIVE CLOSURES, SAID FRANGIBLE AREAS BEING SPACED FAR ENOUGH APART LENGTH-WISE OF SAID STRIP AND BEING SUFFICIENTLY RESTRICTED IN THE CROSS SECTIONAL DIMENSION THEREOF MEASURED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID STRIP, THAT COMPRESSIVE FORCES APPLIED IN THE PLANE OF SAID STRIP FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS RESPECTIVELY TO SAID CONSECUTIVE CLOSURES AND THROUGH SAID CLOSURES TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID WEB MEANS WITHOUT CAUSING SAID CLOSURES TO BUCKLE, WILL CAUSE THE MATERIAL OF SAID STRIP TO SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY CRACK IN SAID FRANGIBLE AREAS OF UNION AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID WEB MEANS AND THUS SEPARATE SAID WEB MEANS FROM SAID CLOSURES AND SAID CLOSURES FROM EACH OTHER.