Method of forming tear-off bag supply

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FORMING A SUPPLY OF PLASTIC BAGS WHEREIN THE BAGS ARE ARRANGED FOR FACILITATED INDIVIDUAL DISPENSING, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: PLACING A MARKING BAND AT THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF AN ELONGATED SHEET OF PLASTIC MATERIAL; CUTTING THE ELONGATED SHEET ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE TO FORM A PAIR OF RIBBONS HAVING CONFRONTING FIRST EDGES AND OUTER SECOND EDGES, EACH OF SAID FIRST EDGES INCLUDING A PORTION OF SAID MARKING BAND; FOLDING EACH RIBBON ALONG A LINE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND CLOSELY SPACED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF THE RIBBON TO DEFINE A PAIR OF FACIALLY JUXTAPOSED PORTIONS WITH SAID FIRST EDGES TRANSPOSED FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF THE SHEET TO OUTWARDLY BEYOND SAID CENTERLINE OF THE RIBBON; JOINING THE RIBBON PORTIONS ALONG A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING LINES SPACED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE RIBBON TO DEFINE A SERIES OF BAGS OPENING TOWARD ONE EDGE OF THE RIBBON; AND PROVIDING MEANS IN THE RIBBON AT SAID LINES FOR FACILITATING TEARING OF THE RIBBON TRANSVERSELY THEREACROSS WITH THE PORTIONS OF THE RIBBON ADJACENT THE TEAR REMAINING JOINED TO DEFINE THE SIDES OF BAGS SUCCESSIVELY DISPENSED FROM THE SUPPLY.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF FORMING A SUPPLY OF PLASTIC BAGS WHEREIN THE BAGS ARE ARRANGED FOR FACILITATED INDIVIDUAL DISPENSING, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: PLACING A MARKING BAND AT THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF AN ELONGATED SHEET OF PLASTIC MATERIAL; CUTTING THE ELONGATED SHEET ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE TO FORM A PAIR OF RIBBONS HAVING CONFRONTING FIRST EDGES AND OUTER SECOND EDGES, EACH OF SAID FIRST EDGES INCLUDING A PORTION OF SAID MARKING BAND; FOLDING EACH RIBBON ALONG A LINE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND CLOSELY SPACED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF THE RIBBON TO DEFINE A PAIR OF FACIALLY JUXTAPOSED PORTIONS WITH SAID FIRST EDGES TRANSPOSED FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF THE SHEET TO OUTWARDLY BEYOND SAID CENTERLINE OF THE RIBBON; JOINING THE RIBBON PORTIONS ALONG A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING LINES SPACED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE RIBBON TO DEFINE A SERIES OF BAGS OPENING TOWARD ONE EDGE OF THE RIBBON; AND PROVIDING MEANS IN THE RIBBON AT SAID LINES FOR FACILITATING TEARING OF THE RIBBON TRANSVERSELY THEREACROSS WITH THE PORTIONS OF THE RIBBON ADJACENT THE TEAR REMAINING JOINED TO DEFINE THE SIDES OF BAGS SUCCESSIVELY DISPENSED FROM THE SUPPLY.