Plastic bags

Claim 2

A bag made of flexible heat-sealable sheet plastic material, said bag having first and second walls joined at the bottom and heat-sealed together at the sides of the bag and being open at its mouth, the first of said walls having an upper end portion constituting a closure flap adjacent the mouth of the bag folded over on a fold constituting the mouth edge of said wall and extending down toward the bottoM of the bag on one face of said first wall in an open position permitting access to the bag, said closure flap being adapted to be disposed in a closed position closing the mouth of the bag extending down on the outside of said second wall, the ends of said flap being heat-sealed together with the bag side seals, said walls and said closure flap each having finger hole means therein which register when the closure flap is in its closed as well as its open position whereby the bag may be carried by the hand with the fingers of the hand extending through all three of said first wall, said second wall and said closure flap, the closure flap in its open position extending down on the outside of said first wall, and being adapted to be folded over the mouth edge of the second wall to overlie the bag mouth to close the bag mouth and to extend down on the outside of the second wall, the finger hole means in said flap registering with the finger hole means in the first and second walls when the flap is folded over, said second wall having a hem at its upper end and a stiffener extending transversely of the bag in the hem, said hem having a slit and said stiffener having a hanger extending through said slit, said first wall and said flap being notched to receive said hanger when the closure flap is folded over.

Claim 3

A bag made of flexible heat-sealable sheet plastic material, said bag having a front wall and a back wall joined at the bottom and heat-sealed together at the sides of the bag and being open at its mouth, one of said walls having an upper end portion adjacent the mouth of the bag folded over upon the said one wall on a fold constituting the mouth edge of said one wall and heat-sealed to said one wall along a line spaced downwardly from said fold to form a hem, a stiffener extending transversely of the bag in said hem, the other of said walls having an upper end portion constituting a closure flap adjacent the mouth of the bag folded over upon the said other wall on a fold constituting the mouth edge of said other wall, said closure flap being folded over on the outside of said other wall and heat-sealed at its ends to said other wall coincident with the heat-sealing together of the walls at the sides of the bag, said flap being adapted to be folded over the mouth edge of the said one wall to overlie the outside of the said one wall thereby to close the bag mouth, said one wall of the bag having a line of weakness therein defining a section adapted to be pushed out of said one wall to provide a finger hole in said one wall located generally centrally of its width and immediately below the hem seal, the other wall and said closure flap each having a corresponding line of weakness generally in register with said first-mentioned line of weakness to provide finger holes in said closure flap and said other wall registering with the finger hole in said one wall when the closure flap is in either its open or closed position, the width of said closure flap being substantially greater than the width of said hem, and the mouth edge of said one wall having a slit therein and said stiffener having means substantially at the center of its length extending out of the hem through said slit for hanging said bag.

Claim 4

A bag made of flexible heat-sealable sheet plastic material, said bag having a front wall and a back wall joined at the bottom and heat-sealed together at the sides of the bag and being open at its mouth, one of said walls having an upper end portion adjacent the mouth of the bag folded over upon the said one wall on a fold constituting the mouth edge of said one wall and heat-sealed to said one wall along a line spaced downwardly from said fold to form a hem, a stiffener extending transversely of the bag in said hem, the other of said walls having an upper end portion constituting a closure flap adjacent the mouth of the bag folded over upon the said other wall on a fold constituting the mouth edge of said other wall, said closure flap being folded over on the outside of said other wall and heat-sealed at its ends to said other wall coincident with the heat-sealing together of the walls at the sides of the bag, said flap being adapted to be folded over the mouth edge of the said one wall to overlie the outside of the said one wall thereby to close the bag mouth, said one wall of the bag having a line of weakness therein defining a section adapted to be pushed out of said one wall to provide a finger hole in said one wall located generally centrally of its width and immediately below the hem seal, the other wall and said closure flap each having a corresponding line of weakness generally in register with said first-mentioned line of weakness to provide finger holes in said closure flap and said other wall registering with the finger hole in said one wall when the closure flap is in either its open or closed position, the width of said closure flap being substantially greater than the width of said hem, and the mouth edge of said one wall having a slit therein and said stiffener having means substantially at the center of its length extending out of the hem through said slit for hanging said bag.

Claim 5

A bag as set forth in claim 2 wherein said other wall and said closure flap are notched for receiving said hanging means when the closure flap is closed.