Bag dispensing package

Claim 1

In a bag dispensing package that includes a stack of flexible bags of like quadrilateral marginal configuration that are of substantially the same size and that are in substantially superposed coincident relation throughout the stack, with each bag including a closed lower end and and open upper end and comprising a front wall and a back wall for the bag that are joined along the sides and lower end of the bag to define the bag pocket and that are free of connection along the upper bag end to provide the opening to the bag pocket there between, and with the back wall of each bag having an extension at the bag upper end that projects upwardly of the bag and beyond the bag opening, and the front wall of each bag at the open end of the bag defining a downwards directed flap that is exterior of the bag and defines an edging that is directed toward the bag lower end and away from the bag opening, and with said extensions of the respective bags being of substantially the same size and said flaps of the respective bags being of substantially the same size, wherein the stack includes at least one group of said superposed bags that have their extensions and flaps in substantially congruent relation, and a closed receptacle in which the stack of bags is received and including front and back walls that are in substantially coextensive relation and that substantially complement the marginal configuration of the stack bags, with the receptacle enclosing the stack and said bag group being adjacent the receptacle front wall with the front walls of the bags thereof facing the receptacle front wall, and the receptacle defining upper and lower ends corresponding to the positions of the upper and lower ends of the bags of said bag group, the improvement for permitting consecutive bags of the stack group to be simultaneously withdrawn from the receptacle and opened as they are so withdrawn, said improvement comprising: said front wall of said receptacle being formed to define an access opening that is positioned relative to said stack group to expose the flap, including its said edging, of the consecutive uppermost bags of the stack group, said front wall of said receptacle adjacent the upper end of the receptacle overlying the back wall extensions of the bags of said bag group continuously across the upper end of the receptacle down to approximately the position of the openings of the respective bags of said group for shaping said receptacle front wall to define a receptacle front wall lip portion behind which the back wall extensions of the bags of said bag group lie, wherein the bags of the stack group may be consecutively withdrawn from the receptacle and simultaneously with each withdrawal opened by the user using one hand, with regard to the uppermost bag of the stack group, to reach under the exposed edging of the flap thereof, grip the flap between the hand thumb and forefinger, and pull such uppermost bag outwardly of the receptacle through the access opening, with the drag of the said extension of such uppermost bag against said lip portion and the pulling action on the flap thereof outwardly of the access opening, effecting opening of the bag.