Method of storing handle bags

Claim 1

A method of supporting, dispensing and packing a bundle of bags one at a time, each of said bags having a first handle opening located on one side of the bag and a second handle opening located on the opposite side of the bag, aligning the first handle opening of each bag with the first handle opening of every other bag in the bundle, the second handle opening of each bag being arranged out of complete alignment with said aligned first handle openings, supporting said bundle of bags by a supporting member, providing said supporting member with means to inhibit but not prohibit the removal of at least each first handle opening therefrom, and arranging the second handle opening of each bag closer to the discharge end of the supporting member than the first handle opening of said same bag, whereby the first bag of said bundle can be opened by grasping said second handle opening and said bag can be filled with the objects to be packed in the bag, said second handle opening only partially surrounding said supporting member.

Claim 2

A method of supporting, dispensing and packing a bundle of bags one at a time, each of said bags having a first handle opening located on one side of the bag and a second handle opening located on the opposite side of the bag, aligning the first handle opening of each bag with the first handle opening of every other bag in the bundle, the second handle opening of each bag being arranged out of complete alignment with said aligned first handle openings, supporting said bundle of bags by a supporting member, providing said supporting member with means to inhibit but not prohibit the removal of at least each first handle opening therefrom, and arranging the second handle opening of each bag closer to the discharge end of the supporting member than the first handle opening of said same bag, whereby the first bag of said bundle can be opened by grasping said second handle opening and said bag can be filled with the objects to be packed in the bag, said second handle opening only partially surrounding said supporting member.

Claim 4

The method which comprises: arranging a plurality of plastic bags in a front-to-back relationship so that they constitute a bundle of bags, each of said plastic bags having a front flap with front handle opening on one side of the bag and a rear flap with rear handle opening on the opposite side of the bag, all of said rear handle openings being aligned with each other in the bundle, each of said front flaps being folded along a line which is in the plane of the front opening and intersecting the front opening and all of said front handle openings being aligned with each other, passing an elongated supporting member through said aligned rear and front handle openings in a supporting relationship with said bundle of bags, so that said rear openings completely and said front openings only partially surround said supporting member and so that the front handle opening of each bag is closer to the discharge end of the supporting member than the back handle opening of that bag, moving the front flap with the handle opening of the first bag past the discharge end of said elongated supporting member and then exerting a manual force in a direction parallel to the axis of the elongated supporting member and continuing that force until a flap with the handle opening of that bag is inhibited against further outward movement by the restraining action of the discharge end of the elongated supporting member to thereby open up the interior of the bag so that the desired number of items can be deposited therein, completely removing the first plastic bag from said elongated supporting member after it has been filled with the desired number of items by manually manipulating the rear flap with the rear handle opening of that bag so that it overcomes the restraining action of the discharge end of said elongated supporting member without tearing the circumference of the rear handle opening, and repeating the above sequence of steps with the second and subsequent bags until all of the plastic bags in said bundle of bags have been filled with the desired items and have been removed.

Claim 5

The method which comprises: arranging a plurality of plastic bags in a front-to-back relationship so that they constitute a bundle of bags, each of said plastic bags having a front flap with front handle opening on one side of the bag and a rear flap with rear handle opening on the opposite side of the bag, all of said rear handle openings being aligned with each other in the bundle, each of said front flaps being folded along a line which is in the plane of the front opening and intersecting the front opening and all of said front handle openings being aligned with each other, passing an elongated supporting member through said aligned rear and front handle openings in a supporting relationship with said bundle of bags, so that said rear openings completely and said front openings only partially surround said supporting member and so that the front handle opening of each bag is closer to the discharge end of the supporting member than the back handle opening of that bag, moving the front flap with the handle opening of the first bag past the discharge end of said elongated supporting member and then exerting a manual force in a direction parallel to the axis of the elongated supporting member and continuing that force until a flap with the handle opening of that bag is inhibited against further outward movement by the restraining action of the discharge end of the elongated supporting member to thereby open up the interior of the bag so that the desired number of items can be deposited therein, completely removing the first plastic bag from said elongated supporting member after it has been filled with the desired number of items by manually manipulating the rear flap with the rear handle opening of that bag so that it overcomes the restraining action of the discharge end of said elongated supporting member without tearing the circumference of the rear handle opening, and repeating the above sequence of steps with the second and subsequent bags until all of the plastic bags in said bundle of bags have been filled with the desired items and have been removed.