Off-set means for removing bags from connected plural rows

Claim 1

A plurality of article retaining bags on a roll each bag comprising an interior an opening allowing access to the interior, first and second opposing panels, side seal joining at least a portion of the opposing panels at the bottom of each bag, a lip extending from the opening formed from excess material on the front panel, a flap which is a portion of the second panel doubled over itself and tacked in proximity to the side seals adjacent to the opening to the interior, said plurality of bags being oriented as an uninterrupted joined series of bags of indeterminate length, the openings being transverse to the length of said series, and the plurality of bags being adapted to storage in rolls wherein said roll of bags includes a series of bags comprised of at least two rows of bags, side by side wherein said rows comprise bags which are separable, one from another, by perforations between the bottm seal of one bag and the lip of the preceding bag and wherein said rows are staggered such that the perforations do not extend entirely across the rows.