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Bag pack
Assignee: Hilex Poly Co LLC
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Filing: 1986-04-18
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Granted: 1987-06-30
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Expires: 2006-04-18
Abstract
Abstract A bag pack formed of multiple stacked handle bags having aligned mounting apertures defined through the handles thereof for reception of mounting rods therethrough. The apertures are formed by partially severed flaps which are in turn bonded together to maintain aperture alignment. The flaps are integral with the bags along minor easily severed areas for a freeing of the bags upon a severance of the flaps simultaneous with or subsequent to reception of the mounting rods through the apertures.
Inventors
- 👤 William H. Baxley
- 👤 Marion H. Weatherford
- 👤 Harry B. Wilfong, Jr.
- 👤 Floyd B. Williams
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 15:53
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D33/00; B65D33/001; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/806
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
260 words
A bag pack mountable on laterally spaced support rods of a support rack and comprising multiple stacked handle bags, each handle bag comprising front and rear bag walls defining an open top, and a pair of laterally spaced handles projecting upwardly from the open top of each bag, each handle including overlying front and rear handle panels projecting upwardly respectively from the front and rear bag walls; said multiple stacked bags being positioned with the corresponding handles of the pair of handles of each bag in stacked aligned overlying relation forming a pair of handle stacks associated with said stacked bags, aligned mounting apertures through the handles of each handle stack for simultaneous reception of each handle stack on a corresponding support rod receivable through the aligned apertures, bag retaining means on said bags fixing said handles together in each said handle stack for maintaining the apertures in alignment, said bag retaining means comprising a flap within each aperture integral with the corresponding bag at a minor area on the periphery of the aperture, said minor area comprising a severance area and defining said severable means, the flaps of the apertures in each handle stack being fixedly secured to the adjacent flaps for retention of the flaps in overlying aligned relation and said apertures in alignment, said severable means defining a connection between the retaining means and the bags for severance from the bags in response to introduction of the support rods through the aligned apertures and movement of the bags along the rods in supporting relation to the rods.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
260 words
A bag pack mountable on laterally spaced support rods of a support rack and comprising multiple stacked handle bags, each handle bag comprising front and rear bag walls defining an open top, and a pair of laterally spaced handles projecting upwardly from the open top of each bag, each handle including overlying front and rear handle panels projecting upwardly respectively from the front and rear bag walls; said multiple stacked bags being positioned with the corresponding handles of the pair of handles of each bag in stacked aligned overlying relation forming a pair of handle stacks associated with said stacked bags, aligned mounting apertures through the handles of each handle stack for simultaneous reception of each handle stack on a corresponding support rod receivable through the aligned apertures, bag retaining means on said bags fixing said handles together in each said handle stack for maintaining the apertures in alignment, said bag retaining means comprising a flap within each aperture integral with the corresponding bag at a minor area on the periphery of the aperture, said minor area comprising a severance area and defining said severable means, the flaps of the apertures in each handle stack being fixedly secured to the adjacent flaps for retention of the flaps in overlying aligned relation and said apertures in alignment, said severable means defining a connection between the retaining means and the bags for severance from the bags in response to introduction of the support rods through the aligned apertures and movement of the bags along the rods in supporting relation to the rods.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The bag pack of claim 1 wherein the periphery of each aperture includes an upper bearing area which directly receives and engages against a support rod upon the suspension of a bag therefrom, said severance area being generally directly opposed to said bearing area.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The bag pack of claim 2 wherein said severance area is positioned inward of the major periphery of the corresponding aperture.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
The bag pack of claim 3 wherein each flap, and hence the periphery of the corresponding aperture, is defined by a circular cut line having the opposed ends generally inwardly directed toward the center of the defined circle and in closely spaced lateral relation to each other with the severance area defined therebetween.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The bag pack of claim 4 including minor areas of releasable adhesive bonding between the overlying rear wall of each bag in the stack and the front wall of the bag immediately therebehind.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
The bag pack of claim 5 including detachable tab means projecting upwardly from the defined open top of each bag between the laterally spaced handles, said tab means including a mounting aperture defined therethrough for central support of the pack from a rack in conjunction with the handle support by rack support rods, and a readily severable area integrally joining each tab means to the associated bag.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
67 words
The bag pack of claim 1 including detachable tab means projecting upwardly from the defined open top of each bag between the laterally spaced handles, said tab means including a mounting aperture defined therethrough for central support of the pack from a rack in conjunction with the handle support by rack support rods, and a readily severable area integrally joining each tab means to the associated bag.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
241 words
A bag pack mountable on laterally spaced support rods and comprising multiple stacked handle bags, each handle bag comprising front and rear bag walls defining an open top, and a pair of laterally spaced handles projecting upward from the open top of each bag, each handle including overlying front and rear handle panels projecting upwardly from the front and rear bag walls respectively, said multiple stacked bags being positioned with the corresponding handles of the pair of handles of each bag in stacked aligned overlying relation forming a pair of handle stacks associated with said stacked bags, aligned mounting apertures through the handles of each handle stack for simultaneous reception of each handle stack on a corresponding support rod receivable through the aligned apertures, each mounting aperture being formed by a cut line through the corresponding handle, said cut line having an intermediate portion and opposed end portions, said end portions being generally arcuately turned inward toward each other and said intermediate portion, said end portions terminating in spaced relation to each other to define an unsevered portion therebetween, said cut line defining a flap in the aperture formed by said cut line, said flap being selectively displaced away from said aperture upon introduction of a support rod therethrough, and means for fixedly securing the flaps of the aligned apertures of each handle stack together for a retention of said apertures in alignment prior to engagement of a support rod therethrough.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
241 words
A bag pack mountable on laterally spaced support rods and comprising multiple stacked handle bags, each handle bag comprising front and rear bag walls defining an open top, and a pair of laterally spaced handles projecting upward from the open top of each bag, each handle including overlying front and rear handle panels projecting upwardly from the front and rear bag walls respectively, said multiple stacked bags being positioned with the corresponding handles of the pair of handles of each bag in stacked aligned overlying relation forming a pair of handle stacks associated with said stacked bags, aligned mounting apertures through the handles of each handle stack for simultaneous reception of each handle stack on a corresponding support rod receivable through the aligned apertures, each mounting aperture being formed by a cut line through the corresponding handle, said cut line having an intermediate portion and opposed end portions, said end portions being generally arcuately turned inward toward each other and said intermediate portion, said end portions terminating in spaced relation to each other to define an unsevered portion therebetween, said cut line defining a flap in the aperture formed by said cut line, said flap being selectively displaced away from said aperture upon introduction of a support rod therethrough, and means for fixedly securing the flaps of the aligned apertures of each handle stack together for a retention of said apertures in alignment prior to engagement of a support rod therethrough.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
The bag pack of claim 8 wherein said cut line is substantially circular.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The bag pack of claim 8 wherein adjoining flaps in each handle stack are heat bonded together.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The bag pack of claim 10 including a releasable adhesive joinder between the facing walls of adjacent bags of said multiple stacked bags.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
The bag pack of 8 including detachable tab means projecting upwardly from the defined open top of each bag between the laterally spaced handles, said tab means including a mounting aperture defined therethrough, and a readily severable area integrally joining each tab means to the associated bag.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
47 words
The bag pack of 8 including detachable tab means projecting upwardly from the defined open top of each bag between the laterally spaced handles, said tab means including a mounting aperture defined therethrough, and a readily severable area integrally joining each tab means to the associated bag.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
The bag pack of claim 8 including an integral laterally directed tab formed on each bag handle planar therewith and projecting inwardly toward the second of the pair of handles, each tab having one of said flap-defined apertures therethrough.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
179 words
A bag dispensing system comprising a bag pack of multiple stacked handle bags, and a rack for mounting said bag pack and loading and individually removing bags from said bag pack; said rack comprising a pair of laterally spaced elongate support rods having leading ends; said bag pack comprising multiple stacked handle bags, each handle bag comprising a pair of laterally spaced upwardly projecting handles, said multiple stacked bags being positioned with the corresponding handles of the pair of handles of each bag in stacked aligned overlying relation forming a pair of handle stacks, aligned mounting apertures through the handles of each handle stack for simultaneous reception of each handle stack over a corresponding one of said support rods receivable through the aligned apertures, each said aperture being defined by a flap partially severed from the associated bag handle, and means bonding each of said flaps to the adjoining flaps of the aligned apertures of each handle stack, said flaps being removed from said apertures upon introduction of a support rod through the aligned apertures of each handle stack.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
179 words
A bag dispensing system comprising a bag pack of multiple stacked handle bags, and a rack for mounting said bag pack and loading and individually removing bags from said bag pack; said rack comprising a pair of laterally spaced elongate support rods having leading ends; said bag pack comprising multiple stacked handle bags, each handle bag comprising a pair of laterally spaced upwardly projecting handles, said multiple stacked bags being positioned with the corresponding handles of the pair of handles of each bag in stacked aligned overlying relation forming a pair of handle stacks, aligned mounting apertures through the handles of each handle stack for simultaneous reception of each handle stack over a corresponding one of said support rods receivable through the aligned apertures, each said aperture being defined by a flap partially severed from the associated bag handle, and means bonding each of said flaps to the adjoining flaps of the aligned apertures of each handle stack, said flaps being removed from said apertures upon introduction of a support rod through the aligned apertures of each handle stack.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
82 words
The system of claim 14 wherein each handle bag comprises front and rear bag walls defining an open top, said handles projecting upwardly from said open top and including overlying front and rear handle panels defining extensions of said front and rear bag walls respectively, the front and rear handle panels of each handle being joined at the upper ends thereof remote from said bag mouth, the aperture through each bag handle being defined through the corresponding front and rear handle panels.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 15 wherein a releasable bonding means is provided between each bag and the adjoining bags of said multiple stacked bags, said releasable bonding means being provided between the walls of said bags below the mouth thereof.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
82 words
The system of claim 15 wherein said rack includes hook means between said support rods and inward of said leading ends, and detachable tab means projecting upwardly from the defined open top of each bag between the laterally spaced handles, said tab means including a mounting aperture defined therethrough for engagement of the rack hook means therethrough in conjunction with the handle engagement with the rack support rods, and a readily severable area integrally joining each tab means to the associated bag.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
168 words
A bag pack mountable on support rod means and comprising multiple stacked bags, each bag of the stacked bags comprising front and rear bag walls defining an open top, aligned mounting apertures through the stacked bags for simultaneous reception of the stacked bags on support rod means receivable through the aligned apertures, each mounting aperture being formed by a cut line through the corresponding bag, said cut line having an intermediate portion and opposed end portions, said end portions being generally inwardly turned toward each other and said intermediate portion, said end portions terminating in spaced relation to each other to define an unsevered portion therebetween, said cut line defining a flap in the aperture formed by said cut line, said flap being selectively displaced away from said aperture upon introduction of support rod means therethrough, and means for fixedly securing the flaps of the aligned apertures of the stacked bags together for a retention of said apertures in alignment prior to engagement of support rod means therethrough.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
168 words
A bag pack mountable on support rod means and comprising multiple stacked bags, each bag of the stacked bags comprising front and rear bag walls defining an open top, aligned mounting apertures through the stacked bags for simultaneous reception of the stacked bags on support rod means receivable through the aligned apertures, each mounting aperture being formed by a cut line through the corresponding bag, said cut line having an intermediate portion and opposed end portions, said end portions being generally inwardly turned toward each other and said intermediate portion, said end portions terminating in spaced relation to each other to define an unsevered portion therebetween, said cut line defining a flap in the aperture formed by said cut line, said flap being selectively displaced away from said aperture upon introduction of support rod means therethrough, and means for fixedly securing the flaps of the aligned apertures of the stacked bags together for a retention of said apertures in alignment prior to engagement of support rod means therethrough.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
13 words
The bag pack of claim 18 wherein adjoining flaps are heat bonded together.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
47 words
The bag pack of 18 including detachable tab means projecting upwardly from the defined open top of each bag between the laterally spaced handles, said tab means including a mounting aperture defined therethrough, and a readily severable area integrally joining each tab means to the associated bag.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
47 words
The bag pack of 18 including detachable tab means projecting upwardly from the defined open top of each bag between the laterally spaced handles, said tab means including a mounting aperture defined therethrough, and a readily severable area integrally joining each tab means to the associated bag.
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