Flexible bags – With means to maintain the bag mouth in an open configuration
Patent
1990-02-06
1991-06-11
Marcus, Stephen
Flexible bags
With means to maintain the bag mouth in an open configuration
383104, 220 93, 141390, B65D 3302
Patent
active
050227670
ABSTRACT:
The product of the present invention is a flexible plastic trash bag which includes as an integral part a paper or plastic wrapped thin metal wire support formed into two attached hoops. The oblong metal hoops are attached to the bag on each vertical side and to each other for 1/3 of their vertical length. The encased wire is thin enough so as not to interfere with the folding or rolling of the bag; but strong enough to support the weight of the empty bag. The present invention comprises of forming a plastic bags, in various sizes, out of sheet plastic and attaching metal wire hoops to its vertical seems so that when the two hoops are separated at the top and bottom the bag is self-supporting and maintained in an open position so that matter may be easily deposited. Since the bag requires no receptacle the bag may be made from plastic of colorful patterns.
The present invention addresses the problem mentioned above of holding a flexible trash bag both open and upright by means of an integral flexible metal skeleton that when opened; by the insertion of the hand into the mouth of the bag, provides support for the bag and at the same time holds the bag open for its entire length.
In the present invention, the flexible plastic bag includes a bottom, two sides, an open mouth and two (2) oblong metal hoops (approximately the same length and width of the bag) joined for 1/3 of the of their vertical sides and attached to each side of the vertical seams of the bag by glue and/or heat seal for the full length of their joined sides.
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Marcus Stephen
Pascua Jes F.
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