Claims
- 1. A plastic bag unit comprising a storage and dispensing container having an aperture in one face thereof, a plastic pad comprising a stack of overlying plastic pockets connected to each other by a common base portion, each of said pockets having a front face and rear face, said front face having an open mouth with a lip, and a selvage portion extending from said mouth and connected thereto by a score line, the selvage portions of all the pockets being connected to each other at least at the opposite end edges thereof by connecting means to form said base portion, said base portion being held in a substantially rigid position within said container with the front faces of the pockets aligned with said aperture and said lips within the area of said aperture in a position to be successively grasped and pulled through said aperture when exposed by removal of the next uppermost overlying pocket, the wall area of the container defining said aperture framing the uppermost pocket, whereby when a forward pull is exerted on the lip of said uppermost pocket, said uppermost pocket is torn along its respective score line from its selvage portion while said connecting means of said base portion exert a counterforce to initiate opening of the resultant bag and said frame simultaneously exerts an additional counterforce to complete said opening of said resultant bag.
- 2. The bag unit of claim 1 wherein said pad is connected to said container.
- 3. The bag unit of claim 1 wherein said pad is connected to a backer.
- 4. The bag unit of claim 3 wherein the backer is connected to the container.
- 5. The bag unit of claim 1 wherein said pad is connected to a hanger and said hanger is connected to said container.
- 6. The bag unit of claim 1 wherein said pad is folded around a backer with the portion of the folded pad containing the front faces of the pockets being aligned with said aperture.
- 7. The bag unit of claim 1 wherein said aperture is defined by a score line pattern which is adapted to be torn partially away to form a covering flap for the aperture or completely away to uncover said aperture.
- 8. The bag unit of claim 1 wherein said connecting means are welds.
- 9. The bag unit of claim 1 wherein said container is a relatively flat box.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending application Ser. No. 588,567, filed Mar. 12, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,500,000.
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