Claims
- 1. In a chain of bags having front and back walls and top edges thereof defining mouths and with the bags interconnected along the mouths thereof by first and second elongated continuous strips separate from the bags themselves, the provision of:
- means attaching one edge of said second strip to said top edge of said back wall of each successive bag and attaching one edge of said first strip to said top edge of said front wall of said successive bags;
- each said bag having said back wall thereof extended beyond said front wall thereof at the mouth end thereof and being folded along a line parallel to said strips to lie adjacent said front wall and positioning at least a portion of said first strip between the inside surface of said back wall and the outside surface of said front wall; and
- at least said first strip being of activatable material such that said first strip adhesively and sealably unites said back wall to said front wall to closingly seal the respective bag.
- 2. The structure of claim 1 including each of said bags having the sides thereof gusseted, and the fold line within that top edge portion of the front wall and the said one edge of said first strip.
- 3. The structure of claim 1 including said one edge of said second strip being attached to the outer surface of said back wall.
- 4. The structure of claim 1 including said one edge of said second strip being attached to the inner surface of said back wall and thereby overlying and merging with said one edge of said first strip in the closed bag.
- 5. The structure of claim 1 including each of the bags having the sides thereof gusseted and said one edge of said first and second strips joined together between successive bags in the chain to hold the gussets collapsed at said mouth end of the bags.
- 6. The structure of claim 1 including bridging patches tying the bottom end of each bag to the bottom end of the next adjacent bags in the chain.
- 7. The structure of claim 1 wherein each end of said bag has a mouth thereof closed and interconnected by at least one strip.
- 8. A chain of bags, comprising, in combination:
- first and second walls on each of said bags and a top edge on each of said walls;
- at least one continuous strip of thermoplastic material having first and second edges;
- said walls having a given composition and said at least one continuous strip being of material different from the composition of said walls;
- means securing said first edge of said at least one strip to said top edge of said first wall and securing said second edge of said at least one strip to said top edge of said second wall for initial alignment means near the top of said chain of bags;
- each of said bags having a mouth near the top of each bag;
- each said bag being folded along a longitudinal line substantially parallel to said at least one continuous strip to trap said portion of at least one strip between the top edges of said first and second walls; and
- said portion of said at least one strip being activated to adhesively and sealably unite said first and second walls to closingly seal the mouth of the bag.
- 9. A chain of bags as set forth in claim 8, wherein said second wall has a length sufficient so that said top edge of said second wall initially extends beyond said top edge of said first wall; and
- each said bag second wall being folded over said first wall.
- 10. A chain of bags as set forth in claim 11, wherein each said bag is folded along a longitudinal line in the area of securement of said first edge of said at least one strip to the respective bag wall top edge so as to trap said portion of said at least one strip between the top edges of said walls.
- 11. A chain of bags as set forth in claim 10, wherein said securing means secures said second edge of said at least one strip to the outer surface of said top edge of said second wall.
- 12. A chain of bags as set forth in claim 8, including each said second wall having a length greater than that of said first wall at the top edges thereof; and
- said securing means securing said first edge of said at least one strip to the outer surface of said top edge of said first wall.
- 13. A chain of bags as set forth in claim 12 wherein said securing means secures said second edge of at said least one strip to the inner surface of said top edge of said second wall.
- 14. A chain of bags as set forth in claim 12, wherein said securing means secures the same surface of said at least one strip to said first and second wall top edges.
- 15. In a bag having first and second walls and top edges thereof defining a mouth, the provision of:
- first and second elongated strips separate from said bag;
- means attaching one edge of said first strip to said top edge of said first wall of the bag and attaching one edge of said second strip to said top edge of said second wall;
- said bag having said second wall thereof extended beyond said first wall thereof at the mouth end thereof and being folded along a line parallel to said strips to lie adjacent said first wall, thereby positioning at least a portion of said first strip between the inside surface of said second wall and the outside surface of said first wall; and
- at least said first strip being of activatable material such that said portion of said first strip adhesively and sealably unites said first and second walls to closingly seal the bag.
- 16. In a chain of bags having first and second walls and top edges thereof defining mouths, the provision of:
- first and second elongated strips separate from said bags;
- means attaching one edge of said first strip to said top edge of said first wall of each successive bag and attaching one edge of said second strip to said top edge of said second wall of said successive bags;
- each said bag having said second wall thereof extended beyond said first wall thereof at the mouth end thereof and being folded along a line parallel to said strips to lie adjacent said first wall, thereby positioning at least a portion of said first strip between the inside surface of said second wall and the outside surface of said first wall; and
- at least said first strip being of activatable material such that said portion of said first strip adhesively and sealably unites said first and second walls to closingly seal the respective bag.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 343,723, filed Jan. 29, 1982.
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