Claims
- 1. A thermoplastic bag comprising a front wall and a rear wall, said walls being joined together along the major portion of their opposite longitudinal edges and bottom, an open mouth portion adjacent to the top edge of said front wall, said open mouth portion of said bag being characterized by a flap member which is an extension of the front bag wall and having longitudinal edges which are not joined to the upper edges of said rear wall, said flap having a stripe of pressure sensitive adhesive which extends transversely across the lower portion of said flap on its inner surface, the inner upper surface of said flap being further characterized by having a stiffening tape spaced from said adhesive said tape being permanently adhered to said flap, said space between the adhesive and tape being utilized to fold the flap back upon itself, said stiffening tape protectively covering said adhesive stripe when said flap is folded upon itself prior to bag closure whereby when it is desired to adhesively close said bag said flap is displaced upwardly thereby exposing said adhesive stripe for adhesively closing said open bag mouth and said stiffening tape providing increased rigidity to said bag mouth for ease of loading product into said bag.
Parent Case Info
This is a Division of application Ser. No. 445,364, filed Feb. 25, 1974, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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