US20050105832A1 - Dispensable resealable bag for food - Google Patents
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- B65D31/12—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents with two or more compartments
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
- B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
- B65D33/18—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using adhesive applied to integral parts, e.g. to flaps
- B65D33/20—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using adhesive applied to integral parts, e.g. to flaps using pressure-sensitive adhesive
Abstract
A rack mountable plastic bag for food provides adhesive based resealing and a stackable configuration.
Description
- This application is based on U.S. Provisional application 60/426,91 filed Nov. 14, 2002, and hereby incorporated by reference.
- The present invention relates generally to resealable plastic bags and, in particular, to a bag well suited for packaging of food in a deli or the like.
- Plastic bags constructed of films of polyester, polypropylene or the like are well suited for storage of food items providing an inexpensive material that is both a hygienic and liquid tight. Particularly for the use in a delicatessen or grocery store, it is known to provide a stack of such bags held on a rack or the like by a tab attached to each bag by a perforated portion. The bag may be removed by breaking the perforation and food inserted into the bag which is then sealed with a separate sticker or the like. Such bags can be inconvenient requiring both a separate rack for the bags and a dispenser for the stickers and can be cumbersome for food handling personnel who may be wearing gloves.
- The consumer purchasing the food may wish to store the food in the bag after consuming only a portion. Generally, however, the bag is not resealable, requiring the consumer to use a separate container or to have stickers or other sealing means. Bags that can be resealed after each use are known in the art and quite popular among consumers. One style of bag has a molded plastic zipper-style seal. Nevertheless, these bags are relatively expensive to manufacture and generally not practical in the food retail environment.
- The present invention provides an inexpensive resealable bag, stackable for shipping, suitable for rack mounting for easy dispensing and inexpensive enough for food retail use. The resealing is provided by a tacky adhesive placed at two positions on the front surface of the bag as stored on the rack. Tearing a perforation holding the bag to the rack allows a flap portion of the bag to be folded to close the bag with the flap held by a resealable adhesive.
- Specifically, the present invention provides a flexible package for food comprising a back plastic sheet having a front and rear surface, a top edge engageable with a rack, and a perforation separating the top edge from a remainder of the back plastic sheet. A front plastic sheet also having a front and rear surface is attached at side and bottom edges and not at a top edge to the corresponding edges of the back plastic sheet with the rear surface of the front plastic sheet adjacent to the front surface of the remainder of the back plastic sheet to form a pouch therewith. The front plastic sheet is sized so that the top edge of the front plastic sheet is below the perforations of the back plastic sheet so as to leave a flap portion of the remainder of the back plastic sheet that may fold over the top edge of the front plastic sheet to cover the top edge of the front plastic sheet and so that the front surface of the flap portion may fold about the front portion of the front plastic sheet at a contact area near the top edge of the front plastic sheet. At least one resealable adhesive strip is positioned in the contact area to resealably hold the flap portion closed against the front plastic sheet.
- Thus it is one object of the invention to provide an inexpensive resealable plastic bag that can be dispensed from a rack or the like.
- It is another object of the invention to provide resealable bags using adhesive that may be dispensed in stacked configuration without inadvertent sealing of bags to one another.
- It is another object of the invention to provide a low cost bag that may be shipped in high volume yet easily dispensed.
- It is yet another object of the invention to provide a bag that may be used by deli personnel with minimum wasted motion and without the need to maintain separate bags and stickers.
- These particular objects and advantages may apply to only some embodiments falling within the claims and thus do not define the scope of the invention.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an individual bag constructed according to the present invention showing a perforated tab for holding a bag to a rack and showing a positioning of adhesive strips on the front of the bag and on a flap portion that may fold over the top edge of the bag; -
FIG. 2 is a cross section generally along lines 2-2 ofFIG. 1 showing the bag with the perforated section broken away and the front flap folded down and sealed to contain a food product therein using the adhesive strips; -
FIG. 3 is a second embodiment of the invention showing a two bag system in which mirror symmetric bags are attached to a central tab section by means of perforations thereby increasing the storage density of the bags of the present invention; and -
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the bags ofFIG. 3 as held on a simple rack stabilizing the bags for use by a store worker where one hand is used to open the bag and the other may be used to insert the food therein. - Referring now to
FIG. 1 ,food storage bag 10 of the present invention includes a generallyrectangular back sheet 12 havingtop edge 14,bottom edge 16 and left andright edges 18 and 20. The sheet may be constructed of a film of polyethylene or polypropylene or other suitable material. - A
perforation 22 parallel to thetop edge 14 and positioned below thetop edge 14 defines anupper tab 24. The perforation allows thetab 24 to be separated from aremainder portion 26 of theback sheet 12 by a tearing action. Thetab 24 includes twoelongated holes 27 that allow thetab 24 to be engaged by hooks or pins on a holder as will be described. - Attached to a front surface of the
remainder portion 26 is afront sheet 28 being of similar material to theback sheet 12 having corresponding left and right edges 18′ and 20′,bottom edge 16′ andtop edge 14′. Edges 18 and 18′, 16 and 16′, 20 and 20′ are heat-sealed together so as to form a pouch openable by drawing top edge 14 (which is not sealed to the back sheet 12) away from theback sheet 12. - The size of the
front sheet 28 in height is slightly less than the height of theremainder portion 26 so as to present aflap portion 30 of theback sheet 12 extending above thetop edge 14′. Positioned on a front surface of thisflap portion 30 above thetop edge 14′ is a strip oftacky adhesive 32. A similar strip oftacky adhesive 32′ extends laterally across the front surface of thefront sheet 28 just below thetop edge 14′. Methods of preparing tacky adhesives suitable for use with the present invention are well known in the art such as described generally in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,406,039; 5,089,320; 5,382,472; 5,993,962 and their cited references, all hereby incorporated by reference. - The use of strips of
tacky adhesive back sheets food storage bags 10 in a stack or in the rack so as to maintain thefood storage bags 10 in alignment. Nevertheless, in an alternative embodiment, a single adhesive tack strip may be used, positioned either in the place oftacky adhesive - Referring now to
FIG. 2 , theflap 30 may be folded over thetop edge 14′ so that strips oftacky adhesive top edge 14 againsttop edge 14′ forming an enclosedvolume 36 which may receive or have received afood 38 such as lunchmeat, cheese, or the like. - Referring now to
FIG. 3 , in an alternative embodiment,tab 24 may include both afirst perforation 22 connecting it to afirst remainder portion 26 of the back sheet and asecond perforation 22′ connecting tab 24 to asecond remainder portion 26′ extending in an opposite direction from thetab 24 so that two separatefood storage bags common tab 24. - Referring now to
FIG. 4 , acounter rack 40 may include astand portion 42 having abase 44 for resting against the counter or the like, and anupper surface 46 positioned above thebase 44 by a distance greater than that betweenelongated holes 28 andbottom edges food storage bags elongated holes 28 to retain the multiple bags in a stacked configuration on thecounter rack 40. As retained the user may open the bag by pullingtop edge 14′ of one of the bags forward with one hand while the other hand is used to insertfood 38 into the pouch formed by the front and back sheets. The hand used to open the pouch may then be used to steady the rack and the other hand used to remove the bag from the rack by separating theperforations 22. Thefood 38 may then be sealed within thefood storage bag 10 as described with respect toFIG. 2 . in order to stabilize the stack of food storage bags, thetabs 24 may be fused together by melting a hole through the stackedtabs 24 or by other means. Thetacky adhesive flap 30 andfront sheet 24 in an alternative embodiment and/or thetacky adhesive - It is specifically intended that the present invention not be limited to the embodiments and illustrations contained herein, but include modified forms of those embodiments including portions of the embodiments and combinations of elements of different embodiments as come within the scope of the following claims.
Claims (1)
1. A flexible package for food comprising:
a back plastic sheet having a front and rear surface;
a top edge engageable with the rack;
a perforation separating the top edge from a remainder of the back plastic sheet;
a front plastic sheet having a front and rear surface and attached at side and bottom edges and not at a top edge to corresponding edges of the back plastic sheet with the rear surface of the front plastic sheet adjacent to the front surface of the remainder of the back plastic sheet to form a pouch therewith, the front plastic sheet sized so that the top edge of the front plastic sheet is below the perforation of the back plastic sheet to leave a flap portion of the remainder of the back plastic sheet that may fold over the edge of the front plastic sheet to cover the top edge of the front plastic sheet and so that the front surface of the flap portion may fold about the front portion of the front plastic sheet to touch at a contact area near the top edge of the front plastic sheet; and
at least one resealable adhesive strip positioned on the contact area to resealably hold the flap portion closed against the front plastic sheet.
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