Abstract: The laundry bag includes a body of openwork material defining a substantially spherical interior volume in at least one state and having an opening thereto. A closure is positioned at the opening to close the opening while maintaining the substantially spherical interior volume. The closure may include an additional body of openwork material extending from the opening and having an open end for inserting objects into the interior volume. Further, a laundry bag includes a body of openwork material defining an interior volume. The body of openwork material has an opening for insertion of objects into the interior volume and includes a closure portion of openwork material adjacent the opening such that when the closure portion is folded the interior volume is maintained. A method for using a laundry bag includes providing a laundry bag having a body of openwork material defining an interior volume and having an opening for insertion of objects into the interior volume.

Abstract: A protective sleeve comprising a combination of a mouth and a sleeve, the combination comprising a sleeve having a first and second flaps extending beyond the sleeve, each flap having a proximate side and a distal side, with the sleeve having an opening between the flaps and having a protective mouth. The mouth includes a lip formed by folding the first flap along a line and away from the opening until the first flap is adjacent to the sleeve; a second lip formed by folding the second flap over the opening until the second flap is adjacent to the first lip; and including joints adjacent to the proximate and distal sides of the second flap, the joints being located to urge the flaps in an orientation planar with the sleeve.

Abstract: An easily openable package of photographic photosensitive materials which comprises one or a plurality of photographic photosensitive materials and a light-shielding bag having a heat-sealed portion formed on the periphery and packaging the photographic photosensitive materials. The heat-sealed portion comprises a strongly joined portion and a weakly joined portion, the part surrounded by the strongly joined portion being larger than the photographic photosensitive materials being placed therein with a space, and the light-shielding bag being turned over at least at the edge of the photographic photosensitive materials on the opening side. The package is very easily openable and can ensure sealability, heat sealing properties and physical strength sufficiently.

Abstract: The invention concerns a multilayer sack or bag with side folds which consists of several tubular webs with side folds inserted one into the other, in which arrangement at least one open end is closed by a bottom. To form a bottom that is comparatively less thick, the outer tubular web with side folds has a projecting flap that extends over its width. At least one inner tubular web with side folds is inserted into this tubular web with side folds in such a way that it terminates at the distal edge of the flap. The projecting strip extending parallel to the flap of the at least one inner tubular web with side folds is folded over onto the outer side of the outer tubular web with side folds. The tubular webs with side folds, inserted one into the other, are folded together round the outer edge of this folded over strip and are fixed in this position.

Abstract: The bag is formed from two layers of a plastic having properties of mutual superficial adhesion. The layers are laid one on top of the other, and define between themselves at least two chambers each containing a different liquid. To simplify the operations of manufacturing and using the bag, without contaminating the liquids contained in the chambers, the chambers are separated from each other by a separating septum formed by a section of mutual adhesion of the two layers, in which the two layers are in intimate superficial contact. The adherent section is bounded by two lines where the layers are folded to define throttle lines which prevent the liquids from getting from the two chambers into the adherent section. To use the bag, the bag is simply unfolded and pressure is applied to the chambers, in such a way as to cause the layers to come apart in the adherent section and the liquids to mix.

Abstract: A sleeping bag carrying and storage enclosure (10) is disclosed and has as its two main components a sleeping bag cover (11) and automatic closure system (21). Sleeping bag cover (11) is configured to receive a standard rectangular sleeping bag (1) in its unrolled position and the automatic closure system (21) configured to latch automatically in response to the sleeping bag being rolled up into its normal storage position. The automatic closure system has strategically placed fabric hook and latch fasteners (22) and (23), more commonly known by its brand name VELCRO.TM.. Here, a pair of first portions of fabric hook and closure fastener (22) are fixed at points on the upper sky facing surface (16) of head panel portion (15), each toward the marginal side edges of the head panel portion.

Abstract: A tubular bag blank has a plurality of outer contiguous non-heat sealable plies and an inner heat sealable plastic ply. All of the plies in the tubular blank are bonded together circumferentially around an open top end of the bag and are closed at the bottom end where only the non-heat sealable plies are bonded together. The inner heat sealable ply is freely folded and fully detachable in a non-adhesive manner at the bottom end of the bag. The inner plastic ply being heat sealable to closure at both bag ends. Upon heat sealing the bottom end, a plastic pouch is formed by the inner ply which may be heat sealed to closure at the open end when filled with a product or commodity and may be optionally severed thereat by compressive heat and pressure applied to the outer non-heat sealable plies. When fully packed, the outer paper plies may be stripped away leaving a sealed plastic pouch with the packaged contents therein ready for use by the purchaser.

Abstract: A paper bag particularly adapted for the packaging of carryout food items such as hamburgers and chicken. The bag is of a unitary construction and includes two inwardly folded bellows panels on its sides, each bellows joining respective sides of the bag. A fold line is positioned below the top, free edges of the side walls. A pair of spaced cuts is located substantially midway of respective fold lines, each cut of each pair extending from above to below its respective fold line, the individual cuts being spaced from each other along the fold line. Respective areas of the front and rear bag walls above the fold line carry indicia, such as printed indicia, to indicate the bag contents. After folding the top of the bag about the fold lines and against either side walls, one or the other indicia is visible to indicate the bag contents. The bag top is inhibited from opening after such folding by distorting the paper between the cuts to effect a latching action.

Abstract: A resealable sachet that is designed to contain substances of liquid or creamy consistency and which after opening and partial use of the contents, may be easily resealed and which thereby prevents the leakage of the remaining contents and which can be easily and economically manufactured. The sachet consists of two essentially parallel arranged layers made of flexible film-like material with given outer contours which are connected tightly at least at their edges and which form an enclosed volume to be filled with the substance. A part of the enclosed volume is formed as a narrow outlet channel within an opening strap leading to the edge of the sachet and is sealed by a tear-off section. At least one sealed side of the sachet adjacent to the outlet channel strap has a holding slit whose length is adjusted to the width of the outlet channel strap.

Abstract: A package having an openable end, and a closure structure for closing the openable end. The closure structure comprises at least one aperture-set which includes a respective aperture in each of at least two sheet segments of the package. Each aperture has a tab which presents a free end depending within its respective aperture from a flex line. The flex line partially bounds the respective aperture, and respective apertures in each aperture-set are generally adjacently registrable in a covered position. The at least two sheet segments are held in the covered position by displacing the distal end of the tab associated with each respective aperture of an aperture-set through at least the next adjacent respective aperture of the aperture-set.

Abstract: A food packaging material suitable for a variety of food service applications, including fast food restaurants is provided. The packaging is preferably formed from a flexible laminate sheet that includes at least one moisture impervious layer and has been formed into a receptacle having a shape suitable for enclosing and sealing fast food sandwiches and the like. Attached to the sheet is a length of rip cord having at least one free end that can be grasped and pulled by the consumer to tear the laminate sheet, thereby opening the sealed food-containing receptacle. The rip cord can be attached so that it causes one portion of the receptacle to be partially or completely separated from a remaining receptacle portion. The separated portion of the receptacle can be folded out of the way or discarded, and the remaining receptacle portion used to enclose the food product to form a convenient pouch for protecting the consumer's hands while holding the food product.

Abstract: A resealable package for snack food items and a method of making the same from a sheet of flexible material. Two side edges of the sheet are joined together in a seam, with a flap extending longitudinally from an exterior surface of the package. A resealable adhesive is disposed beneath the flap, whereby the flap serves as a release strip to protect the adhesive until use. The consumer re-closes the package by removing the release strip to expose the adhesive. The package then is folded downward a number of times until the exterior surface of the package is secured to the adhesive.

Abstract: A tamper-evident seal for a plastic envelope with a pocket and closing flap having first adhesive sealing means for sealing the flap to the envelope and a second, tamper-evident sealing means adhering to the end of and extending beyond the end of the flap which also adheres to the envelope after the flap is closed and sealed. The tamper-evident sealing means has a pattern of regions, some of the regions having visually distinct reflective characteristics from others of the regions. The tamper-evident means can also have a pearlaceous material therein or thereon.

Abstract: A method is provided for closing an end of a tubular food casing in such a way that the end so closed is made suitable for use as a hanger for the casing. In one embodiment, an end of a food casing is formed into a rigid loop suitable for hanging the casing. In a second embodiment, a die cut hole is made in a uniquely formed end of a casing, enabling the casing to be suspended by a hook inserted through the hole.

Abstract: A disposable, self-sealing pouch assembly defines a specimen-receiving enclosure and an associated pocket for receiving an identification card or the like. The assembly preferably includes first, second, and third rectangular piles of transparent plastic film. The first and second plies are joined at peripheral portions thereof to define a specimen-receiving enclosure with an access opening defined by the second ply providing access to the interior enclosure. The third ply is joined to the second ply and defines a card-receiving pocket therewith. Pressure-sensitive adhesive provided at the access opening effects self-sealing of the assembly, with the assembly configured to close the card-receiving pocket upon closing and sealing of the specimen-receiving enclosure.

Abstract: An optical fiber link card communication module, and process for fabricating the module, where the module provides a parallel electrical interface to the user, facilitates high speed serial transmission of data over an optical data link, and contains a plurality of converters for performing conversions between both electrical and optical signals. The module further includes edge mounted optical components having leads mounted on the surface of a card (as opposed to standard pin-in-hole type leads) to minimize lead capacitance and inductance from the optical components to the card electronics, on board card control means for the converters and safety shut down means on the same card as the electrical and optical components.

Abstract: A plastic bag, such as a trash bag or the like, of linear low density polyethylene or a blend of low density polyethylene and low density polyethylene has a closure portion along its open end. The closure portion is of a plastic having dead fold properties, such as oriented high density polyethylene or polystyrene. The bag can be closed by twisting the closure portion. The dead fold property of the closure portion will maintain the twisted condition of the closure portion to maintain the bag closed.

Abstract: A flexible tubular package having a longitudinal axis and formed from flexible sheet material. The package comprising first and second panels disposed opposite each other and connected on laterally opposite sides. The upper end portion of the package terminates in a free edge and is folded over itself along a transverse fold line to form a flap with the portion of the first panel between the free edge and the fold line abutting the contiguous portion of the first panel below the fold line. The abutting portions are releasably secured to each other by adhesive. The flap includes at least one opening extending through the first and second panels to form a handle. A first permanent seal line extends transversely across the panels adjacent the fold line from one of the sides to an intermediate point, while a second peelable seal line extends transversely across the panels adjacent the fold line from the intermediate point to the other of the sides.

Abstract: A single-sheet gusset bag for photographic photosensitive materials comprising a laminated sheet of which the inner surface layer is a light-shielding polyolefin resin film layer and the outer surface layer is a heat-resistant flexible sheet layer, and having a botom seal portion fixed by a hot-melt adhesive having a softening point by ring and ball method of 75 to 115 C of which the coating amount in the center portion is less than the coating amount of the side portion.In the gusset bag of the invention, the bottom seal portion can be effectively sealed without incidence of fogging and uneven gloss caused by the heat of the hot-melt adhesive. Since the gusset bag is formed of a single sheet, packaging is readily achieved. The cost of the packaging material is also inexpensive.

Abstract: Gas-sealed pack for receiving pieces of a material such as chocolate tablettes. It consists of an envelope (9) of a flat and foldable material, having two edge regions (6, 6') inside which is located a detachable joining strip (7) to provide a sealed closure, preferably by cold sealing. These edge regions are folded back onto the upper surface of the envelope (9). The outside of the edge region (6'), which is applied to the top surface of the envelope (9), is linked at least on part of its surface with the surface of the envelope (9) preferably by means of a hot melting adhesive. The other edge region (6), which is not connected to the upper surface of the envelope (9), does not extend as far as the joining strip (7). A fold (3) is preferably arranged on this edge. The inner surfaces of the envelope are joined by cold sealing. Thus the pack is preferably designed in a tubular shape.

Abstract: A bag construction adapted for reclosing. An elongated material separation arrangement of substantial width and transversely defined by an upper marginal region of the bag receives and positionally holds a folded over portion of the bag after an opening of same. A lower portion of a top seal is separated or removed to provide access to the contents of the bag. The upper marginal region of the bag may be fashioned in a variety of ways to convenience the opening of the bag.

Abstract: A container particularly adapted to sterilize and use for disposal of contaminated or infectious waste in hospitals, industrial laboratories, and the like. One embodiment of the container is illustrated in the form of a bag constructed from a nonwoven web of thermoplastic fibers. The web is pervious to sterilants but impervious to bacteria and may comprise a laminate of webs of spunbonded and microfibers thermoplastic polymers. The container may be in the form of a bag and contains an impervious section which may be formed by coating or coextruding a polymer film and a pervious section comprising the nonwoven web. In addition to sealing at both ends, the container is capable of being sealed by means of heat, adhesives, or the like between the two sections. In a particularly useful application, infectious or contaminated waste is positioned within the pervious section and the impervious section folded underneath.

Abstract: A gusseted bag having one end folded over along a fold line to form a closure for such end, which bag is provided with a line of perforations through the wall of the bag along a portion of one face and the adjacent gusset at or adjacent to the said fold line to provide easy access to the contents of the bag.

Abstract: A multiwall cooler bag is formed by gusseted inner and outer tubes, the outer tube being made of kraft paper and having its lower end circumferentially bonded to the inner tube, the inner tube comprising an inner ply of plastic material heat sealed to closure at its lower end and an outer ply of kraft paper, with a strip of plastic reinforcing material extending the length of and secured to the back and front walls of the outer tube. The front wall of the outer tube has its lower end formed with a closure flap secured to the back wall of the outer tube, while the back wall of the outer tube has its upper end formed with a closure flap overlapping the front wall when the bag is completely closed. The upper portion of the inner tube is free of the outer tube to permit independent closing of the inner tube before closing the outer tube.

Abstract: A pinch bottom open mouth ("PBOM") bag having a pinch bottom flap folded over upon and adhered to one wall of the bag, with a tab for tearing the flap open inserted at its inner end between the walls of the bag, folded to overlie the flap and the outside of the other wall and releasably adhered to the other wall, and a method of and apparatus for manufacturing the bags with the tabs from bag tubes wherein the tubes are continuously fed forward, one after another, tabs are applied to the tubes as the tubes travel forward and folded to overlie said other wall before the pinch closure flap is folded over, and wherein each tab is inserted between the walls of a tube by bringing the tab into a position overlapping said one wall and separating said one wall from the other to the point where the end of the tab slips off said one wall and becomes disposed between the walls.

Abstract: A paper bag having a pinch closure provided with a tab extending from within the bag between the portions of the walls of the bag in the pinch closure and projecting out of the pinch closure, the projecting portion of the tab being adapted to be grasped and pulled to tear the bag open at the pinch closure, and a method of manufacturing it involving provision of a bag tube, opening up the tube at one end, and inserting the tab in the tube.

Abstract: A dual bag has an inner liner and an outer wrap, a flatly pressed closing flap arranged in a face-to-face relationship with a top face of the bag. The flap has a closing ear at least at one of its ends. A transverse seam is provided in the closing flap along its outer bounding edge for sealing the bag. The closing flap is formed by portions of both the inner liner and the outer wrap and further, the transverse seam is located at a distance from the outer bounding edge of the closing flap. A cut extends into the closing flap from its outer bounding edge in the vicinity of at least one closing ear; the cut extends through both the inner liner and the outer wrap. Further, the distance of the transverse seam from the upper face of the bag is at least three times the width of the transverse seam.