Abstract: The dispensing system disclosed herein is adapted to dispense T-shirt type plastic film bags of the type having an openable mouth and loop handles extending upward on either side of the mouth, the handles being linked at their upper ends by a tearaway strip extending between them. The stack of bags are retained in a cartridge formed of a stiff web member which is folded to provide front and back panels enclosing the upper ends of the handles and the tearaway strips. The back panel has a tongue which is folded under the tearaway strips and which then extends upward parallel to the front panel. The upwardly extending portion of the tongue also holds a retaining strip provided at the upper end of a resilient apron-like member which extends downwardly covering the mouths of the bags so that a user is directed to extract a bag by grasping its bottom rather than the mouth which can cause several bags to be removed unintentionally. The apron carries advertising text and preferably, also a pad of discount coupons.

Abstract: A stack of T-shirt type plastic film bags having handles extending from an openable mouth are formed into a pack by bonding together bridging strips extending between the handles. A dispensing rack includes a frame providing an upper horizontal edge over which the bag handles are draped. The bridging strips are hooked over and retained by a relatively wide tongue extending rearward from a point on the frame below the horizontal edge.

Abstract: In the dispensing system disclosed herein, an aligned stack of T-shirt type bags are assembled within a disposable tubular cartridge with the loop handles and a significant portion of the bottoms of the bags extending beyond the ends of the tubular cartridge. The central portions of the bag mouths are releasably attached to an adjacent portion of the cartridge and a rack is provided for supporting the cartridge essentially horizontally with the handles and the bottom portions of the bags hanging freely therefrom. Accordingly, the top bag in the stack can be removed by grasping the exposed bottom portion and pulling the remainder through the tubular cartridge, tearing the mouth of the bag free from the attachment.