Abstract: A plastic bag for containing merchandise which includes a plurality of walls forming a compartment for receiving and containing the merchandise, a generally flat flap connected at the top wall of the bag so as to be capable of extending outwardly therefrom, and perforations formed in the flap and in the container walls in a particular pattern that permits the perforations in the flap to be separated to form a handle opening in such flap without opening the bag itself, and which can be further opened to provide an access opening in the bag to permit removal of the merchandise therefrom.

Abstract: An apparatus for simultaneously disposing tubular labels on a plurality of bottles or other containers includes an assembly for advancing the bottles or other containers along an endless travel path. The apparatus also includes a plurality of tubular label applying stations each operable to individually apply a tubular label onto a bottle or other container as the bottle or other container is advanced along the travel path. The advancing assembly is preferably in the form of a rotating plate supporting the bottles or other containers thereon at uniform angular spacings from one another and the tubular label applying stations are preferably also supported on the rotating plate. A cam and cam follower arrangement is utilized for controlling each tubular label applying station to perform its label applying operation in coordination with the advancing movement of its associate bottle or other container.

Abstract: A bag formed of a flaccid material for receiving and containing merchandise, the bag being formed by a sheet of such material folded along a fold line to provide two juxtaposed or overlapping wall panels having adjacent side edges which are joined to one another. The fold line is tucked inwardly between the wall panels forming top edges along the wall panels and forming a gusset with the overlapping portions of the wall panels. A separate strip of material is folded lengthwise along a fold line and is disposed about the surfaces of the wall panels externally of the gusset with the fold line of the strip extending generally parallel and adjacent to the top edges of the wall panels. The side portions of the strip are joined at each end thereof to the respective adjacent external surface of the wall panel by seals formed in V-shaped patterns defined by lines extending diagonally at substantially a forty-five degree angle between the side edges and the top edges of the wall panels.

Abstract: A bag formed of a flaccid material for receiving and containing merchandise, the bag being formed by a sheet of such material folded along a fold line to provide two juxtaposed or overlapping generally rectangular wall panels having the side edges thereof joined together, such fold line being tucked inwardly between such overlapping wall panels to form a gusset, and a separate strip of material folded along a fold line extending along the length thereof and disposed within the gusset to extend across the entire width thereof with the fold line of the separate strip of material lying adjacent to the inwardly tucked fold of the sheet of material, the ends of the strip of material being joined to the overlapping portions of the wall panels by a heat seal extending diagonally at a forty-five degree angle across the corners thereof.