Abstract: A plastic bag includes a body portion, a handle portion forming an opening adapted to be grasped to carry the body portion, and a closure portion. The body portion has a bottom, opposed front and back panels extending from the bottom, and opposed first and second side panels extending from the bottom and connecting the front and back panels. The bottom, the front and back panels, and the first and second side panels form a receptacle space having a mouth located opposite the bottom. Preferably, the bottom is flat and the first and second side portions form gussets. The handle portion and the closure portion are preferably formed by adjacent layers of a folded plastic sheet secured to the back panel. The closure portion preferably includes a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive to be secured to the front panel to close the mouth.

Abstract: A plurality of stacked openable and reclosable plastic bags on a dispenser is provided which includes a pocket formed by front and back walls for form a mouth portion leading to the pocket, complementary separable zipper profiles on the front and back walls to allow the plastic bags to be openable and closable, a perforation extending across the back wall extension portion above the zipper profiles, wherein the strength of the zipper profiles is greater than the strength of the perforation such that pulling on the zipper profiles when the zipper profiles are closed tears each bag from the dispenser without causing the zipper profiles to separate.