Abstract: A hand grip member for insertion in the end of a tubular core for flexible rolled material such as plastic stretch film includes opposed handle portions projecting from one side of a support web which includes cylindrical bearing shoe segments projecting from the other side of the support web. The handle portions are spaced apart and may be squeezed to move toward each other thereby deflecting the web to cause the bearing shoes to expand radially into gripping engagement with the inner wall of the roll core to selectively control the drag on the roll as the material is unrolled in the stretch wrapping process. The hand grip members are preferably used in pairs and are preferably molded in one piece of a suitable elastic material such as nylon.

Abstract: A flat bottom plastic film bag includes triangular gusset portions formed by a plurality of parallel heat welds which fuse portions of opposed pleats together and cooperate with a transverse central bottom seam to form a flat bottom bag from a seamed or seamless plastic film tube. The longitudinal side and end walls of the bag are provided with heat embossed corrugations which enhance the freestanding characteristics of the bag and a transverse crease is formed along the fold line between the sidewalls of the bag and the bottom wall to enhance the bottom forming characteristics of the bag when it is snapped from a folded position to an opened position.