Plastic bag with easy open and easy close profiles

Abstract

A recloseable plastic bag having mating reformed profiles which are easy to open and easy to close. The bag further includes a flap marked with a indicia to enable a user to readily see where the bag is to be grasped to open the bag. The double flap strengthens the mouth of the bag to permit repeated use, and also forms a pocket into which the user can insert her finger to open or separate the profiles or pull the bag off of a mounting stack.

1 . An openable and recloseable plastic bag formed of thin plastic sheet, said bag comprising 
 a) film folded to form first and second panels and fused along the sides for forming a substantially rectangular bag;    b) the open edges of the film forming the top of the bag;    c) said first panel having a first mating interlocking profile joined thereto;    d) said second panel having a second mating interlocking profile joined thereto;    e) said profiles extending parallel to the bag mouth from side to side of said panels and said profiles being engageable to lock along a major portion of the profiles;    f) at least one selected section of at least one of said profiles being reformed to inhibit locking of said profiles at the reformed section; and    g) said first panel having a fold extending from side to side of said panel and defining a pocket between said first panel and said fold.    
     
     
         2 . A bag as in  claim 1  wherein said profiles are formed as strips of profiles which are initially engaged.  
     
     
         3 . A bag as in  claim 1  wherein said profiles are opened and a bag with an open mouth is fabricated  
     
     
         4 . A bag as in  claim 1  wherein said profiles comprise a male profile and a female profile, a guide formed alongside the male profile and straddling said male profile to guide said female profile to engage said male profile.  
     
     
         5 . A bag as in  claim 1  further including a stripe forming an indicia adjacent the lower edge of said panel to indicate to a user the edge of the pocket formed by said band.  
     
     
         6 . An openable and recloseable plastic bag formed of thin plastic sheet, said bag comprising 
 a) first and second panels forming the sides of the bag, with the panels being joined at the bottom and sides of the bag, and the panels being open at the top to form the mouth of the bag;    b) engaging mating profiles formed on said panels parallel to the mouth of the bag to close and interlock said panels together;    c) a pocket on one of said panels formed by folding said one of said panels outwardly of the bag and back onto the panel and fusing said fold at the side edges of said panel; and    d) indicia adjacent the lower edge of said panel to indicate to a user the edge of the pocket formed by said band.    
     
     
         7 . A bag as in  claim 6  further including 
 a) at least one selected section of at least one of said profiles being reformed to inhibit locking of said profiles at the reformed section;  
 
     
     
         8 . A bag as in  claim 6  further including profiles having guide flanges to provide an extended opening to receive and guide the profiles into alignment for ease of closing.