Nested tapered bags

Abstract

Tapered bags are dispensed singly from a nested configuration. They may be made of plastic, paper, aluminum foil, or aluminum foil laminated with plastic. The bags are connected at the top by a strip that has a row of perforations between the strip and the top of each bag, the strips in turn attached to each other by conventional fasteners such as staples. The taper may be formed by folding the bags so that a dispensed bag may be unfolded to have a bottom as wide as the top. A row of closely spaced perforations along the connecting portion between any two bags allows a single outermost bag to be separated by pulling and tearing along the row of perforations.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A configuration of bags, to include at least an innermost bag and an outermost bag in a nested configuration, to be dispensed singly comprising: 
 bags each having tapered sides, an open top and a closed bottom, all but    the outermost of said bags nested within an adjacent bag;    a strip circumferentially extended from said open top of each said bag,    wherein said strip incorporates a row of perforations disposed between said open top and said strip; and    at least one fastener for connecting said strips in a single embodiment, wherein a single outermost bag is separated from said strip by pulling and tearing said outermost bag along said row of perforations to dispense a bag having an open top and a closed bottom.    
     
     
         2 . The configuration of bags of  claim 1  in which said bags are made of plastic.  
     
     
         3 . The configuration of bags of  claim 1  in which said bags are made of paper.  
     
     
         4 . The configuration of bags of  claim 1  in which said bags are made of aluminum foil.  
     
     
         5 . The configuration of bags of  claim 1  in which said bags are made of aluminum foil laminated with plastic.  
     
     
         6 . The configuration of bags of  claim 1  in which said fasteners are staples.  
     
     
         7 . The configuration of bags  claim 1  in which said bags are folded to form said tapered sides.