Trapezoidal shaped produce bag with plastic zipper

Abstract

A produce bag has a pair of perforated thin plastic side walls forming a trapezoidal-shaped envelope with an access opening. A plastic zipper portion is disposed along each of the single pair of side wall edges at the opening, the pair of side wall edges being adapted to nest with one another so as to be capable of zip-closing and zip-opening the access opening. In one alternative embodiment, a zipper closure clip is slidably attached to the single pair of side wall edges and is adapted to alternatively zip-close and zip-open the access opening.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A produce bag comprising: 
 (a) a pair or perforated side walls forming an enclosed trapezoidal-shaped envelope with an access opening defined between a single pair of side wall edges; and    (b) a plastic zipper moiety disposed along each of the single pair of side wall edges at the access opening, the pair of zipper moieties being adapted to nest with one another so to be capable of alternatively zip-closing and zip-opening the access opening.    
     
     
         2 . The produce bag of  claim 1  further comprising a zipper closure clip slidably attached to the single pair of side wall edges along the access opening, the zipper closure clip having a pair of opposed clamping surfaces which squeeze the single pair of side wall edges so as to force the zipper moieties together and to thereby close the access opening when the zipper closure clip is slid along the single pair of side wall edges in a first direction, the zipper closure clip also having an opener edge capable of prying apart the single pair of side wall edges so as to force the zipper moieties apart and to thereby open the access opening when the zipper closure clip is slid in a second, opposite direction.  
     
     
         3 . The produce bag of  claim 1  wherein each of the pairs of perforated side walls has a generally uniform thickness between about 0.0014 and about 0.002 inches in thickness.  
     
     
         4 . The produce bag of  claim 1  wherein the access opening is between about 8 inches and 14 inches long, the bottom edge opposite the access opening is between about 4 inches and about 8 inches and the distance between the access opening and the bottom edge is between about 8 inches and about 14 inches.  
     
     
         5 . The produce bag of  claim 4  wherein the perforated side walls define round holes, each of the round holes having a diameter of between about {fraction (3/16)} inch and about one half inch.  
     
     
         6 . The produce bag of  claim 4  wherein the perforated side walls define round holes having a diameter between about {fraction (3/16)} inch and about one half inch, and wherein the number of round holes defined in each of the perforated side walls is between about 55 and about 70.  
     
     
         7 . A produce bag comprising: 
 (a) a pair or perforated side walls forming an enclosed trapezoidal-shaped envelope with an access opening defined between a single pair of side wall edges;    (b) a plastic zipper moiety disposed along each of the single pair of side wall edges at the access opening, the pair of zipper moieties being adapted to nest with one another so to be capable of alternatively zip-closing and zip-opening the access opening; and    (c) a zipper closure clip slidably attached to the single pair of side wall edges along the access opening, the zipper closure clip having a pair of opposed clamping surfaces which squeeze the single pair of side wall edges so as to force the zipper moieties together and to thereby close the access opening when the zipper closure clip is slid along the single pair of side wall edges in a first direction, the zipper closure clip also having an opener edge capable of prying apart the single pair of side wall edges so as to force the zipper moieties apart and to thereby open the access opening when the zipper closure clip is slid in a second, opposite direction;    wherein the access opening is between about 8 inches and 14 inches long, the bottom edge opposite the access opening is between about 4 inches and about 8 inches and the distance between the access opening and the bottom edge is between about 8 inches and about 14 inches.    
     
     
         8 . The produce bag of  claim 7  wherein each of the pairs of perforated side walls has a generally uniform thickness between about 0.0014 and about 0.002 inches in thickness.  
     
     
         9 . The produce bag of  claim 7  wherein the perforated side walls define round holes, each of the round holes having a diameter of between about {fraction (3/16)} inch and about one half inch.  
     
     
         10 . The produce bag of  claim 7  wherein the perforated side walls define round holes having a diameter between about {fraction (3/16)} inch and about one half inch, and wherein the number of round holes defined in each of the perforated side walls is between about 55 and about 70.