Leak resistant tamper evident reclosable plastic bag

Abstract

A reclosable plastic bag includes lips that are adjacent to the opening near the top of the bag and which are initially joined to one another by a removable element. The removable element when attached indicates that the bag has not yet been used. When the removable element is no longer attached this indicates that the bag may have been opened and the contents contaminated. The reclosable plastic bag also includes a closure element for sealing and unsealing the top of the bag that incorporates two substantially parallel, but spaced apart, zippers. This combination of two zippers and the spacing between them reduces the likelihood that the closure will leak or inadvertently open.

1 . A reclosable plastic bag, comprising: 
 A. a first panel attached to a second panel to form a container having a bottom and a sealed top edge;    B. a primary closure located between the bottom and the sealed top edge, comprising: 
 i. a primary female profile on the first panel of the container,  
 ii. a primary male profile on the second panel of the container that is configured to engage selectively with the primary female profile;  
   C. a removable element of the container extending from the sealed top edge to a separation line located between the sealed top edge and the primary closure and that when still attached to the container indicates that the container has not yet been opened;    D. a first lip portion of the first panel extending from the primary closure to the separation line and including a first right edge and a first left edge; and    E. a second lip portion of the second panel extending from the primary closure to the separation line and including a second right edge and a second left edge; in which: 
 i. the first right edge is attached to the second right edge from the primary closure to a right cutout portion of the first and second lip portions in which the first right edge is not attached to the second right edge and  
 ii. the first left edge is attached to the second left edge from the primary closure to a left cutout portion of the first and second lip portions in which the first left edge is not attached to the second left edge.