Resealable plastic bag with die cut handles and a reclosable zipper incorporating an auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment

Abstract

Disclosed is a resealable bag including a single sheet of bag-forming material folded over on itself and bonded along periphery edges to form a front panel, a back panel and a gusseted bottom panel therebetween. Each of the front and back panels has a lower portion with bonded periphery edges and an upper portion with un-bonded periphery edges. Each of the upper portions of the front and back panel include a handle aperture formed therein. The resealable bag also includes a zipper closure having interlocking male and female parts disposed on respective inside surfaces of top edges of the lower portions of the front and back panels, and an auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment straddling the interlocking male and female parts where the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment is operable to separate and to couple the male and female interlocking parts as the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment moves.

1 . A resealable bag comprising: 
 a single sheet of bag-forming material folded over on itself and bonded along a portion of periphery edges to form a front panel, a back panel and a gusseted bottom panel therebetween, each of the front panel and the back panel having a lower portion with bonded periphery edges and an upper portion with un-bonded periphery edges, each of the upper portions of the front and back panel having a handle aperture formed therein;    a zipper closure having an interlocking male part disposed on the inside surface proximate to a top edge of the lower portion of the front panel and an interlocking female part disposed on the inside surface and proximate to a top edge of the lower portion of the back panel such that each of the upper portions of the front and back panel extend upward from the interlocking male part and the interlocking female part, respectively; and    an auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment straddling the interlocking male and female parts, the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment including a separating guide finger descending downward from the transverse portion of the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment and operable to separate the male and female interlocking parts as the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment moves in a first direction and to couple the male and female interlocking parts as the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment moves in a second direction.    
   
   
       2 . The resealable bag of  claim 1 , wherein each of the handle apertures of the front and back panels comprise die cut handles.  
   
   
       3 . The resealable bag of  claim 1 , wherein the single sheet of bag-forming material comprises a plastic material.  
   
   
       4 . The resealable bag of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a first reinforcing sheet of bag-forming material bonded to the upper portion of the front panel, the first reinforcing sheet including a corresponding handle formed therein; and    a second reinforcing sheet of bag-forming material bonded to the upper portion of the back panel, the second reinforcing sheet including a corresponding handle formed therein, each of the first and second reinforcing sheets of bag-forming material reinforcing the front and back panels proximate to the handle apertures.    
   
   
       5 . The resealable bag of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one image disposed on at least one of the front and back panels.  
   
   
       6 . The resealable bag of  claim 5 , wherein the at least one image is related to items suitable for containment in the resealabale bag.  
   
   
       7 . A resealable bag comprising: 
 a single sheet of bag-forming material folded over on itself and bonded along a portion of periphery edges to form a front panel, a back panel and a gusseted bottom panel therebetween;    a zipper closure having an interlocking male part disposed on an inside surface proximate to a top edge of the front panel and an interlocking female part disposed on an inside surface and proximate to a top edge of the back panel;    an auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment straddling the interlocking male and female parts, the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment including a separating guide finger descending downward from the transverse portion of the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment and operable to separate the interlocking male and female parts as the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment moves in a first direction and to couple the interlocking male and female parts as the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment moves in a second direction; and    first and second extension panels of bag-forming material bonded to an outside top edge portion of the front and back panels respectively, each of the first and second extension panels extending upward from the interlocking male and female parts respectively and having a handle aperture formed therein.    
   
   
       8 . The resealable bag of  claim 7 , wherein each of the first and second handles are partially severed from respective outside top edge portions of the front and back panels to enable easy access to the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment.  
   
   
       9 . The resealable bag of  claim 7 , wherein each of the handle apertures of the first and second extension panels comprise die cut handles.  
   
   
       10 . The resealable bag of  claim 7 , wherein the single sheet of bag-forming material comprises a single-ply plastic sheet, and wherein the first and second extension panels comprise a double-ply plastic material.  
   
   
       11 . The resealable bag of  claim 7 , further comprising at least one image disposed on at least one of the front and back panels.  
   
   
       12 . The resealable bag of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one image is related to items suitable for containment in the resealabale bag.  
   
   
       13 . A resealable bag comprising: 
 a single sheet of bag-forming material folded over on itself and bonded along a portion of periphery edges to form a front panel, a back panel and a gusseted bottom panel therebetween, each of the front and back panel having a lower portion with bonded periphery edges and an upper portion having a transverse fold forming a double layer of bag-forming material in the upper portions of the front and back panel, each of the upper portions of the front and back panel having a handle aperture formed therein;    a zipper closure having an interlocking male part disposed on an inside surface proximate to a top edge of the lower portion of the front panel and an interlocking female part disposed on an inside surface and proximate to a top edge of the lower portion of the back panel such that each of the upper portions of the front and back panel extend upward from the interlocking male and female parts, respectively; and    an auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment straddling the interlocking male and female parts, the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment including a separating guide finger descending downward from the transverse portion of the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment and operable to separate the interlocking male and female parts as the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment moves in a first direction and to couple the interlocking male and female parts as the auxiliary molded plastic slider fitment moves in a second direction.    
   
   
       14 . The resealable bag of  claim 13 , wherein each of the handle apertures of the upper portions of the front and back panel comprise die cut handles.  
   
   
       15 . The resealable bag of  claim 13 , wherein the single sheet of bag-forming material comprises a thermoplastic material.  
   
   
       16 . The resealable bag of  claim 13 , wherein the double-layer of bag-forming material of the upper portion of each of the front and back panels is bonded along side periphery edges extending downward from respective transverse folds.  
   
   
       17 . The resealable bag of  claim 13 , further comprising at least one image disposed on at least one of the front and back panels.  
   
   
       18 . The resealable bag of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one image is related to items suitable for containment in the resealable bag.