Plastic bag package

Abstract

A package of plastic bags, preferably T-shirt bags, is disclosed. The bags are provided in separate bundles with a predetermined number of bags in each bundle. Two thirds of each bundle is folded over the remaining one third. Pairs of bundles are placed in a box with each pair including a bundle having its edges facing one direction and an adjacent bundle with its edges facing in the opposite direction, the edges of the short portions facing each other. A section of the long portion of one of the adjacent bundles is interposed between the facing edges of the bundles. Typically, each box will contain five or ten pairs of such bundles.

1 . A package of plastic bags, comprising: 
 a box;    a first bundle of plastic bags folded so that two thirds of the bundle overlay the remaining one third, the bundle being placed in the box so that the two thirds covers the one third and with the edges facing a first direction; and    at least one additional bundle of plastic bags folded in the same way as said first bundle and placed in the box, wherein the two thirds of the additional bundle covers the one third of the additional bundle, and said additional bundle being oriented with its edges facing in a direction opposite said first direction.    
   
   
       2 . A package according to  claim 1 , wherein the bags are T-shirt bags.  
   
   
       3 . A package of plastic bags according to  claim 1 , wherein the area of the box is approximately equal to the area of the long portion of a bundle.  
   
   
       4 . A package of plastic bags, comprising: 
 a box, a plurality of folded bundles of bags within the box, each bundle being folded to form a long portion and a short portion, the bundles being stacked so that the edges of two adjacent bundles of bags face each other and at least a section of the long portion of one of the adjacent bundles is interposed between the facing edges.    
   
   
       5 . A package of plastic bags according to  claim 4 , wherein at least a first portion of the long portion of said one of the adjacent bundles is disposed on a first plane and at least a second portion is disposed on a second plane, wherein said section of the bundle that is interposed between the facing edges is transitionally disposed between the first and second planes.  
   
   
       6 . A package of plastic bags, comprising: 
 a box;    a first bundle of plastic bags folded so that the bottom two thirds of the bundle overlay the remaining upper one third, the bottom two thirds including a middle one third and a lower one third, the bundle being placed in the box so that middle one third overlaps the upper one third of the bundle, the upper one third lying flush against the bottom of the box with the edges facing a first direction, and a portion of the lower one third lying flush against the bottom of the box, whereby the lower one third is generally coplanar with the upper one third; and    at least one additional bundle of plastic bags folded in the same way as said first bundle and placed in the box on top of the first bundle with its edges facing in a direction opposite said first direction, whereby the upper one third of the additional bundle overlaps the lower one third of the first bundle and is generally coplanar with the middle one third of the first bundle, the middle one third and the lower one third of the additional bundle cover the upper one third of the additional bundle and the middle one third of the first bundle, respectively.    
   
   
       7 . A package of plastic bags, comprising: 
 a box;    a first bundle of plastic bags folded so that the top third of the bundle overlays the remaining lower two thirds, the bottom two thirds including a middle one third and a lower one third, the bundle being placed in the box so that top one third overlaps the middle one third of the bundle, the middle and lower two thirds lying flush against the bottom of the box with the edges facing a first direction; and    at least one additional bundle of plastic bags folded in the same way as said first bundle and placed in the box on top of the first bundle with its edges facing in a direction opposite said first direction, whereby the upper one third of the additional bundle overlaps the middle one third of the additional bundle and is generally coplanar with the lower one third of the additional bundle, the lower one third and the middle one third of the additional bundle cover the upper one third and the lower one third of the first bundle, respectively.