Offset opening tabs for plastic zippered bags and plastic containers

Abstract

Offset opening tabs for zippered plastic bags and a variety of disposable and reusable containers which make opening a container fast and easy, as well as solving the difficulties experienced by diverse types of users who have functional or situational finger dexterity limitations or compromised vision that make opening packages a cumbersome or frustrating event.

1 . A resealable plastic bag with a common zipper closure mechanism
 that is modified to utilize offset opening tabs to be grasped and pulled apart in opposite directions in order to separate the male and female sides of the zipper closure mechanism;   and which offset opening tabs can be shaped like a sine wave or repetitive squares, triangles, truncated triangles, or other easy-to-grasp repetitive shapes running parallel to the length of the zipper closure mechanism such that the peaks of the tabs on one flap of the bag would align with the troughs between the tabs on the other flap of the bag.   
   
   
       2 . Plastic bag modification in  claim 1 ,
 plus the adding of contrasting colors of opaque or semi-opaque paint, ink, or other colorant to the inside or the outside of the offset opening tabs, or to only one flap (or set of tabs), to facilitate identification of the direction to pull the offset opening tabs in order to separate the male and female sides of the zipper closure mechanism.   
   
   
       3 . Plastic bag modification in  claim 1 ,
 plus adding contrasting visual patterns, shapes, or lines to the inside or the outside of the offset opening tabs, or to only one flap (or set of tabs), to facilitate identification of the direction to pull the offset opening tabs in order to separate the male and female sides of the zipper closure mechanism.   
   
   
       4 . Plastic bag modification in  claim 1 ,
 plus adding physical textures to the inside or the outside of the offset opening tabs, or to only one flap (or set of tabs), to facilitate identification of the direction to pull the offset opening tabs in order to separate the male and female sides of the zipper closure mechanism.   
   
   
       5 . A packaging enclosure or product container having at least two mated or adhered parts that is constructed from plastic, foil, paper, synthetic materials, or a combination of those types of materials,
 that is modified to utilize offset opening tabs to be grasped and pulled apart in opposite directions in order to expose the product contained inside;   and which offset opening tabs can be shaped like a sine wave, or repetitive squares, triangles, truncated triangles, or other easy-to-grasp repetitive shapes running parallel to the length of the adhered flaps such that the peaks of the tabs on one flap of the container would align with the troughs between the tabs on the other flap of the container.   
   
   
       6 . Packaging enclosure modification in  claim 5 ,
 plus the adding of contrasting colors of opaque or semi-opaque paint, ink, or other colorant to the inside or the outside of the offset opening tabs, or to only one flap (or set of tabs), to facilitate identification of the direction to pull the offset opening tabs in order to open the enclosure and expose the product contained inside.   
   
   
       7 . Packaging enclosure modification in  claim 5 ,
 plus adding contrasting visual patterns, shapes, or lines to the inside or the outside of the offset opening tabs, or to only one flap (or set of tabs), to facilitate identification of the direction to pull the offset opening tabs in order to open the enclosure and expose the product contained inside.   
   
   
       8 . Packaging enclosure modification in  claim 5 ,
 plus adding physical textures to the inside or the outside of the offset opening tabs, or to only one flap (or set of tabs), to facilitate identification of the direction to pull the offset opening tabs in order to open the enclosure and expose the product contained inside.