Automatically loadable poly mesh and closely woven produce bags

Abstract

Poly mesh bags or closely woven poly bags have at least one pair of aligned apertures extending through opposite sides of the top portion of the bags, with one of the apertures slit to the top edge of one of the sides. If the bags are poly mesh bags, a band label may be secured to the top portion of the bags, with the aligned apertures also extending through the band label to give the apertures added strength. Alternatively, the poly mesh bags may have an enlarged selvedge edge adjacent the top portion through which the aligned apertures extend, and a drawstring may be interwoven in the selvedge edge below the apertures. Also a band label may be secured to both sides of the bags below the drawstring. If made of a closely woven poly material, a plurality of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending ventilation strips may be provided around the entire circumference of the bags.

1 . A poly produce bag having front and back sides, each side having at least one aperture extending through a top portion of each side in alignment with each other, the aperture in one of the sides being slit to a top edge of the one side. 
   
   
       2 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the aperture in each side is at the approximate center of the width of the top portion of each side. 
   
   
       3 . The bag of  claim 1  which is made of a poly mesh material, further comprising a band label secured to the top portion of both sides of the bag, the aligned apertures extending through the band label on both sides of the bag to give added strength to the apertures, and the slit in the front side extending through the band label to the top edge of the bag. 
   
   
       4 . The bag of  claim 1  which is made of a poly mesh material, further comprising a selvedge edge adjacent the top portion of the bag through which the aligned apertures are cut to give added strength and integrity to the apertures. 
   
   
       5 . The bag of  claim 1  wherein the selvedge edge extends above and below the apertures in the front and back sides of the bag. 
   
   
       6 . The bag of  claim 5  further comprising a drawstring interwoven in the selvedge edge below the apertures on both sides of the bag. 
   
   
       7 . The bag of  claim 6  further comprising a band label secured to both sides of the bag below the drawstring. 
   
   
       8 . The bag of  claim 1  which is made of a closely woven poly material to cut down on the amount of UV exposure to produce inside the bag. 
   
   
       9 . The bag of  claim 8  which includes a plurality of longitudinally extending ventilation strips that are laterally spaced from each other and from the aligned apertures in both sides of the bag. 
   
   
       10 . The bag of  claim 9  wherein the ventilation strips are formed by providing weft strands but leaving out warp strands in the ventilation strips during weaving of bag material. 
   
   
       11 . A poly produce bag having front and back sides, each side having at least one aperture extending through a top portion of each side in alignment with each other for mounting of a plurality of the bags on a protruding member of an automatic bag loading apparatus, front side first, the aperture in the front side being slit to a top edge of the front side for easy extraction of the front side from the protruding member during movement of the front side away from the back side while the back side remains supported by the protruding member to open the bag prior to automatic loading with produce. 
   
   
       12 . The bag of  claim 11  which is made of a poly mesh material, further comprising a band label secured to the top portion of both sides of the bag, the aligned apertures extending through the band label on both sides of the bag to give added strength to the apertures, and the slit in the front side extending through the band label to the top edge of the bag. 
   
   
       13 . The bag of  claim 12  wherein the band label provides a substantial surface area on the front side of the bag for vacuum pulling of the front side of the bag away from the back side during opening of the bag. 
   
   
       14 . The bag of  claim 11  which is made of a poly mesh material, further comprising a selvedge edge in the top portion of the front and back sides of the bag through which the aligned apertures are cut to give added strength and integrity to the apertures. 
   
   
       15 . The bag of  claim 14  wherein the selvedge edge extends above and below the apertures in the front and back sides of the bag. 
   
   
       16 . The bag of  claim 15  further comprising a drawstring interwoven in the selvedge edge below the apertures on both sides of the bag. 
   
   
       17 . The bag of  claim 16  further comprising a band label secured to both sides of the bag below the drawstring. 
   
   
       18 . The bag of  claim 11  which is made of a closely woven poly material to cut down on the amount of UV exposure to produce inside the bag. 
   
   
       19 . The bag of  claim 18  which includes a plurality of longitudinally extending ventilation strips that are laterally spaced from each other and from the aligned apertures in both sides of the bag. 
   
   
       20 . The bag of  claim 19  wherein the ventilation strips are formed by providing weft strands but leaving out warp strands in the ventilation strips during weaving of bag material.