Elastic Drawstring Trash Bag

Abstract

The present invention relates to polymeric bags, particularly polymeric drawstring trash bags. The present invention comprises a trash bag having an elastic drawstring. The elastic drawstring trash bag features a short seal and an inner seal at each upper corner of the drawstring trash bag. The short seal and inner seal are separated by a small unsealed area. The inner seal serves to reduce the upper opening of the drawstring trash bag, while the elastic drawstring utilized with the bag provides a bag that allows the bag to fit snugly on many common trash receptacles.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A drawstring trash bag comprising:
 a first panel and a second panel, the first panel and the second panel joined along three edges of the first panel and the second panel, a fourth edge of the first panel and the second panel defining an upper opening of the drawstring trash bag,   a first drawstring provided within a first hem formed in the first panel along the upper edge of the drawstring trash bag,   a second drawstring provided within a second hem formed in the second panel along the upper edge of the drawstring trash bag,   a first and second short seal, each short seal welding together the first panel, the first drawstring, the second drawstring and the second panel, wherein the first short seal is proximate to a first upper corner of the drawstring trash bag and the second short seal is proximate to a second upper corner of the drawstring trash bag, and   a first and second inner seal, each inner seal also welding together the first panel, the first drawstring, the second drawstring and the second panel, wherein the first inner seal is along the upper edge of the drawstring trash bag and inwardly spaced from the first short seal and the second inner seal is along the upper edge of the drawstring trash bag and inwardly spaced from the second short seal.   
     
     
         2 . The drawstring bag of  claim 1 , wherein the first drawstring is an elastic drawstring and the second drawstring is an elastic drawstring. 
     
     
         3 . The drawstring trash bag of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a first drawstring access cutout centrally located along an upper edge of the first panel and a second drawstring access cutout centrally located along an upper edge of the second panel, the first and second drawstrings being accessible through the respective first and second drawstring access cutouts. 
 
     
     
         4 . The drawstring bag of  claim 3 , wherein the first drawstring is an elastic drawstring and the second drawstring is an elastic drawstring. 
     
     
         5 . The drawstring bag of  claim 1 , wherein the first short seal and the first inner seal are separated by a first unsealed area, and the second short seal and the second inner seal are separated by a second unsealed area. 
     
     
         6 . The drawstring bag of  claim 5 , wherein the first drawstring is an elastic drawstring and the second drawstring is an elastic drawstring. 
     
     
         7 . The drawstring bag of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second short seal are both substantially rectangular in shape and wherein the first and second inner seal are both substantially rectangular in shape. 
     
     
         8 . The drawstring bag of  claim 1 , wherein the first short seal and the first inner seal are of a substantially identical area and the second short seal and the second inner seal are of substantially identical area.