Dispensing Container for Bag Roll Having Bags with Handle Holes

Abstract

A dispensing container is designed for dispensing bags from plastic bag rolls, especially bags having lower handle holes that are reverse-rolled for dispensing bottom-end first. The container has a top surface with an opening configured for withdrawing a bag from a roll enclosed therein. A handle hole arresting tab projects inwardly across the opening to catch and arrest an inner adjacent bag when an outermost bag is withdrawn, to facilitate separation of the bags at a perforated junction. A plastic bag dispensing system is also disclosed and includes the dispensing container and reverse-rolled bags equipped with lower handle holes. The system exposes a bottom end of an outermost bag of the roll through the opening while enclosing a top end of the outermost bag within the roll.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A dispensing container for a roll of plastic bags having handle holes, comprising:
 an enclosure for enclosing the roll, the enclosure having top, bottom, and side surfaces;   the top surface having an opening configured for withdrawing a bag from the roll and at least one handle hole arresting tab projecting inwardly across the opening.   
     
     
         2 . The dispensing container of  claim 1  wherein the handle hole arresting tab is integral to the top surface. 
     
     
         3 . The dispensing container of  claim 1  comprising two handle hole arresting tabs opposite one another. 
     
     
         4 . The dispensing container of  claim 3  wherein the two handle hole arresting tabs meet halfway across the opening. 
     
     
         5 . The dispensing container of  claim 1  wherein the handle hole arresting tab extends about halfway across the opening. 
     
     
         6 . The dispensing container of  claim 1  wherein the opening is centrally located within borders of the top surface. 
     
     
         7 . The dispensing container of  claim 1  wherein the handle hole arresting tab is transversely centrally located with respect to longitudinal width of the top surface. 
     
     
         8 . The dispensing container of  claim 1  wherein the handle hole arresting tab has a maximum longitudinal width less than a maximum longitudinal width of the handle holes. 
     
     
         9 . The dispensing container of  claim 1  wherein the handle hole arresting tab is trapezoidal. 
     
     
         10 . The dispensing container of  claim 9  wherein an innermost width of the handle hole arresting tab is less than an outermost width of the handle hole arresting tab. 
     
     
         11 . The dispensing container of  claim 1  wherein the top, bottom and side surfaces define a rectangular volume. 
     
     
         12 . The dispensing container of  claim 1  wherein the handle hole arresting tab comprises cardboard having at least ⅛ inch thickness. 
     
     
         13 . The dispensing container of  claim 1  wherein the handle hole arresting tab comprises rigid plastic having at least 1/16 inch thickness. 
     
     
         14 . The dispensing container of  claim 1  formed from a single sheet of material. 
     
     
         15 . A plastic bag dispensing system, comprising:
 a roll of adjacent plastic bags, each plastic bag having a handle hole located on a bottom end of the plastic bag and bordered by heat-welded seams, each plastic bag attached at its top end to a bottom end of an inner adjacent bag by a separable transverse perforation;   an enclosure enclosing the roll and having top, bottom, and side surfaces;   the top surface having an opening configured for withdrawing a bag from the roll and at least one handle hole arresting tab projecting inwardly across the opening; and   the system configured to expose a bottom end of an outermost bag of the roll through the opening while enclosing a top end of the outermost bag within the roll.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15  wherein the handle hole arresting tab is integral to the top surface. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 15  wherein the handle hole arresting tab extends about halfway across the opening. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 15  wherein the handle hole arresting tab is longitudinally centrally located with respect to longitudinal width of the top surface. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 15  wherein the handle hole arresting tab has a maximum longitudinal width less than a maximum longitudinal width of the handle holes. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 15  wherein the handle hole arresting tab is generally trapezoidal such that an innermost width of the handle hole arresting tab is less than an outermost width of the handle hole arresting tab.