Food Bag Assembly

Abstract

A food bag assembly for providing a serving surface includes a bag that may contain a food item. The bag has a pouch section a flap that closes the pouch section. The flap defines a serving surface when the flap is opened. Thus, the serving surface supports the food item thereby facilitating the food item to be consumed.

Amendments in the claims: (struck-through parts deleted and underlined parts added): 
     
         1 . A food bag assembly selectively forming a serving surface when said food bag is opened, said assembly comprising:
 a bag being configured to contain a food item, said bag having a pouch section a flap closing said pouch section, said flap defining a serving surface when said flap is opened wherein said serving surface is configured to support the food item thereby facilitating the food item to be consumed, said pouch section has a bottom wall, a top wall, a front side and a back side, said front side being open into an interior of said pouch section, said bottom wall extending beyond said front side to define said flap, said flap having a distal edge with respect to said front side, said distal edge having opposed angled end sections wherein a medial portion of said distal edge is inset from lateral side edges of said pouch section, each of said opposed angled end sections of said distal edge extending between said medial portion of said distal edge and an associated one of said lateral side edges of said pouch section.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein said flap being folded over onto said top wall of said pouch section such that said flap closes said pouch section, said distal edge of said flap being sealed on said top wall wherein said flap is configured to retain the food item in said bag. 
     
     
         4 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein said distal edge of said flap is selectively removed from said pouch section having said flap extending away from said pouch section such that said flap defines said serving surface. 
     
     
         5 . A food bag assembly selectively forming a serving surface when said food bag is opened, said assembly comprising:
 a bag being configured to contain a food item, said bag having a pouch section a flap closing said pouch section, said flap defining a serving surface when said flap is opened wherein said serving surface is configured to support the food item thereby facilitating the food item to be consumed, said pouch section having a bottom wall, a top wall, a front side and a back side, said front side being open into an interior of said pouch section, said bottom wall extending beyond said front side to define said flap, said flap having a distal edge with respect to said front side, said distal edge having opposed angled end sections wherein a medial portion of said distal edge is inset from lateral side edges of said pouch section, each of said opposed angled end sections of said distal edge extending between said medial portion of said distal edge and an associated one of said lateral side edges of said pouch section, said flap being folded over onto said top wall of said pouch section such that said flap closes said pouch section, said distal edge of said flap being sealed on said top wall wherein said flap is configured to retain the food item in said bag, said distal edge of said flap being selectively removed from said pouch section having said flap extending away from said pouch section such that said flap defines said serving surface.