Internal bag closure and automatic bag kit

Abstract

An internal bag closure and a bag kit that includes a bag with handles and the internal bag closure. The internal bag closure includes a central portion dimensioned to cover an open top of a bag and a pair of handle orifices shaped to allow the easy passage of the handles of the bag through each orifice and their subsequent locking within each orifice.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An internal bag closure for a self opening square bag having a front panel, a back panel, a right side gusset having a fold, a left side gusset having a fold, a bottom gusset, an open top opposite the bottom gusset, a front handle attached to an inside surface of the front panel proximate the open top and a back handle attached to the an inside surface of the back panel proximate the open top, wherein a distance between the front panel and the back panel defines a depth of the bag and wherein a distance between the right side gusset and left side gusset defines a width of the bag, wherein said internal bag closure comprises:
 a front folded over section having a front edge and a back folded over section having a back edge, wherein said front edge of said front folded over section is substantially parallel to said back edge of said back folded over section,   a central section disposed between said front folded over section and said back folded over section, wherein said central section comprises a right end and a left end, wherein a minimum distance between said right end and said left end defines a length, and wherein said length is less than the width of the bag;   a front fold disposed between said front folded over section and said central section and a back fold disposed between said back folded over section, wherein a distance between said front fold and said back fold defines a width, and wherein said width is substantially equal to the depth of the bag; and   a handle orifice disposed through each of said front fold and said back fold, wherein each handle orifice comprises a slot extending along a portion of a length of said front fold and said back fold, wherein each of said slots has a width that is less than a thickness of the handle and terminates at an end.   
     
     
         2 . The internal bag closure as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said front folded over section, said back folded over section, said front fold and said back fold are central section disposed between said front folded over section and said back folded over section comprise a single sheet of paper having a paper weight between 250-400 gsm. 
     
     
         3 . The internal bag closure as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said length of said central portion is between ten percent and fifteen percent less the width of the bag. 
     
     
         4 . The internal bag closure as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at said right end and said left end of said central portion are scalloped shaped. 
     
     
         5 . The internal bag closure as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein each of said scalloped shaped right end and said scalloped shaped left end define an arc that allows a natural inward tendency of the folds of the left side gusset and right side gusset of the bag to be unimpeded by said internal bag closure. 
     
     
         6 . The internal bag closure as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a distance between said front edge of said front folded over section and said front fold is between twenty and thirty millimeters and wherein a distance between said back edge of said back folded over section and said back fold is between twenty and thirty millimeters. 
     
     
         7 . The internal bag closure as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said front edge and said back edge is a finished edge. 
     
     
         8 . A bag kit comprising:
 a self opening square bag comprising:
 a front panel, a back panel, a right side gusset having a fold, a left side gusset having a fold, a bottom gusset, an open top opposite said bottom gusset, a front handle attached to an inside surface of said front panel proximate said open top and a back handle attached to an inside surface of said back panel proximate said open top; 
 wherein a distance between said front panel and said back panel defines a depth of said bag and wherein a distance between said right side gusset and said left side gusset defines a width of said bag; and 
   an internal bag closure comprising:
 a front folded over section having a front edge and a back folded over section having a back edge, wherein said front edge of said front folded over section is substantially parallel to said back edge of said back folded over section, 
 a central section disposed between said front folded over section and said back folded over section, wherein said central section comprises a right end and a left end, wherein a minimum distance between said right end and said left end defines a length, and wherein said length is less than said width of said bag; 
 a front fold disposed between said front folded over section and said central section and a back fold disposed between said back folded over section, wherein a distance between said front fold and said back fold defines a width, and wherein said width is substantially equal to said depth of said bag; and 
 a handle orifice disposed through each of said front fold and said back fold, wherein each handle orifice comprises a slot extending along a portion of a length of said front fold and said back fold, wherein each of said slots has a width that is less than a thickness of each of said front handle and said back handle and terminates at an end; 
   wherein said kit is assembled by disposing said internal bag closure within said open top of said bag, securing said front handle within said front handle orifice and securing said back handle within said back handle orifice.   
     
     
         9 . The bag kit as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein said front folded over section, said back folded over section, said front fold and said back fold are central section disposed between said front folded over section and said back folded over section comprise a single sheet of paper having a paper weight between 250-400 gsm. 
     
     
         10 . The bag kit as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein said length of said central portion of said internal bag closure is between ten percent and fifteen percent less said width of said bag. 
     
     
         11 . The bag kit as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein at said right end and said left end of said central portion of said internal bag closure are scalloped shaped. 
     
     
         12 . The bag kit as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein each of said scalloped shaped right end and said scalloped shaped left end of said internal bag closures define an arc that allows a natural inward tendency of said folds of said left side gusset and right side gusset of said bag to be unimpeded by said internal bag closure. 
     
     
         13 . The bag kit as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein a distance between said front edge of said front folded over section and said front fold of said internal bag closures is between twenty and thirty millimeters and wherein a distance between said back edge of said back folded over section and said back fold of said internal bag closures is between twenty and thirty millimeters. 
     
     
         14 . The bag kit as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein at least one of said front edge and said back edge of said internal bag closures is a finished edge.