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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1988
Filed:
May. 01, 1987
Gregory A Hoover, Hartsville, SC (US);
Sonoco Products Company, Hartsville, SC (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a severable compartmented T-shirt bag comprising heat welding overlying lengths of a flattened tubular web of thermoplastic material centrally therealong to define a compartment to each side of the heat welding and a side edge seam for each compartment, slitting the web material between the compartments and formed seams, and reengaging the seams and forming a tack joinder therebetween to define a line of severance. The method also including the steps of transversely seaming the lengths of web material into individual bag units and forming a central cutout area in each bag unit to define a bag mouth with a handle to each side of the severance line.