Self opening dual tab merchandising bag

Abstract

In a packet containing a plurality of dual tab merchandising bags, each bag includes a front panel, a rear panel, each side of said bag between the front and rear panels including, a front gusset folded from the front panel, a rear gusset folded from the rear panel, the front and rear gussets joined at a common gusset fold to form an endless tube of bag material around the periphery of said bag. The bags are sealed and severed at the bottom and open and severed at the top, and collapsed and folded one on another so that said gusset sides are folded upon themselves and collapsed under and between the bag front and rear panels. Handle holes are provided centrally of said front and rear panels adjacent said open top of the bag. Tabs are adjacent the sides of the bags at the top of the bag, the tabs having a first portion overlying the gussets and a second portion overlying the central portion of the bag between the gussets, these tabs fused together to form said packet of bags. The tabs are formed from side and center projections, the side projections defined over the front panel, the front gusset, the rear gusset and the rear panel. The center projections are defined over the front panel and the rear panel. Each projections is formed by paired cuts separating the body of the bag from tabs, the cuts being arcuate and spaced apart one from another at their respective ends to form between the tabs and the body of the bag severed borders that point away from the body of the bag and to or toward the material of the tab. The cuts define there between a small and unsevered section of bag material left in place to form the material bridge which joins the body of the bag to the tab until the bag is severed.