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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald B Moore, Jr, Moore, SC (US);
Jeffrey D Gebauer, Greer, SC (US);
John P Carson, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Assignee:
W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., Duncan, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65D / ; B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426110 ; 426129 ; 426412 ; 426413 ; 53442 ; 53557 ; 206497 ; 383-8 ; 383-9 ; 383 10 ; 383 17 ;
Abstract
A shrink bag having an integral carrying handle is provided that includes an extended skin portion of the bag of a heat shrinkable thermoplastic material and having a carrying hole in the skirt portion with an essentially continuous heat seal around its margin, the carrying hole having a configuration which helps to distribute stress and substantially eliminates tear propagation. The bag is particularly adapted for packaging whole turkeys and the like and, to this end, the integral carrying handle is preferably located at the breast containing end of the bag.