US 12,234,075 B2
Woven plastic bags with features that reduce leakage, breakage, and infestations
Jacobo Bazbaz, Bellaire, TX (US); and Alberto Zaroli, Katy, TX (US)
Assigned to Polytex Fibers LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Polytex Fibers LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,715.
Application 17/893,715 is a continuation of application No. 17/077,725, filed on Oct. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,472,622.
Application 17/077,725 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/930,975, filed on Jul. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,801,987.
Application 16/930,975 is a continuation of application No. 15/440,970, filed on Feb. 23, 2017, granted, now 10,759,585, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Application 15/440,970 is a continuation of application No. 14/678,641, filed on Apr. 3, 2015, granted, now 9,669,983, issued on Jun. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/975,689, filed on Apr. 4, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402676 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 77/38 (2006.01); B65D 30/08 (2006.01); B65D 30/20 (2006.01); B65D 33/00 (2006.01); B65D 33/02 (2006.01); B65D 33/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 77/38 (2013.01) [B65D 31/02 (2013.01); B65D 31/10 (2013.01); B65D 33/00 (2013.01); B65D 33/02 (2013.01); B65D 33/16 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bag comprising:
a front wall comprising a top end and a bottom end;
a back wall comprising a top end and a bottom end;
a first side wall and a second side wall, wherein the first side wall comprises a first front side wall and a first back side wall that connect the first side of the front wall to the first side of the back wall and the second side wall comprises a second front side wall and a second back side wall that connect the second side of the front wall to the second side of the back wall, and wherein the first side wall and the second side wall each comprise a first end, a second end, a front side wall portion and a back side wall portion;
wherein each of the front wall, the back wall, the first side wall and the second side wall comprise (i) a first layer comprising a woven polymer and (ii) a second layer laminated to the first layer, said second layer comprising a polymer film; and
wherein the first end of the bag comprises a step cut configuration formed from the first end of each of the first front side wall and the second front side wall extending farther than the first end of the front wall, the first end of each of the first back side wall and the second back side wall extending farther than the first end of each of the first front side wall and the second front side wall, and the first end of the back wall extending farther than the first end of each of the first back side wall and the second back side wall, the step cut configuration having a plurality of connections;
wherein a first connection is formed to extend between and to connect a first edge of the back wall and a first edge of the first back side wall, the first edge of the back wall being the topmost edge of the back wall and the first edge of the first back side wall being the topmost edge of the first back side wall, and the first connection defining an angled connection that is linear and between 15° and 75° with respect to the first end of the front wall;
wherein a second connection is formed to extend between and to connect the first edge of the first back side wall and a second edge of the first back side wall, a third connection is formed to extend between and to connect the second edge of the first back side wall and a first edge of the first front side wall, at least one of the second connection or the third connection defining an angled connection that is linear and between 15° and 75° with respect to the first end of the front wall.