SPLIT VACUUM BAG

• US 20100273622A1
• Filed: 04/22/2009
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Original Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Inventors: VONDERHAAR, JOHN J.
• Application Number:
  US12/427,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20100273622A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 493/267
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 1/02 Machines characterised by the incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles from flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material B65B9/00
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 31/12 with two or more compartments

Abstract

A storage bag includes a first flexible sheet and a second flexible sheet overlying and bonded to the first flexible sheet proximate a portion of an outer periphery of the first flexible sheet to form an open-mouthed bag having first and second sides. A first intermediate wall extends between and substantially across the first flexible sheet and the second flexible sheet. A first compartment is defined by the space between the first side of the open-mouthed bag and the intermediate wall. A second compartment is defined by the space between the second side of the open-mouthed bag and the intermediate wall.

Claims

1. A storage bag comprising:

a first flexible sheet;

a second flexible sheet overlying and bonded to the first flexible sheet proximate a portion of an outer periphery of the first flexible sheet to form an open-mouthed bag having first and second sides; and

a first intermediate wall extending between and substantially across the first flexible sheet and the second flexible sheet;

a first compartment defined by the space between the first side of the open-mouthed bag and the intermediate wall; and

a second compartment defined by the space between the second side of the open-mouthed bag and the intermediate wall.

2. The storage bag of claim 1, wherein the first intermediate wall is perforated.

3. The storage bag of claim 1, wherein the first flexible sheet and the second flexible sheet are constructed of a heat-sealable material.

4. The storage bag of claim 1, further comprising:

a second intermediate wall extending between and substantially across the first flexible sheet and the second flexible sheet; and

a third compartment defined by the space between the first intermediate wall and the second intermediate wall.

5. The storage bag of claim 4, wherein the second intermediate wall is perforated.

6. A storage bag comprising:

a first compartment having first, second, and third sides that are sealed and a fourth side that includes a closeable access opening; and

a second compartment connected with and adjacent to the first compartment and having first, second, and third sides that are sealed and a fourth side that includes a closeable access opening, wherein the first side of the second compartment is connected to the third side of the first compartment.

7. The storage bag of claim 6, further comprising:

a perforated wall extending between the first compartment and the second compartment.

8. The storage bag of claim 6, wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are made of a heat-sealable material.

9. The storage bag of claim 6, further comprising:

a third compartment connected with and adjacent to the second compartment.

10. The storage bag of claim 6, wherein at least a portion of the closeable access opening is heat-sealed.

11. A method of storing food, the method comprising:

forming a first sheet of flexible heat-sealable material;

forming a second sheet of flexible heat-sealable material;

connecting the first sheet with the second sheet to form an open-mouthed bag;

forming a first intermediate wall between the first sheet and the second sheet in a middle portion of the open-mouthed bag;

forming a first open-mouthed compartment in the open-mouthed bag;

forming a second open-mouthed compartment in the open-mouthed bag;

inserting food into the first open-mouthed compartment; and

inserting food into the second open-mouthed compartment.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

vacuuming air from the first and second open-mouthed compartments.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

Heat-sealing the first open-mouthed compartment to form a first sealed compartment.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

Heat-sealing the second open-mouthed compartment to form a second sealed compartment.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

perforating the first intermediate wall.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

forming a second intermediate wall between the first sheet and the second sheet in the middle portion of the open-mouthed bag.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

perforating the second intermediate wall.