Disposable plastic bags

• US 5,000,500 A
• Filed: 06/26/1989
• Issued: 03/19/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ehud Almog
• Original Assignee: Ehud Almog
• Inventors: Almog, Ehud
• Primary Examiner(s): Focarino, Margaret A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kramer, Dean J.
• Application Number:
  US07/371,109
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 294/1.3, 294/25, 15/257.1, 15/257.6, 15/257.9, 150/150, 150/900, 383/33, 383/34
• US Class Current: 294/1.3
• CPC Class Codes: E01H 1/1206 for picking up excrements manure or urine pouches for animal husbandry A01K23/00
• CPC Class Codes: E01H 2001/126 the implement being for single use but not glove-like

Abstract

A plastic bag for the collection of dirt, particularly dogs'"'"' excrement, off the ground, comprising a flat, envelope-like portion made of a yieldable sheet material with an open rim defining opposite, substantially straight lips extending one next to the other. Each lip is provided with a strip of a semi-rigid, bendable material. The respective ends of the strips are connected to each other to form a pair of hinges, such that the strips are flexed one away from the other by a pushing force applied thereagainst, the closed one against the other by a pulling force applied to the hinges.

Claims

1. A bag for collecting dirt, particularly dogs'"'"' excrement off the ground, comprising an envelope-like portion made of yieldable sheet material with an open rim defining opposite, substantially straight lips extending one along the other, characterised in that each lip is provided with a strip of a semi-rigid, bendable material, and the respective ends of the strips are joined to each other to form a pair of hinges, such that the strips are flexed one away from the other by a pushing force applied thereagainst, and closed one against the other by a pulling force applied to said hinges;

wherein the said sheet material and the strips are made of plastics;

wherein the said strips are flattened at their ends to form a pair of gripping tabs; and

wherein the tabs are provided with means for fastening one tab to the other.

2. The bag of claim 1 wherein one tab is provided with a pin and the other with a snap-in socket.

3. A bag for collecting dirt, particularly dogs'"'"' excrement off the ground, comprising an envelope-like portion made of a yieldable sheet material with an open rim defining opposite, substantially straight lips extending one along the other, characterised in that each lip is provided with a strip of a semi-rigid, bendable material, and the respective ends of the strips are joined to each other to form a pair of hinges, such that the strips are flexed one away from the other by a pushing force applied thereagainst, and closed one against the other by a pulling force applied to said hinges;

wherein the said sheet material and the strips are made of plastics; and

wherein at least one of the strips hinges is formed with a pair of lugs extending one away from the other for forcing open the said strips when closing the lugs one against the other.

4. A bag for collecting dirt, particularly dogs'"'"' excrement off the ground, comprising an envelope-like portion lying in a plane, the envelope-like portion being made of a yieldable sheet material with an open rim defining opposite, substantially straight lips extending one along the other, each lip being provided with a strip of a semi-rigid, bendable material, and the respective ends of the strips are joined to each other to form a pair of hinges, each of the hinges being extended by a flattened tab lying in the plane of the bag so that the strips may become flexed one away from the other by a pushing force, and closed one against the other by a pulling force applied to said tabs, wherein the said sheet, strips and the tabs are made of plastics, wherein the strips and their hinge joints, and the tabs, are integrally formed of plastic material, seamed to the said lips, and wherein the tabs are provided with means for fastening one tab to the other.

5. The bag of claim 4 wherein one tab is provided with a pin and the other with a snap-in socket.

6. A bag held in two hands by a user for collecting dirt, particularly dogs'"'"' excrement off the ground, comprising an envelope-like portion made of yieldable sheet material with an open rim defining opposite, substantially straight lips extending one along the other, characterized in that each lip is provided with a strip of a semi-rigid, bendable material, and the respective ends of the strips are joined to each other to form a pair of hinges, a separate flat gripping tab attached to each respective hinge, each tab extending outwardly from the respective hinge, such that when the gripping tabs are grasped with the user'"'"'s two hands, the strips are flexed one away from the other by a pushing force applied thereagainst, whereby the bag is opened to receive the dirt, and when the bag is inverted and the strips are closed one against the other by a pulling force applied to said hinges by both hands, the dirt is enclosed in the bag.