Dual compartment plastic bag

Abstract

The present invention is a flexible plastic bag having reusable and resealable dual compartments such that the bag consists of three layers permanently sealed on three sides creating two sections and having on the fourth side a seal closure that consists of three interlocking strips, one attached to each of the three layers, such that each bag compartment can be sealed and opened separately from the other.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to containers for storage, particularly to bags that have reusable and resealable dual compartments such that each compartment can be separately sealed and opened. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] Bags have been used for many purposes, including storing, sorting, organizing, packing, packaging, and preserving various contents. Plastic bags provide a reasonably good means for minimizing oxygen flow to bacteria, helping to keep food in a nearly airless environment that reduces bacteria growth. Bags have been developed for cool and frozen food storage. They also offer a thin and light-weight means for organizing and storing a large variety of things, and they are usually transparent, offering immediate identification of the contents. Bags are used for packaging and transporting consumer goods from many different types of stores. When filled with air and sealed, plastic bags can ...

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Benefits of technology

[0012] An object of the present invention is to provide a plastic bag having dual compartments that are easily accessible at the top of the bag through separate openings for the placement of items inside.

[0013] Another object of the present invention is to provide a dual compartment plastic bag in which the compartments are connected in such a way as to prevent them from slipping, sliding, or swinging against each other but rather in a way that keeps them stable in relation to each other, and yet capable of being sealed completely separately from each other.

[0014] A further object of the present invention is to provide a plastic bag having dual compartments that are separately intact such that the items inside are completely segregated from each other and cannot be contaminated by each other when the compartment is sealed.

[0015] Another object of the present invention is to provide a dual compartment bag that is simple in construction, cost-efficient to manufacture, and packageable and storeable within the same wholesale and retail structure as now exists for resealable plastic bags.

[0016] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a bag that can be utilized with any of various sealing devices that are preferred or protected by different manufacturers, with or without modifications for the dual closure of this invention.

Problems solved by technology

Single-compartment bags do not allow for segregation of the different items held within the compartment, nor the easy retrieval and use of different items.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,958,483 shows another example of a bag intended for the collection and segregation of food debris from the main compartment holding the stored food, but the collection compartment is adhered to an outer cardboard box and cannot be accessed without cutting or tearing the bag.

The dual chambers of the bags developed in prior art are shaped and made for specific functions and are neither capable of containing other objects nor are accessible through resealable openings.

However, the sealing devices in prior art are used to close only one opening for a bag, not two separate compartments.

The bags in prior art do not provide a means for completely segregating the materials in each compartment from each other, nor a means for closing and opening each compartment separately from the other.

Nor do the bags in prior art contemplate using the dual compartments of the same bag for items that are unrelated, such as food and non-food items.

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