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Pharmacy Bag

a technology for pharmaceutical products and bags, applied in the field of pharmaceutical bags, can solve the problems of paper bags easily tearing or ripping, enormous waste, and high cost of bags

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-03-17
CHERTKOW LOUIS
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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a seamless pharmacy purchase bag made of a copolymer plastic material that is continuous and seamless circumferentially along its inner surface. The bag is made by heating a copolymer comprising ethylene and propylene and then extruding it into its final shape at a high pressure. The resultant bag is opaque, pliable, and resilient. This invention solves the problem of shortcomings in prior art where bags had seams or crevasses."

Problems solved by technology

These paper bags create enormous waste and the cost of paper products have made these bags more expensive than ever.
Further, paper bags can tear or rip easily, particularly when wet, and do not have a reliable method of sealing.
Therefore, the contents of the bag can become lost or spilled, leading to a loss of privacy and possible damage to the product.

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[0008]FIG. 1 illustrates a first preferred embodiment of a pharmacy bag 100 of the present invention having a generally open-ended columnar structure comprising a base 110, a front wall 115, a rear wall 120, and two side walls 125 with a crease 130 in the side walls 125 and a crease 135 in the front wall for collapsing the bag into a planar configuration prior to use. The four walls are integrally formed without a seam such that there is a continuous and uniform construction throughout and across the four walls. That is, the bag 100 is created as a tubular construction rather than a folded sheet, and thus there are no seams extending longitudinally along the bag's walls. Each wall is formed of a common uninterrupted thickness, and the thickness of the base 110 may preferably be consistent with the thickness of the four walls.

[0009]Closure means is preferably provided along an outer surface of at least one of the front and rear walls 115,120 along an upper edge. Closure means may com...

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Abstract

A plastic pharmacy purchase bag is disclosed having a seamless perimeter defined by a tubular member folded at a first closed end, and an open end including means for closing the receptacle after use. The plastic tubular member comprises integrally formed walls that terminate in a base at said closed end with the edges of the walls cooperating to form a sealed relationship. An outer surface of the receptacle includes indicia printed thereon.

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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part and claims priority from U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 063,058, filed Feb. 22, 2005, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 423,427 filed Apr. 25, 2003, the contents of both of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.BACKGROUND[0002]Pharmacy prescriptions have traditionally been packaged in opaque white paper bags for purposes of privacy and for costs. These paper bags create enormous waste and the cost of paper products have made these bags more expensive than ever. Further, paper bags can tear or rip easily, particularly when wet, and do not have a reliable method of sealing. Therefore, the contents of the bag can become lost or spilled, leading to a loss of privacy and possible damage to the product.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0003]The present invention overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art in providing a seamless pharmacy purchase bag formed of a copol...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D33/18
CPCB65D33/18B65D33/004
Inventor CHERTKOW, LOUIS
Owner CHERTKOW LOUIS