Bags provided with closing and carrying device

Claim 1

A bag comprising a tubular body having a closed bottom and a top portion, said body presenting opposite sidewalls defining longitudinal side edges extending between the bottom and top extremities of the bag; said top portion including a valve and a pocket region, said valve and said pocket region lying in side-by-side relation with said valve lying along one side edge and the pocket region extending from said valve to the opposite side edge, said valve having a free end portion projecting longitudinally beyond said pocket region at the top of the bag, whereby said valve may be folded upon itself to position said free end portion in overlying relation to said pocket region, said side walls being superposed in said pocket region and along a free edge of said free end portion of said valve immediately adjacent said pocket region, said side walls being joined together along a continuous line having a first portion extending longitudinally along said free edge and into the body and a second portion extending transversely to said opposite side edge, whereby to close the top of said body except for said valve, said sidewalls also being joined along a line parallel to and spaced above said second portion of said continuous line to form a pocket between said sidewalls which is open toward said opposite side edge of the body; a rigidifying insert received in said pocket, said insert and said sidewalls in said pocket region having registering hand openings; and means for retaining said free end portion of said valve in overlying relation to said pocket region.