Package of gusseted bags on a roll

Claim 1

A package of gusseted bags on a roll adapted for protection of the bags during shipping, storage and dispensing and for convenience of dispensing which comprises: a. a rectangular box having a bottom wall and four side walls operatively connected with each other to define a container and top closure means connecting said side walls, said box having a dispensing opening for dispensing bags adjacent the juncture of said top closure means and at least one of said side walls; b. parallel side rail members extending along said bottom adjacent opposing side walls perpendicular to the wall adjacent said dispensing opening to terminate at edges spaced from the respective adjacent walls; c. a roll of flattened gusseted bags supported on said side rail members and arranged in said box for dispensing bags from said roll through said dispensing opening; each of said bags having sides inwardly folded to a width less than half the flattened width of the bag, being sealed across the gussets at one end and frangibly connected at the other end to a like bag adjacent the sealed end thereof, whereby said roll has greatest diameter at the inner folds of said bags; d. the said edges of said side rail members being spaced from adjacent walls by a distance less than the said width of inner folds of said bags, whereby said rolls are unsupported at said greatest diameter.