Plastic film bag with special flap arrangement

Claim 1

An article of manufacture comprising a bag provided with a mouth, a first flap section of generally rectangular shape on said bag at said mouth to close the same, a generally trapezoidal second flap section in extension of but separate from said first flap section, at least one of said sections defining a gap, and adhesive means spanning and exposed through said gap, said bag and flap sections being of plastic film, said bag being of first and second films of corresponding widths and having lateral edges, said first flap section corresponding in width to said first and second films and having lateral edges corresponding to the lateral edges of the first and second films, the corresponding lateral edges of the first and second films and the first flap section being connected together, said adhesive means providing for detachable attachment of at least one of the flap sections to the second film, the second flap section having sloped lateral edges sloping away from the lateral edges of the first and second films, said bag having a generally ink receptive outer surface except for a portion corresponding generally to the adhesive means exposed through said gap, said portion providing for ready detachment and reattachment of the adhesive means thereat, said sloped lateral edges being formed while the second flap section is temporarily elevated from said second film.