Machinery to Add the Strips
Is Currently Available
The strip can be added using currently
available rotary machinery developed
for use in high-speed web converting.
Strips can be added at speeds
up to 1,800 FPM.
The machinery to add the strip can be
integrated into the current web process
for making trash bags at the stage, just
before the bags are rolled up and packaged.
There is no need for entirely new machinery.
Minimal added cost to make No-Slip Trash Bags
Once the machinery to add the strips is integrated into the converting
machinery to make the bags, the added costs to make No-Slip Trash Bags
will be minimal. The additional cost would be for a small polyethylene strip
and two small adhesive patches per bag.
Stay-Put Strips:
The invention comprises adding small strips 1 to the top of trash
bags. The strip can be used to tighten the top of the bag around
the top of a trashcan to prevent it from slipping down.
One end of the Stay-Put Strip 2 would be adhered to the outside
of a No-Slip Trash Bag near the top. The other end of the Stay-Put Strip 3
would be loose and include an adhesive patch covered by a release liner 4.
After tightening the opening of the bag around the top
of a trashcan 5, the release liner can be removed to expose the
adhesive on the loose end of the strip. That end of the strip can then
be adhered to the bag 6, so that ti effectively locks the tightened
opening of the bag, in place, keeping it tight around the top of the trashcan.
