Bag for vacuum sealing an item within

Abstract

This invention provides a bag adapted to vacuum seal an item and allow the user to see through the bag so that the item within the bag may be later identified. This is accomplished through providing a bag with two panels, a first panel and a second panel, that may be sealed along the outer edges except for at least one opening end. A portion of the interior surfaces of the two panels or the panels it self may be embossed to form air channels to remove the air within the bag. For example, the first panel may be embossed on one-half of the bag where the air channels may extend into the depth of the bag from the opening end. The second panel may be embossed on the other one-half of the bag where air channels may extend into the depth of the bag from the opening end. With this arrangement, both the first and second panels of the bag may have a portion that is embossed and the remaining portion that is transparent for identifying the content or item in the bag.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A bag for vacuum sealing at least one item therein, comprising: 
 a first panel and a second panel sealed together along outer edges except for at least one opening end, where the first and second panels each have an inner surface and the opening end has a first portion and a second portion, where the inner surface of the first panel has embossing on the first portion of the opening and the inner surface of the second panel has embossing on the second portion of the opening end.    
     
     
         2 . The bag according to  claim 1 , where a cross-sectional view of the embossing along the opening end form a saw-tooth configuration.  
     
     
         3 . The bag according to  claim 1 , where the cross-sectional view of the embossing along the opening end form a sinusoidal configuration.  
     
     
         4 . The bag according to  claim 1 , further including a divider between the first and second panels defining a first pocket between the first panel and the divider, and defining a second pocket between the second panel and the divider so that the first and second pockets keeps the items in the first and second pockets separate.  
     
     
         5 . The bag according to  claim 4 , where the divider is embossed on a portion that is facing the first panel along the second portion of the opening end, and the divider is embossed on a portion that is facing the second panel along the first portion of the opening end.  
     
     
         6 . The bag according to  claim 1 , where the first and second panels are sealed along the outer edges having a length and a width, where the opening end is formed along one of the width side, where the first portion of the opening end is one-half of the width and the second portion of the opening end is other one-half of the width.  
     
     
         7 . The bag according to  claim 1 , where the first and second panels are sealed along the outer edges having a length and a width, where the opening end is formed along one of the width side, where the first portion of the opening end is near the outer edges of the first panel, and the second portion of the opening is a center of the second panel.  
     
     
         8 . The bag according to  claim 1 , where the first and second panels are sealed along the outer edges having a length and a width, where the opening end is formed along one of the width side, where the first portion of the opening end is near one outer edge of the first panel and the second portion of the opening end is near other outer edge of the second panel.  
     
     
         9 . The bag according to  claim 1 , where the first and second panels each have an outer surface that is substantially planer.  
     
     
         10 . The bag according to  claim 1 , where the embossing form square shape protrusions.  
     
     
         11 . The bag according to  claim 1 , where the first and second panels are sealed together to form two opening ends on opposite ends of each other, where the first and second panels are sealed together between the two opening ends.  
     
     
         12 . The bag according to  claim 11 , further including a line of weakness where the first and second panels are sealed together between the two openings ends.  
     
     
         13 . A vacuum bag, comprising: 
 a first panel and a second panel sealed together along outer edges having a length and a width, where an opening is formed along one side of the width and both the first and second panels have an inner surface, the first panel is embossed on an inner surface on substantially one-half portion of the width and the second panel is embossed substantially on the other one-half portion of the width, where the embossing forms channels that allow air between the first and second panels to be withdrawn during a vacuuming process.    
     
     
         14 . The vacuum bag according to  claim 13 , where each of the first and second panels are formed from layers including an outer layer and an inner layer, where the outer layer is gas-impermeable and the inner layer is heat sealable.  
     
     
         15 . The vacuum bag according to  claim 13 , where the embossing on the first and second panels form square protrusions creating channels between the protrusions.  
     
     
         16 . A bag for vacuum sealing, comprising: 
 a first panel coupled to a second panel along outer edges except for at least one opening end; and    a portion of the first and second panels embossed to form air channels within the bag to provide paths for air within the bag to be withdrawn through the opening end during a vacuum sealing process.    
     
     
         17 . The bag according to  claim 16 , further including a divider between the first and second panels.  
     
     
         18 . The bag according to  claim 16 , where the bag has two opposite opening ends and a length and a width, where the bag is heat sealed along the width of the bag between the two opening ends.  
     
     
         19 . The bag according to  claim 16 , where the first panel is embossed on a right one-half side of the bag, and the second panel is embossed on a left one-half side of the bag.  
     
     
         20 . The bag according to  claim 16 , where the first panel is embossed near the right hand side of the bag and the second panel is embossed near the left edge of the bag.  
     
     
         21 . The bag according to  claim 16 , further including a divider between the first and second panels, where the divider panel is embossed on one-half of the width of the divider wall on one side and embossed on other one-half of the width of the bag on the other side of the divider.  
     
     
         22 . The bag according to  claim 16 , further including an embossed layer adhere to a portion of the first panel and a second embossed layer adhere to a portion of the second panel.  
     
     
         23 . A vacuum bag, comprising: 
 a first panel and a second panel sealed together along outer edges except for at least one opening end, where the first and second panels each have an inner surface and the opening end has a first portion and a second portion;    a first embossed layer over the inner surface of the first panel along the first portion of the opening end; and    a second embossed layer over the inner surface of the second panel along the second portion of the opening end.    
     
     
         24 . The vacuum bag according to  claim 23 , where the first and second panels are sealed along the outer edges having a length and a width, where the opening end is formed along one of the width side, where the first portion of the opening end is one-half of the width and the second portion of the opening end is other one-half of the width.  
     
     
         25 . A vacuum bag having multiple pockets, comprising: 
 a first panel and a second panel, and an embossed divider between the first and second panels that are sealed together along outer edges except for at least one opening end, where a first pocket is defined by the first panel and the embossed divider, and the a second pocket is defined by the second panel and the embossed divider.    
     
     
         26 . The vacuum bag according to  claim 25 , where the embossing forms square protrusions.  
     
     
         27 . A method for forming a vacuum bag, comprising: 
 sealing a first panel and a second panel along outer edges except for at least one opening end, where the first and second panels have a length and a width; and    embossing a first portion of the width of the first panel and a second portion of the width of the second panel so that embossing on the first and second panels are offset, where the embossing forms channels between protrusion to provide paths for air between the first and second panels to withdraw.    
     
     
         28 . The method according to  claim 27 , where opening end is formed along the width, and the first portion is about one half of the width of the opening end and the second portion is about other one half of the width of the opening end.  
     
     
         29 . The method according to  claim 27 , further including: 
 dividing the opening end to form two pocket so that items in the two pockets are kept separated.    
     
     
         30 . The method according to  claim 27 , further including: 
 opening two ends of the first and second panels along the width; and    sealing the first and second panels between the two ends of the width to form two pockets.    
     
     
         31 . The method according to  claim 30 , further including: 
 forming a line of weakness along the sealing so that the two pockets can be pulled apart from each other along the line of weakness.    
     
     
         32 . A method of vacuum sealing an item, comprising: 
 inserting an item into an opening end of a bag having a first panel and a second panel, where the first and second panels each have inner surfaces;    withdrawing air within the bag by providing air channels on a first panel along a first portion along the opening end of the bag and providing air channels on a second panel along a second portion of the bag; and    sealing the opening end of the bag.    
     
     
         33 . A vacuum bag, comprising: 
 a first panel and a second panel sealed together along outer edges except for at least one opening end, where the first and second panels each have an inner surface; and    means for withdrawing air between the first and second panels through the first panel along a first portion of the opening end and the second panel along a second portion of the opening end.