Multifold plastic grocery bags and roll

Abstract

A plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags comprised of at least two plastic grocery bags connected in series as a continuous plastic sheet and defined by a separation border. Each of the plastic grocery bags having sides, a sealed bottom and an openable top and arranged with each bag bottom connected to an adjacent bag top by a separation border. The separation border includes at least one separation fault selected from the group consisting of a perforation, orifice, thin and combinations thereof. The at least two plastic grocery bags are folded first in half in a first direction from side to side and then each half being folded in half again from side to side in an opposite direction from the first half fold, to create a flat, full width single M-shaped fold. The multifold plastic grocery bags may optionally be placed on a support core.

1 . A plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags, which comprises:
 at least two plastic grocery bags in series connected to one another by continuous plastic sheet and defined by a separation border, each of said at least two plastic grocery bags having sides, a sealed bottom and an openable top, each of said at least two plastic grocery bags being arranged with each bottom connected to an adjacent bag top;   said at least two plastic grocery bags separation border including at least one separation fault selected from the group consisting of perforation, orifice, thin and combinations thereof;   said at least two plastic grocery bags being folded first in half in a first direction from side to side and then each half being folded in half again from side to side in an opposite direction from said first half fold, to create a flat, full width single M-shaped fold.   
     
     
         2 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 1  wherein said separation fault is a plurality of perforations. 
     
     
         3 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 1  wherein said separation fault is established after said bags are folded and is a combination of perforations and at least one orifice. 
     
     
         4 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 3  wherein said at least one orifice is at least ¾ inch in width. 
     
     
         5 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 3  wherein said at least one orifice is centrally located and has perforations left and right of said at least one orifice. 
     
     
         6 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 1  wherein there is a total of four folded sections of said single M-shaped fold, and each fold has two layers of plastic sheet, and all folds have equal widths. 
     
     
         7 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 1  wherein said at least two plastic grocery bags is at least fifty plastic grocery bags. 
     
     
         8 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 1  wherein said at least two plastic grocery bags are plastic selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene and polyethylene-polypropylene blend. 
     
     
         9 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 1  wherein each of said at least two plastic grocery bags has a predetermined width measured from side to side and a predetermined length measured from top to bottom and said predetermined length is greater than said predetermined width. 
     
     
         10 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 1  wherein each of said at least two plastic grocery bags has a predetermined folded width and has a predetermined folded length and said predetermined length is at least five times greater than said folded width. 
     
     
         11 . A multifold plastic grocery bag roll, which comprises:
 a) a support core; and,   b) a roll of plastic grocery bags on said support core and having at least two plastic grocery bags in series connected to one another by continuous plastic sheet and defined by a separation border, each of said at least two plastic grocery bags having sides, a sealed bottom and an openable top, each of said at least two plastic grocery bags being arranged with each bottom connected to an adjacent bag top;
 said at least two plastic grocery bags separation border including at least one separation fault selected from the group consisting of perforation, orifice, thin and combinations thereof; 
 said at least two plastic grocery bags being folded first in half in a first direction from side to side and then each half being folded in half again from side to side in an opposite direction from said first half fold to create a flat, full width single M-shaped fold. 
   
     
     
         12 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 11  wherein said separation fault is a plurality of perforations. 
     
     
         13 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 11  wherein said separation fault is established after said bags are folded and is a combination of perforations and at least one orifice. 
     
     
         14 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 13  wherein said at least one orifice is at least ¾ inch in width. 
     
     
         15 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 13  wherein said at least one orifice is centrally located and has perforations left and right of said at least one orifice. 
     
     
         16 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 11  wherein there is a total of four folded sections of said single M-shaped fold, and each fold has two layers of plastic sheet, and all folds have equal widths. 
     
     
         17 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 11  wherein said at least two plastic grocery bags is at least fifty plastic grocery bags. 
     
     
         18 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 11  wherein said at least two plastic grocery bags are plastic selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene and polyethylene-polypropylene blend. 
     
     
         19 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 11  wherein each of said at least two plastic grocery bags has a predetermined width measured from side to side and a predetermined length measured from top to bottom and said predetermined length is greater than said predetermined width. 
     
     
         20 . The plurality of multifold plastic grocery bags of  claim 11  wherein each of said at least two plastic grocery bags has a predetermined folded width and has a predetermined folded length and said predetermined length is at least five times greater than said folded width.