US Patent Issued on July 28 for "Self-opening plastic bag" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,048, issued on July 28.

"Self-opening plastic bag" was invented by Vladislav Shvartsman (Outremont, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roll of self-opening plastic bags separated by perforations, each bag having an openable mouth at its top and a weld at its bottom. A skirt of material extends from the weld of one bag to the perforation between the end of the skirt and the mouth of an adjacent bag. A patch is bonded to the skirt of one bag, over the perforation, and to the mouth of the adjacent bag. During separation of bags, the patch creates a gripping tab on the adjacent bag's mouth and breaks cling forces between the mouth's...