ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,883, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ANGELCARE CANADA INC. (Montreal).

"Bag configuration for pail" was invented by Michel Morand (Montreal, Canada) and Maurice Pinsonnault (Candiac, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bag for waste disposal is disclosed. The bag has a tubular body with a top open end and a bottom closed end, the tubular body having a first section adjacent the top open end, and at least a second section adjacent to the bottom closed end. The first section has a greater stretchability than the second section. The tubular body in a flattened two-fold condition has a pair of side edges extending from a top edge ...