US Patent Issued to The Glad Products on Oct. 6 for "Thermoplastic films and bags with improved strength properties created by angled selfing" (Illinois, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,511, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to The Glad Products Co. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Thermoplastic films and bags with improved strength properties created by angled selfing" was invented by Michael G. Borchardt (Naperville, Ill.) and David A. Bailey (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to thermoplastics film, multi-film structures, and bags including enhanced physical properties. For example, one or more implementations include tailoring the physical properties of thermoplastic films by forming raised rib-like elements in the films that extend at an angle relative to a direction in which the film is e...