Appeal No. 95-4806
Application No. 08/155,730
Benoit relates to packaging and dispensing plastic bags
that are in an elongated plastic web in interconnected end-to-
end relationship. In the background of the invention portion
of Benoit there is a discussion of the problem of twist being
imparted to bags being removed from the center of a roll,
which includes mention of the relationship between the length
of the bags and the diameter of the center opening of the
coil, and concludes with the statement that “the larger the
bag, the more twist it is given during dispensing” (column 3,
lines 20 and 21). Benoit then characterizes his invention in
the following manner (column 3, lines 25-37):
There is accordingly a need for a method and
means for dispensing large center-windable plastic
bags with minimum hand manipulation by the user.
A carton for shipping and successively
dispensing large plastic bags from a center-windable
roll thereof should have as nearly square a
configuration, in the dimensions that are
perpendicular to the width of the bags, as possible
in order to maximize the strength of the carton and
its shipping, storing, and dispensing
characteristics and convenience. There is
consequently a need for a method that can
selectively impart such a selected configuration to
a roll of center-unwindable plastic bags being
packaged into a carton.
It is clear from the foregoing, considered in the light
of the explanation of the invention, that the intention of
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