Shrink bag with integral handle and method of making the same

摘要

A shrink bag having one end (24) heat sealed to form the closed end of a bag pocket and including a skirt portion at this closed end which forms a handle (42) upon heat shrinking the bag about a food product. The bag is particularly adapted for packaging whole turkeys and the like and, to this end, the heat seal is configured so the bag pocket closed end is a deep cavity shaped to accommodate the tail end of the turkey.