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An infusion package, such as a tea bag, having porous side panels and an open mouth through which material may be inserted. Edges of the package at the mouth are foldable over each other to close the mouth. A string on the folded over portions is extended through an aperture remote from the mouth an

An infusion package, such as a tea bag, having porous side panels and an open mouth through which material may be inserted. Edges of the package at the mouth are foldable over each other to close the mouth. A string on the folded over portions is extended through an aperture remote from the mouth and serves to inhibit unfolding.

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An infusion package comprising a first water pervious side panel and a second water pervious side panel, said side panels being joined together adjacent their edge margins to define an enclosure with one open side forming a mouth through which material may be added to the package, said side panels b

An infusion package comprising a first water pervious side panel and a second water pervious side panel, said side panels being joined together adjacent their edge margins to define an enclosure with one open side forming a mouth through which material may be added to the package, said side panels being flexible and capable of having portions thereof folded over toward one side of the package to close said mouth, an elongate flexible member secured adjacent one of its ends to the outer side of said first side panel in the region that is to be folded over, such that said member remains on the outside of said package when said portions of the panels are folded over, and means defining an aperture on said package adjacent the joined edge margins of said side panels in a region opposite said mouth but not extending into the interior of the package, said aperture being adapted to receive a portion of said flexible member therethrough when said flexible member is fed down from the folded portions and across said second side panel with remainder portions of said member remote from said secured one end extending beyond through and beyond said aperture in a direction away from said mouth, such that a user may hold said remainder portion of said flexible member to suspend said package in an inverted orientation with the folded over portions of the side panels at the bottom of the suspended package and maintained closed by said flexible member in said inverted position.