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A bag (10) of thin plastic material shaped into a container having a closed end (11b) and an open end (11a) cut to provide two tying portions (18), and gusseted sides (14) extending between the open and closed ends. The plastic material is of a color and has embedded fragrance and antimicrobial agen

A bag (10) of thin plastic material shaped into a container having a closed end (11b) and an open end (11a) cut to provide two tying portions (18), and gusseted sides (14) extending between the open and closed ends. The plastic material is of a color and has embedded fragrance and antimicrobial agents, and has an imprinted design or pattern. The bag (10) is of a size suitable for receiving a single product, such as a used feminine hygiene product, along with any other material in the use or replacement of such product by a user, in which the tying portions (18) are tieable to seal said product within the bag. When a product is sealed in the bag (10) by a user, the antimicrobial agents inhibits the growth of odor causing bacteria, the scent masks any odors, and the color and imprinted design assists to conceal or obfuscate any blood on a used feminine product when received within the bag (10).

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1. A bag for hygienic disposal of a used product comprising: thin plastic material shaped into a container having a closed end and an open end cut to provide two tying portions, and sides extending between the open and closed ends;said plastic material having at least an antimicrobial agent in the p

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A bag for hygienic disposal of a used product comprising: thin plastic material shaped into a container having a closed end and an open end cut to provide two tying portions, and sides extending between the open and closed ends;said plastic material having at least an antimicrobial agent in the plastic material when said plastic material is formed, in which said bag enables receiving only one used product along with any non-human bodily material associated with use or replacement of said product by a user of said used product, and said tying portions represent two handles tieable to retain said product within said bag; andimprinted material along said plastic material, wherein said plastic material allows transmission of light there through, and said imprinted material and said plastic material are each of a different type of a color red to enable said imprinted material and said plastic material to operate together to hinder perception of human bodily material associated with use by the user of said used product when said human bodily material is received in said bag with said used product and said human bodily material comprises blood. 2. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said product is a used feminine hygiene product. 3. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said product is a used incontinence product. 4. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said sides have gussets which fold said sides inward toward each other. 5. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said imprinted material forms a pattern on said plastic material. 6. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said size of said bag is in accordance with the size of the used product to be received in said bag. 7. The bag according to claim 1 wherein a plurality of ones of said bag are provided in a dispenser for individually dispensing each of said plurality of ones of said bag. 8. The bag according to claim 7 wherein each of said plurality of ones of said bag is sufficiently small in size to enable said plurality of ones of said bag to be compact when in said dispenser. 9. The bag according to claim 7 wherein said dispenser is mountable to the wall or stall of a bathroom or restroom. 10. The bag according to claim 7 wherein said dispenser is portable. 11. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said bag is sufficiently small in size to enable a plurality of ones of said bag to be compact when oriented substantially flat in a fixed or portable dispenser in one of at least a stack, folded, or interweave condition. 12. The bag according to claim 1 further comprising a fragrance resin mixed into said plastic material when said plastic material was formed. 13. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said tying portions are present and tieable prior to said bag being provided to the user. 14. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said imprinted material is of the color red darker than the color red of said plastic material to further enable said imprinted material and said plastic material to operate together to hinder perception of any blood when received within the bag with the used product. 15. The bag according to claim 14 wherein said type of red color of said plastic material is pink. 16. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said imprinted material is at least a repeating pattern along said outer surface. 17. The bag according to claim 1 wherein no unused hygiene or incontinence product is at any time externally attached to said bag prior to use. 18. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said bag when folded is only folded over said bag or another one of said bag. 19. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said tying portions are an integral part of the bag when knotted, said tying portions are tieable prior to said bag being provided to the user, and no unused product is at any time externally attached to said bag. 20. A method for hygienic disposal of a used product comprising the steps of: forming thin plastic material having at least an antimicrobial agent;providing a bag of said plastic material having imprinted material along an outer surface of the bag in which said imprinted material and said plastic material are each of a different type of a color red to enable said imprinted material and said plastic material to operate together to hinder perception of any blood upon said used product when in said bag;inserting in said bag a used product along with any non-human bodily material associated with use or replacement of said product by a user of said product; andtying two portions extending from said bag after said inserting step is carried out to retain said product within said bag. 21. The method according to claim 20 further comprising the step of disposing said tied bag in a receptacle capable of receiving a plurality of ones of said bag with a used product. 22. The method according to claim 20 wherein said product is a used feminine hygiene product. 23. The method according to claim 20 wherein said product is a used incontinence product. 24. The method according to claim 20 wherein said forming step further comprises the step of forming said thin plastic material having at least an antimicrobial agent and fragrance. 25. A bag for hygienic disposal of a used feminine hygiene product in a general waste product basket, bin, or receptacle without risk of contact by other persons to any contents of said bag having a potential infectious disease, said bag comprising: a thin film of plastic material shaped into a container having a closed end and an open end cut to provide two tying portions enabling knotting with each other to close the open end, and inward foldable gusseted sides extending between the open and closed ends;said plastic material comprises at least an antimicrobial resin and a fragrance resin mixed in the plastic material when said plastic material is formed, in which said bag enables receiving only one used feminine hygiene product along with any material associated with use or replacement of said feminine hygiene product by a user of said feminine hygiene product;imprinted material of a repeating pattern along the outside of said container, wherein said plastic material allows transmission of light there through, and said imprinted material and said plastic material are each of a different shade of pink to configure said imprinted material and said plastic material to operate together to hinder perception of human bodily material upon a used feminine hygiene product when a used feminine hygiene product is received in said bag;said tying portions are tieable in a knot to retain said used feminine hygiene product when present in said bag so that said bag with the used feminine hygiene product is locatable within a general waste product basket, bin, or receptacle without risk of contact by other persons to any contents of said bag having a potential infectious disease;said tying portions are an integral part of the bag when knotted, and said tying portions are tieable prior to said bag being provided to the user, wherein no unused feminine hygiene product is at any time externally attached to said bag;said antimicrobial resin of the plastic material being sufficient to inhibit growth of odor causing bacteria upon a used feminine hygiene product when present in said bag;said fragrance agent of the plastic material being sufficient to provide scent to mask any odors from a used feminine hygiene product when present in said bag; andsaid bag is sufficiently small in size to enable a plurality of ones of said bag to be compact when oriented substantially flat in a fixed or portable dispenser in one of at least a stack, folded, or interweave condition. 26. The bag according to claim 25 wherein said size of said bag is in accordance with the size of a used feminine hygiene product to be received in said bag. 27. The bag according to claim 25 wherein said dispenser is a portable dispenser having an opening, and a plurality of ones of said bag are provided in said dispenser for individually dispensing each of said plurality of ones of said bag via said opening. 28. The bag according to claim 25 wherein said dispenser is a fixed dispenser mountable to the wall or stall of a bathroom or restroom. 29. The bag according to claim 25 wherein said dispenser is portable.