Package having a lap or fin seal gap elimination feature
OwnerMark Steeleinventor
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Abstract
A flexible package having a closure device and a lap or fin seal is provided that reduces or eliminates an air gap present at the fin or lap seal portion of packages. The package can include a film with a closure applied to the film. The flexible package can include a film having a closure device applied to the film transverse to the first and second side edges of the film, with the first side edge portion extending into the fin seal such that at least a portion of the first side edge portion eliminates an air gap between the fin or lap seal and at least one of the first and second side edge portions.
Claims20
A flexible package comprising:
- a film having a first film longitudinal side edge, a second film longitudinal side edge, and a fin seal or lap seal;
- and
- a recloseable zipper closure device applied to and extending across the film transverse to the first and second film longitudinal side edges of the film, the recloseable zipper closure device elongated from a first side edge portion to an opposite second side edge portion,
- wherein end edges of the first and second side edge portions of the recloseable zipper closure device have different shapes that nest within each other with the end edges of the first and second side edge portions abutting each other.
A package comprising:
- a film having a first film longitudinal side edge, a second side film longitudinal side edge, and a fin or lap seal;
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- a recloseable zipper closure device extending across the film transverse to the first and second side film longitudinal side edges and having first and second side edge portions, the recloseable zipper closure device elongated from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion, an end edge of the first side edge portion having one or more first shaped features and an end edge of the second side edge portion having one or more second shaped features, wherein the one or more first shaped features are configured to abut the one or more second shaped features.
A package adapted to eliminate a lap or fin seal air gap, the package comprising:
- a package closure device having:
- a top edge portion and a bottom edge portion;
- and
- a first side edge portion and an opposing second side edge portion, the top edge portion and the bottom edge portion each extending from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion, an end edge of the first side edge portion having a first step-shaped portion, an end edge of the second side edge portion having a second step-shaped portion, wherein the first step-shaped portion is configured to abut the second step-shaped portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.