US 2004/0001927 A1 · Reclosable package and closure strip

Abstract

A reclosable package includes a pouch of flexible material defining a pocket with an openable mouth, and a reclosable, resealable closure attached to the flexible material and positioned to secure and seal the mouth of the pocket. The closure includes opposing, parallel strips of foam material secured to respective portions of the flexible material and having outer faces arranged to engage one another when the mouth of the pocket is in a closed state. The outer faces of the foam strips each carry an exposed, self-adhesive layer for securing and sealing the mouth of the pocket in its closed state. Such closures are also provided in strip form, and methods of making bags having such closures are disclosed.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A reclosable package comprising:

a pouch of flexible material defining a pocket, the pocket having an openable mouth;
and
a reclosable, resealable closure attached to the flexible material and positioned to secure and seal the mouth of the pocket, the closure comprising opposing, parallel strips of foam material secured to respective portions of the flexible material and having outer faces arranged to engage one another when the mouth of the pocket is in a closed state, the outer faces of the foam strips each carrying an exposed, self-adhesive layer for securing and sealing the mouth of the pocket in its closed state.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/403,628Filed 31 Mar 2003

Priority

29 Sep 2000

Published

1 Jan 2004

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

B65B 9/20
Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g.…:…
B65B 61/188
For making package-opening or unpacking elements: by applying or incorporating profile-strips, e.g. for reclosable bags
B65D 33/20
Using adhesive applied to integral parts, e.g. to flaps: using pressure-sensitive adhesive
B65D 33/24
End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices: using self-locking integral or attached closure elements, e.g. flaps

Reclosable package and closure strip

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Reclosable package and closure strip

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Abstract

Claims21