Hooded reclosable packages and related methods of manufacture

A reclosable bag comprising:

• a receptacle comprising mutually confronting first and second walls that are joined at the sides, said first wall comprising a portion that forms one side of a mouth at a first end of said receptacle and said second wall comprising a portion that forms another side of said mouth;
• a hooded zipper comprising first and second mutually interlockable profiled fastener means respectively joined or connected to mutually confronting portions of a folded web, said mutually confronting portions of said folded web in turn being joined to said portions of said first and second walls respectively;
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• a flap extending from a second end of said receptacle in a direction away from said mouth, said second end being opposite to said first end.

A method of manufacturing a reclosable bag, comprising the following steps:

• (a) folding a web of bag making film;
• (b) slitting said web along the fold to form first and second edges of first and second web portions respectively;
• (c) joining a first side of a hood of a hooded zipper to said first web portion along a first band-shaped zone near said first edge, said hood having a generally U- or V-shaped profile;
• (d) joining a second side of said hood to said second web portion along a second band-shaped zone near said second edge;
• (e) cross sealing said first web portion to said second web portion and said first side of said hood to said second side of said hood along first and second lines that are parallel to each other and transverse to said hooded zipper, said first and second lines being disposed at first and second locations respectively;
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• (f) cutting said first and second web portions and said hooded zipper at said first and second lines, thereby forming an individual bag.

A method of manufacturing a reclosable bag, comprising the following steps:

• (a) slitting a web of bag making film along a slit line to form first and second edges of first and second web portions respectively;
• (b) orienting said first and second web portions to confront each other in respective generally vertical positions;
• (c) joining a first side of a hood of a hooded zipper to said generally vertical first web portion along a first band-shaped zone near said first edge, said hood having a generally U- or V-shaped profile;
• (d) joining a second side of said hood to said generally vertical second web portion along a second band-shaped zone near said second edge;
• (e) cross sealing said first web portion to said second web portion and said first side of said hood to said second side of said hood along first and second lines that are parallel to each other and transverse to said hooded zipper, said first and second lines being disposed at first and second locations respectively;
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• (f) cutting said first and second web portions and said hooded zipper at said first and second lines, thereby forming an individual bag.

A method of manufacturing a reclosable bag, comprising the following steps:

• (a) slitting a first web of bag making film having mutually parallel first and second edges along a line that is generally parallel to said first and second edges, thereby severing a first portion of said first web from a second portion of said first web, said first web portion having said first edge and a third edge generally parallel to said first edge, and said second web portion having said second edge and a fourth edge generally parallel to said second edge;
• (b) orienting said first and second web portions to be mutually confronting;
• (c) joining a first side of a hood of a hooded zipper to said first web portion along a first band-shaped zone disposed near one of said first and third edges, said hood having a generally U- or V-shaped profile;
• (d) joining a second side of said hood to said second web portion along a second band-shaped zone disposed near one of said second and fourth edges;
• (e) cross sealing said first web portion to said second web portion and said first side of said hood to said second side of said hood along first and second lines that are parallel to each other and transverse to said hooded zipper, said first and second lines being disposed at first and second locations respectively;
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• (f) cutting said first and second web portions and said hooded zipper at said first and second lines, thereby forming an individual bag.

A reclosable bag comprising:

• a receptacle comprising mutually confronting first and second walls that are joined at the sides, said first wall comprising a portion that forms one side of a mouth at a first end of said receptacle and said second wall comprising a portion that forms another side of said mouth;
• a hooded zipper comprising first and second mutually interlockable profiled fastener means respectively joined or connected to mutually confronting portions of a folded web comprising a line of perforations disposed off center, said mutually confronting portions of said folded web in turn being joined to said portions of said first and second walls respectively, and a folded portion of said folded web connecting said mutually confronting portions of said folded web being disposed away from said mouth;
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• a band of material that covers and seals said perforations in said folded web.