US 2014/0270584 A1Published application

Reclosable packages and methods of manufacturing

OwnerRonald H. Exner, Deborah A. Lyzenga +1inventors

InventorsRonald H. Exner, Deborah A. Lyzenga, Jeffrey T. Weber

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Abstract

A reclosable package has front and back panels each have a top end and a maximum height such that the maximum height of the back panel is greater than the maximum height of the front panel, resulting in an exposed segment of the back panel uncovered by the front panel. A closure flap including a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer and being non-removably attached to the exposed segment of the back panel via the first adhesive layer and removably attached to a portion of the front panel via the second adhesive layer. After opening to access an interior of the package, the second adhesive layer can be used to reattach the closure flap to the front panel. A method of manufacturing the package is also provided.

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Dependent claims

A reclosable flexible package, the package comprising:

a flexible material forming opposed front and back panels connected via a bottom seal and a pair of end seals intersecting the bottom seal to bound at least a portion of a package interior, the front and back panels each having a top end and a maximum height defined by a distance from the top end to the bottom seal, the maximum height of the back panel being greater than the maximum height of the front panel such that there is an exposed segment of the back panel not covered by the front panel;
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a closure flap including a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, the closure flap being non-removably attached to the exposed segment of the back panel via the first adhesive layer and removably attached to the front panel via the second adhesive layer.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.