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US 4,785,940 AGranted
Flexible bag with a pressure sensitive adhesive closure strip
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorShari J. Wilson
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Abstract
A flexible bag having front and back panels sealed along bottom and side edges. A pressure sensitive adhesive closure strip is adhered to the back panel and to the rear surface of the front panel. The front panel includes a transverse separation line intermediate the bottom edge of the bag and the closure strip. A portion of the front panel above the separation line may be removed from the bag so as to expose the closure strip for securing the back panel to the front surface of the front panel for closing the top of the bag.
Claims8
A bag comprising:
- (a) a back panel having a front and rear surface, a front panel having a front and a rear surface, said back panel and said front panel being joined to form the bottom and sides of the bag;
- (b) a pressure sensitive adhesive closure strip adhered to said back panel and to said rear surface of said front panel, said closure strip having a bond strength to said back panel greater than the bond strength of said closure strip to said rear surface of said front panel;
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- (c) said front panel including a transverse separation line intermediate said closure strip and said bottom edge of the bag, whereby said front panel may be divided at said separation line and a portion of said front panel above the separation line removed from the bag to expose said closure strip for adhesively securing said back panel to said front surface of said front panel to close the top of the bag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.