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US 6,698,928 B2Granted
Flexible packages having reusable pull-tab openers
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorAnne Louise Miller
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Abstract
The present invention provides a package comprising a bag having lines of weakness and a pull-tab opener secured to the bag proximate to the lines of weakness, the pull-tab opener having a pull-tab opening integral therewith. In a preferred embodiment, the pull-tab opener is a reusable pull-tab opener.
Claims20
A package comprising:
- a bag having lines of weakness that include two substantially parallel lines of perforations and a slit or third line of perforations located substantially perpendicular to and in between the two substantially parallel lines of perforations at one end;
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- a reusable pull-tab opener secured to the bag in a location to cover at least the two substantially parallel lines of perforations, the reusable pull-tab opener having a pull-tab opening integral therewith, further wherein the package is comprised of six panels arranged in a rectangular configuration and the two substantially parallel lines of perforations extend across a portion of two adjacent panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.