Jacketed reclosable container
AssigneeS.C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc.
InventorsWilliam D. Price, William E. Shrum
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Abstract
A container includes a flexible bag including at least two bag sides in an opposed relationship wherein each bag side has two lateral edges, a bag closure extending from one lateral edge to another lateral edge, and a bag bottom spaced from the bag closure. The bag also includes a flexible jacket, external to the bag, the jacket having at least two jacket sides opposing the bag sides, and a jacket bottom. The jacket sides and the jacket bottom define a volume into which part of the flexible bag is disposed, such that the bag bottom is at least partially contained within the volume and is spaced from the jacket bottom.
Claims10
A container for use in storing food, comprising:
- a flexible bag comprising at least two bag sides in an opposed relationship wherein each bag side has two lateral edges, a bag closure extending from one lateral edge to another lateral edge, and a bag bottom spaced from said bag closure;
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- a flexible jacket, external to said bag, said jacket comprising at least two jacket sides opposing said bag sides, and a jacket bottom,
- said jacket sides and said jacket bottom defining a volume into which part of said bag is disposed, such that said bag bottom is at least partially contained within the volume and is spaced from said jacket bottom;
- said jacket further comprising a top disposed near said bag closure, wherein at least a portion of said top of said jacket is not permanently attached to said bag,
- said jacket is continuously attached to said bag along the lateral edges of said bag sides from said bottom of said bag approximately to said bag closure, and
- wherein each of the said jacket sides is shorter than the two bag sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.