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AssigneeIntercontinental Great Brands LLC
InventorsThad J. Fisher, Charles W. Halgren
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A flexible food package comprises a bottom end, a top end, and a side wall incorporating a twistable portion having increased dead fold characteristics than adjacent portions of the side wall. The twistable portion has at least a first section and a second section each having a maximum width and joined by at least a third section having a minimum width less than the maximum width of each of the first and second section. The third section is configured to permit the first and second sections to twist about the third section. The twistable portion is configured to twist together with adjacent portions of the side wall to restrict access to an access opening formed after opening of the top end. A method of manufacturing reclosable flexible packages including twistable portions is also provided.
A flexible food package comprising a bottom end, a top end, and a side wall incorporating a solid sheet twistable portion having increased dead fold characteristics than adjacent portions of the side wall, the twistable portion having at least a first section and a second section each having a maximum width parallel to the top end and joined by at least a third section having a minimum width parallel to the top end and less than the maximum width of each of the first and second sections, the first and second sections of the twistable portions each being formed of same material across their respective maximum widths, the third section being configured to permit the first and second sections to twist about the third section, the twistable portion being configured to twist together with adjacent portions of the side wall to restrict access to an access opening formed after opening of the top end.
A flexible food package comprising a side wall formed from at least one material and having a bottom end and a removable top end, the side wall incorporating a Y-shaped twistable portion having higher dead fold characteristics than adjacent portions of the side wall, the twistable portion being formed by curing a portion of the side wall, the twistable portion including a leg extending toward the bottom end of the package and a pair of arms extending toward the top end of the package, the arms being configured to twist together and be maintained in an interlocking manner with adjacent portions of the side wall to reclose an opening formed after removal of the top end.
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