US 7,320,545 B2 | ||
Resealable bag for filling with food product (s) and method | ||
Aaron Strand, Plymouth, Wis. (US); Karl L. Linck, Kohler, Wis. (US); Judy Fischer, Plymouth, Wis. (US); Thomas J. Spaeth, Kiel, Wis. (US); and Jerry D. Kolbe, Chilton, Wis. (US) | ||
Assigned to Sargento Foods Inc., Plymouth, Wis. (US) | ||
Filed on Nov. 20, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/300,487. | ||
Application 10/300487 is a division of application No. 09/804403, filed on Mar. 12, 2001. | ||
Application 09/804403 is a division of application No. 09/431732, filed on Nov. 01, 1999, granted, now 6,360,513. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/133810, filed on May 11, 1999. | ||
Prior Publication US 2003/0096042 A1, May 22, 2003 | ||
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
Int. Cl. B65D 33/00 (2006.01); B65D 33/06 (2006.01); B65D 33/16 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 383—203 [383/5; 383/61.2; 383/204] | 6 Claims |
1. A reclosable bag for filling with at least one food product, said reclosable bag comprising:
at least one sheet of web material including at least two areas of structural weakness, having at least one fold structure
located between and defined by said two areas of structural weakness, and an opening located generally opposite said fold
structure;
a reclosable fastener structure including a skirt structure of skirt web material extending therefrom;
said skirt structure including a distal margin;
said distal margin being coupled to said web material at, at least one location between said areas of structural weakness
and said opening;
said reclosable fastener structure extending past said areas of structural weakness and into said fold structure;
said reclosable bag capable of being filled with at least one food product through said opening; and
wherein said areas of structural weakness extend nonlinearly across a predetermined dimension of said sheet of said web material.
|