Nestec S.a.

Technical Developers, Inc.

Ykk Corporation of America

Jerry E Buchanan

Rodney A Buchanan

Albert Lawrence Baner

Harold H Bennett

Todd A Miles

John G Ratcliff

Nobuo Fujisawa

David Smith

Larry Sketo

A flexible container and method for making same are provided. The container comprises a base portion including a bottom, side walls, and an interior, the bottom defining a substantially flat planar surface when the container houses product and the container rests on its bottom, an upper panel portion, that is designed to be received within the interior of the base portion and includes side panels that define a closure member, the upper panel being so constructed and arranged to define a substantially flat surface when the closure member is closed and portions of the upper panel are folded over, the upper panel includes a portion that is sealed to the base portion, and a pair of handles may also be coupled to the base portion.

Container for housing product and method for making same

A flexible container () has a base () that includes a bottom (), side walls () and an interior (), the bottom defining a substantially flat planar surface when the container houses product and the container rests thereon, an upper panel portion (), that is adapted to be received within the interior of the base portion and includes side panels that define a closure member (). The upper panel is constructed and arranged to define a substantially flat surface () when the closure member is closed and portions of the upper panel are folded over. The upper panel includes a portion that is sealed to the base portion. A pair of handles () may be secured to the base portion. The flat top and flat bottom allow for vertical stacking of the filled containers. The container may be manufactured from a flat sheet of plastic material having a width substantially equal to a length of the base portion, by indexing the flat sheet in intervals equal to a width or more of the base portion; bonding handles at one end to the sheet; applying closure means to a free end of each of the pair of panels; and forming the flat sheet, panels and pair of handles into the flexible container.

Flexible container having flat walls

A sheet material which may be used for a closure system adapted to receive surface fasteners. The sheet material may be used for the manufacture of containers, such as bags and provides a primary form of closure as well as a secondary form of closure which allows for tamper proofing an packaged product prior to its initial opening followed by a one or two part secondary closure system.

Closure system

A flexible container and method for making same are provided. the container comprises a base portion including a bottom, side walls, and an interior, the bottom defining a substantially flat planar surface when the container houses product and the container rests on its bottom, an upper panel portion, that is designed to be received within the interior of the base portion and includes side panels that define a closure member, the upper panel being so constructed and arranged to define a substantially flat surface when the closure member is closed and portions of the upper panel are folded over, the upper panel includes a portion that is sealed to the base portion, and a pair of handles may also be coupled to the base portion.

Container

A convertible package and bowl type container (,) has two overlaying sheets joined along their side edges by side seals (,) and folded to form container sides (,), container ends (,), a generally square bottom (,). The container has an elongated openable seal along the top of the two sides. The sides are of a height of between one to two times that of the major side dimension of the bottom. The container is reconfigurable between a closed configuration with the top seal closed and an open, self standing configuration with a squared off open top.

Convertible package and bowl type container

Containers (56) are produced from a sheet of flexible sheet material (10) having a sealable inner layer (12). The material is cut to expose the sealable inner layer when the material is folded upon itself so as to form a container having side seams (58) extending past the end walls of the container to prevent breaching and internal tabs (30) to prevent capillary leakage.

Container and method of manufacturing same from a web of flexible

A method and apparatus is disclosed for mounting constructing a flexible a tubular fitment (10) to a flexible container (11) and to the resulting product. The fitment is mounted upon a mandrel (24) having an extendable bearings in the form of an annular array of balls (27). The mandrel supporting the fitment is positioned within the container body (11) and the assembly positioned in heat sealing dies (33,34) having an annular channel (35) sized to receive the fitment. The dies have a groove (36) extending from the channel. The balls are then outwardly extended into the groove and the mandrel rotated to cause the balls to orbit in a circle and seal the fitment to the flexible container oven an annular protrusion (38).

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Acworth, GA, United States of America

Jerry E Buchanan