Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Zipbox License, Llc.

Universal Synergetics, Inc.

Neil J Kozarsky

Stephen P Belko

John A Caporaso

Kenny E McCracken

Eliot M Kozarsky

Frank J Kelly

Eric Paul Plourde

Robert E Hogan

John A Carporaso

Various embodiments of the container of the type with a semi-rigid or rigid container portion and reclosable header are provided.

Enhancement for package with plastic header

A combined box and resealable bag includes a paperboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall. The box walls have upper ends and lower ends, inside surfaces and outside surfaces. The upper end of each of the box walls is folded outwardly and downwardly so that the inside surface of each of the upper ends forms a strip that faces outwardly. The inside surfaces of the box walls, including the outwardly facing strips, have a thermal plastic coating thereon. The combination also includes a bag made of flexible plastic material having a zippered top and downwardly extending front and rear bag walls. While the box is still in its flat blank condition, the lower edge portion of the bag walls are heat sealed to the outwardly facing strips on the box blank. Thereafter, the front, rear and side walls of the box blank are expanded to form a box.

Combined box and resealable bag

Bag-on-container assemblies and bag-in-container assemblies are disclosed. The container may include a paperboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a top wall. The inside surfaces of the box walls, including the outwardly facing strips, may have a thermal plastic coating thereon. The bag component of each type of assembly may include a closure member for to enable resealing of the bag component.

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Mount Laurel, NJ, United States of America

Neil J Kozarsky