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Patent No.:

US 12767388 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2024

Package having a lap or fin seal gap elimination feature

Applicant:

Mark Steele, New Prague, MN (US);

Inventor:

Mark Steele, New Prague, MN (US);

Assignee:

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorneys:

Carroll, Hoette & Butscher, LLC

Christopher R. Carroll

Primary Examiner:

Derek J Battisti

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 33/25 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29L 5/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B31B 70/60 (2017.01); B31B 70/81 (2017.01); B31B 150/10 (2017.01); B31B 160/10 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 33/2508 (2013.01); B31B 70/61 (2017.08); B31B 70/81 (2017.08); B31B 70/8133 (2017.08); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 66/133 (2013.01); B29C 66/4322 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 66/72321 (2013.01); B29C 66/8511 (2013.01); B29L 2005/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7128 (2013.01); B31B 2150/10 (2017.08); B31B 2160/10 (2017.08);
Abstract

A flexible package having a closure device and a lap or fin seal is provided that reduces or eliminates an air gap present at the fin or lap seal portion of packages. The package can include a film with a closure applied to the film. The flexible package can include a film having a closure device applied to the film transverse to the first and second side edges of the film, with the first side edge portion extending into the fin seal such that at least a portion of the first side edge portion eliminates an air gap between the fin or lap seal and at least one of the first and second side edge portions.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Steele, Mark. (2026). Package having a lap or fin seal gap elimination feature (U.S. Patent No. 12767388). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12767388

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