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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1994
Dana P Gruenbacher, Fairfield, OH (US);
Dale E Barker, Hamilton, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A reclosable pouch package for dispensing a product has a fitment in a folded end of the pouch. A substantially rigid fitment has an inner end, an outer end, and an orifice therethrough extending from the inner end to the outer end. The fitment also has a planar flange at the inner end. The pouch is formed from a substantially rectangular piece of thermoplastic film. The piece of film has a hole therein. Around the hole a depression is formed in the film either by thermoforming or cold forming. The depression is sized such that when the flange of the fitment is bonded to the film at the hole, and the piece of film is folded away from the fitment and fin-sealed closed, the folded end of the resulting pouch has minimal concavity and the pouch has parallel side seals.