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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1997
Steven H Simonsen, Neenah, WI (US);
Reynolds Consumer Product, Inc., Appleton, WI (US);
Abstract
A flexible reclosable package comprises first and second opposing films and first and second closure profiles attached to inner surfaces of the respective first and second films. The first closure profile includes a first closure element and a first lower lateral flange extending downward from the first closure element. The second closure profile includes a second closure element and a second lower lateral flange extending downward from the second closure element. The first and second closure elements are releasably engaged with each other. To render the package child resistant, the first and second closure profiles are free of respective graspable upper flanges extending upward from the respective first and second closure elements. The first and second closure profiles are free of mechanical means operably coupled thereto such that the first and second closure profiles are disengaged by grasping the first and second films below the first and second closure elements and pulling the first and second films in opposite directions.