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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Gary D. Ennis, Wichita Falls, TX (US);
Larry W. DePoorter, Wichita Falls, TX (US);
Cryovac, Inc., Duncan, SC (US);
Abstract
An end-seal patch bag has a patch which extends more than 50 percent of the total transverse distance around the bag, the patch covering at least a portion of at least one side edge of the bag. A side-seal patch bag has a patch which extends more than 50 percent of the total longitudinal distance around the bag, the patch covering at least a portion of the bottom edge of the bag. For both end-seal and side-seal patch bags, the patch covers at least a portion of each lay-flat side of the bag. The invention includes a process for making these end-seal and side-seal patch bags, as well as packaged products utilizing these patch bags. By providing a patch which covers more than just one lay-flat side of the bag, the use of a second patch can be avoided, together with the inefficiency, alignment, and registration challenges encountered if more than one patch is applied to the bag.