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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2001
Panagiotis Kinigakis, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Kenneth Pokusa, Willowbrook, IL (US);
Orestes Rivero, Skokie, IL (US);
Joseph R. Brooks, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Kelly Elizabeth Arnold, Chicago, IL (US);
Panagiotis Kinigakis, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Kenneth Pokusa, Willowbrook, IL (US);
Orestes Rivero, Skokie, IL (US);
Joseph R. Brooks, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Kelly Elizabeth Arnold, Chicago, IL (US);
Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A flexible package is provided with a shrouded slide fastener closure. The shroud includes an opening for the slide, extending to a line of weakness joining the shroud to the remainder of the flexible package. The opening includes an acute angle portion communicating with the line of weakness to facilitate tearing of the shroud from the flexible package.