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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2005
Edward Anthony Bezek, Frisco, TX (US);
Eduard Edwards, Arlington, TX (US);
Joseph Paul Sagel, Highland Village, TX (US);
Steven Kenneth Tucker, Hurst, TX (US);
Edward Anthony Bezek, Frisco, TX (US);
Eduard Edwards, Arlington, TX (US);
Joseph Paul Sagel, Highland Village, TX (US);
Steven Kenneth Tucker, Hurst, TX (US);
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for making a vertical stand up package having one or more open or closed compartments within the package, and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same, constructed by modification to existing vertical form, fill and seal packaging machines. The invention involves producing a flat bottom bag that can stand upright having an internal compartment from a single sheet of flexible packaging film. A different product can be placed into the compartment. The compartment can also be used as a dipping well. In one aspect a multi-compartment package can be made.