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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Joseph E. Owensby, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Howard Dean Conner, Mauldin, SC (US);
Billy W. Austin, Duncan, SC (US);
Hubert J. Cook, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Andrew W. Moehlenbrock, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Joseph E. Owensby, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Howard Dean Conner, Mauldin, SC (US);
Billy W. Austin, Duncan, SC (US);
Hubert J. Cook, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Andrew W. Moehlenbrock, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Cryovac, Inc., Duncan, SC (US);
Abstract
An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a reclosure mechanism including a first and second interlocking strip each having an interlocking segment having a base surface and an interlocking surface; a panel section so arranged that when the panel section is displaced, and the package is opened, a product can be accessed between the first and second interlocking strips, the first and second interlocking surfaces are at least partially exposed, and the package can thereafter be reclosed by folding the package such that the interlocking surface of the first interlocking strip is interlocked with the interlocking surface of the second interlocking strip. The first and second strips are not exposed until the package is initially opened, and are not interlocked with one another until the package is initially opened and then reclosed.