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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2011
Deborah A. Lyzenga, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Jeffrey Thomas Weber, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Louis Peter Fenech, Iii, Morristown, NJ (US);
Leonard Scarola, Cary, NC (US);
Rachel Leichte, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Marty Golden, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Paul E. Doll, Madison, WI (US);
Deborah A. Lyzenga, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Jeffrey Thomas Weber, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Louis Peter Fenech, III, Morristown, NJ (US);
Leonard Scarola, Cary, NC (US);
Rachel Leichte, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Marty Golden, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Paul E. Doll, Madison, WI (US);
Intercontinental Great Brands LLC, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Abstract
Flexible film packages having a partial, initial seal against ambient atmosphere and are easily openable and reclosable. The flexible film packages are generally resealable to extend the shelf-life or freshness of products contained therein once the package is initially opened. By one approach, the flexible film has two opposing edge portions that meet to form a longitudinal seal extending from a first end seal to a second end seal. The flexible film may have a score that defines a package opening. An elongated closure layer may extend over the score and may extend from a first end seal to a second end seal and within the opposing edge portions that form the longitudinal seal. The elongated closure layer may have a tack-free gripping portion used to release at least a portion of the elongated closure from the flexible film to form the package opening.