Patent ID: 11919691
Assignee: AMCOR FLEXIBLES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A thermoplastic flexible package comprising:
a first non-shrinkable panel and an opposing second non-shrinkable panel;
a first shrinkable panel and an opposing second shrinkable panel;
a panel seal connecting each the first non-shrinkable panel to the first shrinkable panel, the first non-shrinkable panel to the second shrinkable panel, the second non-shrinkable panel to the first shrinkable panel and the second non-shrinkable panel to the second shrinkable panel;
a first seal connecting the first shrinkable panel and the second shrinkable panel; and
a second seal opposing the first seal that connects the first and second non-shrinkable panels and the first and second shrinkable panels;
wherein the first and second non-shrinkable panels and the first and second shrinkable panels each include a first longitudinal edge that opposes a second longitudinal edge and each panel includes a first upper transverse edge that opposes a second lower transverse edge,
wherein the first non-shrinkable panel and the second non-shrinkable panel oppose each other such that the first upper transverse edges and the second lower transverse edges correspond with each other,
wherein the first shrinkable panel and the second shrinkable panel oppose each other such that the first upper transverse edges and the second lower transverse edges correspond with each other,
wherein the panel seals connect the longitudinal edges of the first and second non-shrinkable panels to the first and second shrinkable panels,
wherein the first non-shrinkable panel and the second non-shrinkable panel each forms a gusset,
and wherein the second seal includes the second lower transverse edges of the first and second non-shrinkable panels and the first and second shrinkable panels.