Patent ID: 9745103
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A container including: a front panel and a rear panel; a first gusset joining a first side of said front panel to a first side of said rear panel; a second gusset joining a second side of said front panel to a second side of said rear panel; wherein the front panel, the rear panel and the first and second gussets are formed from a single sheet of material, wherein lateral edges of said single sheet of material are sealed together by a fin seal; an opening being formed by an edge of said front and rear panels and said first and second gussets; a self-mating zipper sealed to an interior of said front and rear panels and said first and second gussets, extending around an entire interior periphery of the container, downwardly adjacent from said opening, the fin seal maintaining ends of the zipper proximate to each other, the self-mating zipper being oriented in a transverse direction along said single sheet of material, ends of the self-mating zipper being proximate to corresponding lateral edges of said single sheet of material; wherein said self-mating. zipper includes a single web with plurality of engaging track elements each track element including a stern and an enlarged engaging head, the enlarged engaging heads extending continuously around an entire periphery of the container, parallel to said opening, whereby a first portion of said single web can engage a second portion of said single web in a plurality of different configurations and thereby through a plurality of alignments; and wherein said sell-mating zipper provides a first closed position and a second closed position for the container, the first closed position including the first and second gussets folded inwardly and positioned between the front and rear panels, the second closed position including the first and second gussets folded outwardly and extending outwardly from edges of the front and rear panels.