Patent ID: 6030122
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A reclosable package for a consumer product, said reclosable package comprising:a front panel and a rear panel, said front and rear panels being joined to one another to form a package tube sealed transversely at a top and a bottom by a top seal and a bottom seal, respectively;a male interlocking profile attached to one of said front and rear panels transversely thereacross within sad package tube adjacent to said top seal, said male interlocking profile having a male interlocking member; anda female interlocking profile attached to the other of said front and rear panels transversely thereacross within said package tube adjacent to said top seal, said female interlocking profile having a female interlocking member, said female interlocking member having a channel wherein said male interlocking member is snappingly engaged to join said male and female interlocking profiles together,said male interlocking member being configured so as to enable said male interlocking profile to be separated from said female interlocking profile with a smaller opening force when being separated in a direction toward said top seal than in a direction toward said bottom seal.