Patent ID: 6478465
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
An integral peel tab assembly having an internal non-removable non-adhesive layer releasably secured by a non-removable tacky adhesive providing an opening mechanism for a multiwall bag, the peel tab assembly requiring only the removal therefrom of an external adhesive-covering release layer to permanently adhere the peel tab assembly to a bag surface comprising:a removable external release layer; a first permanent adhesive layer covered at a first surface thereof by said removable external release layer for removal from said first permanent adhesive layer to make said first permanent adhesive layer an external layer for adhering said peel tab assembly to a bag wall: a carrier layer adhered at one surface to a second surface of said adhesive layer; a non-removable tacky releasable adhesive at a second surface of said carrier layer; a non-tacky, non-adhesive internal release layer releasably and re-securably adhered at a first surface thereof to said tacky releasable adhesive, wherein the internal release layer is non-removable from the peel tab assembly; a second permanent adhesive layer being an internal layer and arranged on a second surface of said internal release layer; an outer layer adhered to said internal second permanent adhesive layer; wherein, said peel tab assembly capable of being positioned to have a section thereof folded within a foldable closure end of a multiwall bag and having sufficient length to provide a second section thereof extending away from a said foldable closure end, said internal release layer being non-removable from the peel tab assembly and being repeatedly releasable from said non-removable tacky adhesive to open a foldable bag closure and repeatedly re-securable to close a foldable bag closure.