Patent ID: 6691383
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: A44B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A reclosable bag formed from a bag-making film and having opposed film walls, a bottom and a top, said reclosable bag including:a first interlockable profile having a longitudinally extending locking portion with said locking portion of the first profile sealed along the top of a first of the film walls, said locking portion having at least two continuous spaced apart interlockable members extending along a base with a stabilizing rib therebetween said stabilizing rib includes an area of weakness; a second interlockable profile having a longitudinally extending locking portion with said locking portion of the second profile sealed along the top of a second of the film walls, said locking portion of the second interlockable profile having at least two spaced continuous interlockable members therealong separated by a bridge portion, the interlockable members of the second profile being engageable with the interlockable members of the first profile; wherein said stabilizing rib is at least initially sealed to said bridge portion; and wherein a distal end of said stabilizing rib is formed as a ball, and said area of weakness is between said ball and said base.