Patent ID: 7048442
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package comprising: a receptacle having an enclosed interior volume, wherein said receptacle comprises first and second walls and first and second gussets, said first and second gussets being disposed on opposing sides of said receptacle, said first gusset comprising first and second gusset panels, said first and second gusset panels being connected to each other at a fold in said first gusset, said first gusset panel being connected to a top portion of said first wall at a first top fold, and said second gusset panel being connected to a top portion of said second wall at a second top fold, and said second gusset comprising third and fourth gusset panels, said third and fourth gusset panels being connected to each other at a fold in said second gusset, said third gusset panel being connected to a bottom portion of said first wall at a first bottom fold, and said fourth gusset panel being connected to a bottom portion of said second wall at a second bottom fold, said first wall extending from said first top fold to said first bottom fold without a zone in which one portion of said first wall is joined to another portion of said first wall, and a flexible zipper comprising a folded web and first and second mutually interlocked profiled closure members integrally formed with and disposed inside said folded web, wherein said first gusset is joined to said folded web over the entire area of said first gusset, a first portion of said folded web being disposed between said first and second gusset panels.