Patent ID: 6726364
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A bubble seal apparatus for easily opening a storage package, comprising:enclosure material forming a chamber within the package for containing a stored article; chamber access region proximate the edge of the package; band seal extending along the access region formed by opposed laminae of enclosure material pressed into sealing engagement; a breaching bubble within the band seal enclosed between the opposed laminae; an inner seal portion within the band seal between the bubble and the chamber, formed by the opposed laminae; an outer seal portion within the band seal between the bubble and the edge of the apparatus, formed by the opposed laminae; the bubble is expandable towards the edge of the apparatus by applied pressure separating the opposed laminae, until the bubble breaches at the edge creating an edge breach in the outer seal portion; and opposed peel flaps formed by the opposed laminae of the outer seal portion along the edge breach as the bubble breaches, which flaps are peeled apart separating the opposed laminae to open the band seal.