Patent ID: 7036988
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package comprising: a receptacle comprising first and second walls having upper portions that form a mouth; a valve penetrating one of said first or second walls and operable to allow the evacuation of air from the interior of said receptacle; a zipper comprising first and second mutually interlockable zipper parts joined at opposite ends of said zipper, said first zipper part being joined to or integrally formed with said upper portion of said first wall, and said second zipper part being joined to or integrally formed with said upper portion of said second wall; and a peelable hermetic seal disposed between said first and second zipper parts for hermetically sealing said mouth, wherein said hermetic seal comprises a first coating covering a longitudinal area on a surface of said first zipper part, said longitudinal area extending the length of said mouth, said first coating being in contact with either a surface of said second zipper part or a second coating on said surface of said second zipper part, said first coating remaining on said surface of said first zipper part and peeling apart from said surface of said second zipper part or said second coating thereon when said first and second zipper parts are separated in the region of said hermetic seal to unseal said hermetic seal, wherein said first zipper part comprises first and second interlockable means, and said second zipper part comprises third and fourth interlockable means that are respectively interlockable with said first and second interlockable means, said second and fourth interlockable means being located on a consumer side of said first and third interlockable means, and said first coating is disposed between said first and second interlockable means.