Patent ID: 6792740
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: B31B

Abstract:
A method of making and filling a reclosable package comprising a zipper closure and a slider device, the method comprising:(a) providing a closure construction having a first closure profile and a second closure profile, the closure construction having a length approximately equal to the package width; (b) providing a slider device constructed and arranged for mounting on the closure construction and for interlocking the first closure profile with the second closure profile when the slider device is moved in a first direction, and for disengaging the first closure profile from the second closure profile when the slider device is moved in a second opposite direction; (c) mounting the slider device onto the closure construction; (d) attaching the closure construction with the slider device mounted thereon transversely across a first half of a film web; (e) attaching the closure construction with the slider device mounted thereon transversely across a second half of the film web; (f) forming a first side edge, a bottom edge, and a top edge, the top edge proximate to the closure construction with the slider mounted thereon and opposite to the bottom edge, and leaving unsealed an open side edge adjacent the top edge and the bottom edge and opposite the first side edge; (g) filling the resealable package through the open side edge with an item; and (h) forming a second side edge to seal the open side edge after filling, the second side edge connecting the bottom edge and the top edge.