Patent ID: 6984067
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: B31B,B32B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bag comprising a laminated film, wherein: the laminated film comprises: the outer-layer-film directly contacts the intermediate layer and is fixedly adhered to the intermediate layer; the intermediate layer directly contacts the water-soluble film and is adhered to the water-soluble film so as to be peelable from the water-soluble film; a first portion and a second portion of the laminated film are heat sealed together so that the water-soluble film of the first portion and the water-soluble film of the second portion are in contact, thus forming a tube defined by a third portion of the laminated film located between the first and second portions, the tube being lined on its interior with the water soluble film; the first, second and third portions of the laminated film are in contact along a boundary line; the tube includes a first section having a first part and a second part, the first part and the second part being heat sealed together so that the water-soluble film of the first part and the water-soluble film of the second part are in contact, thus creating the bag including a region that will accommodate a commodity, the region being occluded relative to a first end of the tube; an end of the boundary line contacts an edge of the laminated film at the first end of the tube; the tube includes a second section in an outside area positioned between the first section and the first end of the tube, parts of the water-soluble film not being heat sealed together in the second section; the second section is formed either (i) on one side of the boundary line so as to be contiguous with the boundary line, or (ii) on both sides of the boundary line astride the boundary line; and a part of a peripheral edge of the second section coincides with the first end of the tube and includes the end of the boundary line.