Patent ID: 7011448
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A flexible bag for packaging pourable contents such as dry cereal, the bag being formed of sheet material and comprising: first and second wall panels each having a polygonally shaped surface with first, second, third and fourth edges, for each of said wall panels said first and second edges are parallel to each other with said second edge being longer than said first edge; said fourth edge is perpendicular to an end of each of said first and second edges; said third edge intersects another end of each of said first and second edges with an included angle other tan 90°; said third edge is longer than said fourth edge; and each of the first and second edges are longer than each of the third and fourth edges; wherein said first, third and fourth edges of the first wall panel are sealed to the corresponding one of said first, third and fourth edges of the second wall panel, with the sealed first edges being a first side of the bag, the sealed third edges being atop of the bag, the sealed fourth edges being a bottom of the bag, and the surface of each of the first and second wall panels being a front and back of the bag, respectively, forming a four sided polygonally shaped pouch between an interior surface of each of said first and second wall panels; wherein said second edges of said wall panels are sealed to each other along at least two-thirds of the length of the second edges beginning at a first corner of each of said wall panels formed by an intersection of said second and fourth edges and extending to a point toward a second corner of each of said wall panels formed by the intersection of said second and third edges defining an opening into the bag between the second corner and said point along the second edges of each of said wall panels; wherein the opening has a reclosable closure sealed to an inner surface of each of said wall panels extending between said point and said sealed third edges adjacent said opening; and wherein when said closure is closed said pouch of the bag is closed and when said closure is open any contents within the pouch are pourable from the bag through said closure.