Patent ID: 6177172
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B31B,B65B,B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A film in combination with reclosable fastener assemblies for making reclosable bags, comprising:a rectangular sheet of film having two parallel side edges and a top edge and a bottom edge, said film being maintained in a flat unfolded state and having an inside surface and an outside surface, and said inside surface creating the inside of said reclosable bags formed from said film;a plurality of reclosable fastener assemblies each with two elongated interlocking profile strips and having two opposite ends, each of said reclosable fastener assemblies being maintained in interlocked relationship and oriented perpendicular to said side edges of said rectangular sheet of film, said fastener assemblies being positioned a single bag length apart and space beyond said ends of each said fastener assembly forming sides of said film with the combined length of said sides being greater than the length of said fastener assembly, each said fastener assembly being connected to the inside surface of said film;each said fastener assembly having one of said profile strips defining a groove and the other of said profile strips defining a protuberance, said groove of said one profile strip being formed in a groove body and said protuberance of said other profile strip being formed in a protuberance body, said protuberance of said protuberance body being lockingly received in said groove of said groove body; andeach said fastener assembly having a continuous elongated leg connected to said groove body and a continuous elongated arm connected to said protuberance body, said continuous leg extending from the side of said fastener assembly opposite said continuous arm, said continuous leg and said continuous arm being greater than the width of said bodies of each said profile strip whereby a portion of one of said arm and said leg connecting said fastener assembly to said film is spaced away from said bodies.