Patent ID: 7147597

Claim:
A method of fabricating a multisided flexible bottle that includes a neck section containing a fitment, a transition section, a body section, and a bottom section, which method comprises the steps of: providing a fabricating machine which accepts webs at an input and processes said webs between said input and an output, said webs being processed being fed from said input toward said output; feeding a plurality of webs into said fabricating machine, said webs being comprised of flexible films, said webs being disposed so as to provide i) top and bottom laminations, and ii) at least one folded gusset; forming initial perimeter seams defining at least said neck section, but not including said bottom section, said neck section being the portion of said bottle fed into said machine first; cutting away the material outside said perimeter seams at said neck section; inserting a fitment into said neck section, said insertion being in the direction said web is being fed; forming the perimeter seams around the portions of said bottle not formed in the initial perimeter seaming step; severing said bottle from said web; and sealing said neck section to said fitment.