Patent ID: 7087130

Claim:
The method of manufacturing a bag adapted to receive an article, comprising: rotating a first roller having one or both of a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protuberances that define a first structure and a second structure; wherein the first structure is one of a receiving feature and an insertion feature and the second structure is the other of the receiving feature and the insertion feature; rotating a second roller adjacent to the first roller, said second roller can feed a first film adjacent to the first roller; continuously applying a molten material between the first roller and the film; said molten material and the first film forming within the plurality of recesses of the first roller, and being redistributed by the plurality of protuberances of the first roller, and said molten material and the first film moving between the first roller and the second roller forming a first panel with a first structure and a second structure; wherein the first and second structure form a mechanism for closing the bag that is substantially transverse to a flow of the first molten material and the first film onto the rollers; forming a second panel; and mating the first panel to the second panel in order to form a bag.