Patent ID: 7186025

Claim:
A gusseted bag, comprising a body having opposing broad face panels defining a volume therebetween for holding a quantity of contents, an end of the body forming an expandable gusset between the broad face panels; and a reclosable bag closure between a folding region of the expandable gusset and a corresponding adjacent edge region of one of the broad face panels, the closure comprising elongated, mating bands of hooks and hook-engageable fibers, the gusset folding region and the corresponding adjacent edge region of the broad face panel overlapping the bands of hooks and hook-engageable fibers, such that when the closure is opened a bag opening is formed between the expandable gusset and said one of the broad face panels of the bag, to access the bag contents, wherein the bag closure comprises a unitary, folded strip carrying the mating bands on a front face thereof, a back face of the folded closure strip defining one side of a fill opening.