Patent ID: 6993886

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a package, comprising the following steps: (a) placing a zipper assembly on a web of bag making film, said zipper assembly comprising first and second flanges, said second flange having a length greater than the length of said first flange; (b) joining a portion of said first zipper flange to said web of bag making film along a first zone of joinder; (c) joining a first portion of said second zipper flange to said web of bag making film along a second zone of joinder spaced apart from said first zone of joinder and generally parallel thereto; (d) folding said web of bag making film along a fold line that runs generally parallel to and is located in proximity to said assembly, said assembly being sandwiched between a first portion of said web of bag making film extending on one side of said fold line and a second portion of said web of bag making film extending on the other side of said fold line, said first and second zones of joinder being located on said first portion of said web of bag making film; (e) joining a second portion of said second zipper flange to said second portion of said web of bag making film along a third zone of joinder; (f) joining said first and second portions of said web of bag making film along fourth and fifth zones of joinder that begin at spaced apart sections of said fold line and run in parallel with each other and generally perpendicular to said fold line, the terminations of said fourth and fifth zones of joinder demarcating the ends of an open end of the receptacle thus formed; (g) joining a third portion of said second zipper flange to said second portion of said web of bag making film along a sixth zone of joinder spaced apart from said third zone of joinder and generally parallel thereto; and (h) after all of the foregoing steps have been performed, filling said receptacle with material via said open end, wherein said second zipper flange comprises a web having first and second sides, said second, third and sixth zones of joinder being on said first side of said second zipper flange.