Patent ID: 7263813

Claim:
A method for packaging products, comprising the steps of: supplying a continuous length of packaging film having opposed longitudinal edges; advancing the packaging film to accommodate a product; supplying a zipper having a first profile with a first interlocking member and a second profile with a second interlocking member with the first and second interlocking members in an interengaged position; attaching the first profile to the packaging film transverse to the longitudinal edges of the packaging film; cutting the packaging film adjacent to the first profile to form a packaging sheet; folding the packaging sheet at a fold transverse to the longitudinal edges; sealing opposing inner surfaces of the longitudinal edges to form an envelope; placing the envelope in a box with the zipper and an opposing face of the envelope opposite to the zipper protruding from the box; placing the product into an envelope in the box; sealing the second profile of the zipper to the packaging sheet while the envelope is in the box; and forming a reclosable product package in the box.