Patent ID: 7204641

Claim:
A flexible, reclosable container comprising: a pair of sidewalls forming a mouth having first and second sides, said mouth having first and second ends, each of said first and second sides of said mouth having a top edge; a first interlockable profile attached proximate the top edge of a first side of said mouth, said first profile having a first end and a second end, the first end of said first profile being attached proximate the first end of said mouth; a second interlockable profile attached proximate the top edge of a second side of said mouth, said second profile having a first end and a second end, the first end of said second profile being attached proximate the first end of said mouth, said first profile and said second profile being adapted and configured to releasably interlock with each other; a slider slidingly coupled to said first profile and said second profile such that sliding said slider in a first direction toward the first end of said mouth interlocks said first profile to said second profile, and sliding said slider in a second direction toward the second end of said mouth unlocks said first profile from said second profile; wherein the first end of said first profile is not attached to the first end of said second profile, and the second end of said first profile is attached to the second end of said second profile by an end stop for obstructing movement of said slider past the second end; a gusset joining said first side of said mouth to said second side of said mouth at the first end, said gusset having a top, wherein said first interlockable profile is higher than the top of the gusset, and said second interlockable file is higher than the top of said gusset; and a peelable seal extending across at least a portion of the top of said gusset.