Patent ID: 8328421

Claim:
A reclosable pouch comprising: a front wall having top and bottom edges and left and right side edges, a rear wall having top and bottom edges and left and right side edges, a folded bottom gusset disposed between lowermost portions of said front and rear walls and having first and second bottom edges and left and right side edges, and an airtight closure disposed between and joined to uppermost portions of said front and rear walls, wherein said front and rear walls are joined to each other and to said folded bottom gusset by an array of seals comprising: a right side seal comprising an upper portion where said right side edges of said front and rear walls are joined together and a lower portion where said right side edges of the front and rear walls are joined to said right side edge of said folded bottom gusset; a left side seal comprising an upper portion where said left side edges of said front and rear walls are joined together and a lower portion where said left side edges of the front and rear walls are joined to said left side edge of said folded bottom gusset; a left interior seal that is parallel to and spaced apart from said left side seal, said left interior seal comprising an upper portion where said front and rear walls are joined together and a lower portion where said front and rear walls are joined to said folded bottom gusset; and a first bottom seal where said bottom edge of said front wall is joined to one of said first and second bottom edges of said folded bottom gusset; and a second bottom seal where said bottom edge of said rear wall is joined to the other of said first and second bottom edges of said folded bottom gusset, and wherein portions of said front and rear walls that span a space between said left side seal and said left interior seal form a left collapsible channel that ends at said bottom edges of said front and rear walls, and portions of said folded bottom gusset that span said space between said left side seal and said left interior seal form a portion of said left collapsible channel, a storage chamber internal to said pouch and the ambient atmosphere external to said pouch being in fluid communication via said left collapsible channel when said left collapsible channel is open along its entire length.