Patent ID: 8613548

Claim:
A flexible pouch for containing a product, said pouch comprising: a pouch panel having a pair of side edges extending between an upper edge and an opposite bottom edge, a side seal sealing said pair of side edges to form a pouch body, an upper seal extending across said upper edge, said upper seal having one end adjacent said side seal and an opposite end adjacent a central portion of said pouch panel, said pouch body formed such that said bottom edge has a curvilinear shape having one end adjacent said side seal and an opposite end adjacent said central portion of said pouch panel, said curvilinear bottom edge having a curvilinear bottom seal extending along the curvilinear bottom edge to distribute a force from the product evenly across the curvilinear bottom seal, the curvilinear bottom seal having a lowermost bottom edge and an inner edge, said lowermost bottom edge and said inner edge being parallel curves that define the curvilinear shape of the curvilinear bottom seal, the curvilinear bottom seal extending from said central portion of said pouch panel to said side seal, said curvilinear bottom seal forms a continuous connection with said side seal; a second partial bottom seal formed coincident with the curvilinear bottom seal, the second partial bottom seal is formed along the lowermost edge of the curvilinear bottom seal, and has a predetermined length and a predetermined width that is less than a corresponding width and length of the curvilinear bottom seal; and an opening device integrally formed in the pouch body for accessing the product contained within the pouch.