Patent ID: 7048441

Claim:
A coherent foil packaging web for the packaging of items or loose materials in individual foil bags comprising: a longitudinally-extending coherent series of formed, flat bags formed by two sides of the web welded to form transverse side edges of each foil bag; a mouth edge part having opposed mouth edge areas profiled for holding engagement by gripping and guiding elements of a packaging apparatus and including a closed upper edge, wherein said profiled opposed mouth edge areas comprise an extension of a side of the foil bag in a mouth area provided gripping means, and wherein the profiled opposed mouth edge areas are provided with discrete, longitudinally spaced apart fastening points formed between the two sides of the web and positioned between the closed upper edge and the transverse side edge of each bag so as to form a channel capable of receiving a carrier rod of a packaging apparatus and such that said gripping means is positioned in the opposed mouth edge areas between the closed upper edge and the fastening points.