Patent ID: 8231024

Claim:
A flexible, stackable container that is used for storing a quantity of a product, comprising: a sealed package that: (i) is formed from a single sheet of film that has oppositely disposed lateral edges and oppositely disposed leading and trailing edges, the sheet of film being wrapped inwardly with portions of the film proximate the lateral edges being sealed to each other forming an edge seal having an interior surface and an exterior surface; (ii) has at least three first folds in the film that are parallel to the lateral edges of the film and define opposite edges of top, bottom, front, and back panels of the package; (iii) has second folds in the film that are parallel to the at least three first folds and bring an inner surface of the top panel into contact with corresponding portions of an inner surface of the front and back panels of the package, the contacting inner surfaces being sealed and forming corner seals that extend outwardly from and border more than two sides of the top panel of the package; (iv) has front and rear side portions of the leading edge of the film that are sealed together with inner surfaces of the film proximate thereto forming a leading seal that is folded over and attached to corresponding portions of an outer surface of the package, forming a part of a lateral side of the container; (v) has front and rear side portions of the trailing edge of the film that are sealed together with inner surfaces of the film proximate thereto forming a trailing seal that is folded over and attached to corresponding portions of the outer surface of the package, forming a part of an opposed lateral side of the container, the package being sealed once the edge seal, the leading seal, and the trailing seal are formed, the edge seal being disposed along the outer surface of the package with the interior surface of the edge seal extending along a portion of the lateral side of the container toward one of the front and back panels of the package; and a lid fitment that: (i) is attached to the top panel of the package; (ii) has a base that has a central opening; and (iii) has a lid that has a shape that is complementary to the shape of the base for sealing the package, wherein a portion of the top panel is accessible from an exterior of the container when the lid is separated from the base of the lid fitment.