Patent ID: 8122693

Claim:
A web forming apparatus for use with a packaging machine in which a web of deformable material is formed into a series of packages, each of which has a pocket adapted for packaging a product, comprising: a support member configured to be coupled to a receiver forming a part of the packaging machine; a forming box coupled to the support member, wherein the forming box comprises a series of wall members coupled to a base member, and wherein the base member is secured to the support member, wherein the series of wall members have inwardly facing surfaces and the base member has an upwardly facing surface that together with the inwardly facing surfaces of the wall members define an interior volume having an open top, wherein the forming box is adapted for movement by the receiver of the packaging machine into contact with the web such that the web is positioned over the open top of the interior volume, wherein the web is subsequently drawn into the interior volume and into contact with the upwardly facing surface of the base member to form the pocket in the web adapted to receive the product to be packaged; and wherein the base member of the box is coupled to the support member by a bonding agent.