Patent ID: 8066137

Claim:
A flexible, stackable container that is used for storing a quantity of a product and has: 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; (ii) has at least three folds in the film that are parallel to the lateral edges of the film and forms corners that define opposite edges of top, bottom, front, and back panels of the package; (iii) has secondary folds in the film that are parallel to the at least three folds and bring an inner surface of the top and bottom panels into contact with corresponding portions of an inner surface of the front and back panels, the contacting inner surfaces being sealed and forming corner seals that extend outwardly from and border more than two sides of both the top and bottom 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 portion of one lateral side of the container, said lateral side portion thereby comprising two layers of film; and (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 an outer surface of the package, forming a part of an opposed lateral side of the container, the package being sealed once, the leading seal, the trailing seal, and the seal between the portions of the film proximate the lateral edges are formed; and, a lid fitment that: (i) is attached to one of the sides of the package that have the corner seals; (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 and seals down onto the base, wherein a portion of the surface of the package is accessible from the exterior of the container when the lid is separated from the base of the lid fitment.