Patent ID: 6857779

Claim:
A flexible bag for packaging pourable contents such as dry cereal, the bag being formed of sheet material and comprising: front and back wall panels each having a rectilinearly shaped surface and top, bottom, and first and second side edges, for each of said wall panels said top and bottom edges are parallel to, and the same length as, each other; and the top and bottom edges are longer than the first and second side edges; a first gusseted side panel having a bottom edge, and first and second side edges with a length of said first and second side edges of said first gusseted side panel and said first edges of said back and front wall panels being the same length; a second gusseted side panel having a bottom edge, and first and second side edges with a length of said first and second side edges of said second gusseted side panel being at least two thirds the length of said second edges of said back and front wall panels; and a bottom panel having a rectilinearly shaped surface with front, back, and first and second side edges, said front and back edges being opposite each other and said first and second side edges being opposite each other; said front and back edges being the same length as said bottom edges of said front and back wall panels; and said first and second side edges being the same length as said bottom edge of said first and second gusseted side panels, respectively; and wherein said front and back edges of said bottom panel and said bottom edges of said front and back wall panels are sealed together, respectively; said first and second side edges of said bottom panel and said bottom edges of said first and second gusseted side panels are sealed together, respectively; said first side edge of each of said front and back wall panels and said first and second side edges of said first gusseted side panel are sealed together, respectively; said top edges of said front and back wall panels are sealed together; and said first and second side edges of said second gusseted side panel, beginning at the bottom edge of said second gusseted side panel, are sealed to said second side edges of said front and back wall panels, respectively, forming a pouch between interior surfaces of each of said front and back wall panels, said bottom panel and each of said first and second gusseted side panels with an opening defined along the second side edges of said front and back wall panels extending between the top edges of the front and back wall panels and a top point of said second gusseted side panel.