Patent ID: 8689976

Claim:
An improved peel-open pouch for sterilized articles, said pouch having first and second films comprising a front wall and a rear wall, said front and rear walls being heat-sealed to each other along two side edges and a bottom edge thereof, a fourth edge having a sealable inlet, the rear wall at the fourth edge having a flap extending beyond the front wall at the fourth edge, the flap being bendable to overlap the front wall adjacent the fourth end, the flap having an adhesive material on a surface thereof such that when the flap overlaps the front wall and adjacent rear wall portion, the flap is adhesively secured to the front wall and said adjacent portion to form a fully enclosed space within the pouch, the improvement comprising at least first and second indicia spaced apart across the width of the peel-open pouch providing alignment means for positioning a rear wall fourth edge at and covering a portion of both of said first and second indicia upon bending of the flap wherein each of the first and second indicia spaced apart across the width of the peel-open pouch for providing alignment means comprise a first pair of alignment marks adjacent one of the two side edges and longitudinally spaced apart and a second pair of alignment marks adjacent the other of the two side edges and longitudinally spaced apart such that when said flap is adhered to the front wall to form the fully enclosed space within the pouch only one of each pair of alignment marks is covered by the flap.