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Adhesive closure for flexible bag

US5575747A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 1995
Grant dateNov 19, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2401/55
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A resealable flexible thermoplastic bag including a front wall and a back wall, said walls being joined along the major portions of their opposite longitudinal edges and bottom; an open mouth adjacent to the top edge of said bag; a closure near the open mouth of said bag including an adhesive strip affixed to a first inner surface of one of a front wall or rear wall of a bag at a preselected distance from the opening of the bag; and a first roughened surface strip affixed to a second inner surface of one of a front wall or rear wall of a bag at a preselected distance from the opening of the bag; said roughened surface of said bag being pressable against and into said adhesive strip on said first inner surface, whereby a seal is formed by contacting said adhesive strip with said roughened surface of said second inner surface.

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