Watertight closure for a reclosable package
US6854886B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/45152
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A watertight closure for a reclosable package has first and second mutually interlocking profiles. Together, the profiles have two sets of interlocking members, one on either side of a central portion. There, at least one profile has a collapsible member in its central portion. The other profile may have a compressing member or a collapsible member opposite to the collapsible member, or it may have neither. In any event, when the first and second mutually interlocking profiles are joined to one another, the collapsible member encounters and compresses against the other profile to create a watertight seal.
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