Aesthetically pleasing snap closure for flexible packages with means for facilitating automated application to flexible packages, flexible packages including the same, and apparatus for applying snap closures to flexible packages
US6994470B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/4406
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A flexible package comprising an integral snap-closure and a method and apparatus for applying the snap closure to the package is disclosed. The snap closure is arranged to enable the repeated opening and closing of a mouth of the package and includes a segmented male closure element and a segmented female closure element that are arranged to snap-fit together. A pair of optional overlay strips may be provided to obscure the male and female closure elements to provide an enhanced aesthetically pleasing package.
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