Easy open and reclosable package with die-cut web and reclosure mechanism

US8727621B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cryovac, LLC · US

Inventors

• Joseph E. Owensby · Spartanburg, US
• Howard Dean Conner · Mauldin, US
• Billy W. Austin · Duncan, US
• Hubert J. Cook · Simpsonville, US
• Andrew W. Moehlenbrock · Simpsonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 13, 2012
• Grant date: May 20, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 2, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2575/586
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a reclosure mechanism including a first and second interlocking strip each having an interlocking segment having a base surface and an interlocking surface; a die cut in a first panel, the die cut defining a die cut segment so arranged that when the die cut segment is displaced, and the package is opened, a product can be accessed between the first and second interlocking strips, the first and second interlocking surfaces are at least partially exposed, and the package can thereafter be reclosed by folding the package such that the interlocking surface of the first interlocking strip is interlocked with the interlocking surface of the second interlocking strip. The first and second strips are not exposed until the package is initially opened, and are not interlocked with one another until the package is initially opened and then reclosed.