EP1263655A4 - A resealable bag for filling with food product(s) and method - Google Patents

A resealable bag for filling with food product(s) and method

Info

Publication number: EP1263655A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: filling; food product; resealable bag; resealable; bag
Prior art date: 1999-11-01
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP00965065A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1263655A1 (en

EP1263655B1 (en

Inventor

Aaron Strand

Karl L Linck

Thomas J Spaeth

Judy Fischer

Jerry D Kolbe

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Reynolds Presto Products Inc

Original Assignee

Pactiv LLC

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1999-11-01

Filing date

2000-09-15

Publication date

2012-05-16

1999-11-01 Priority claimed from US09/431,732 external-priority patent/US6360513B1/en

2000-09-15 Application filed by Pactiv LLC filed Critical Pactiv LLC

2002-12-11 Publication of EP1263655A1 publication Critical patent/EP1263655A1/en

2012-05-16 Publication of EP1263655A4 publication Critical patent/EP1263655A4/en

2014-07-02 Application granted granted Critical

2014-07-02 Publication of EP1263655B1 publication Critical patent/EP1263655B1/en

2020-09-15 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
- B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
- B65D33/25—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners
- B65D33/2508—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
- B31B70/74—Auxiliary operations
- B31B70/81—Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
- B31B70/813—Applying closures
- B31B70/8131—Making bags having interengaging closure elements
- B31B70/8132—Applying the closure elements in the machine direction

Landscapes

Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Bag Frames (AREA)
Packages (AREA)
Making Paper Articles (AREA)
Packging For Living Organisms, Food Or Medicinal Products That Are Sensitive To Environmental Conditiond (AREA)
Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)

EP00965065.6A 1999-11-01 2000-09-15 A resealable bag for filling with food product(s) and method Expired - Lifetime EP1263655B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US09/431,732 US6360513B1 (en)	1999-05-11	1999-11-01	Resealable bag for filling with food product(s) and method
US431732		1999-11-01
US47449399A	1999-12-29	1999-12-29
US474493		1999-12-29
PCT/US2000/025393 WO2001032521A1 (en)	1999-11-01	2000-09-15	A resealable bag for filling with food product(s) and method

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1263655A1 EP1263655A1 (en)	2002-12-11
EP1263655A4 true EP1263655A4 (en)	2012-05-16
EP1263655B1 EP1263655B1 (en)	2014-07-02

Family

ID=27029179

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP00965065.6A Expired - Lifetime EP1263655B1 (en)	1999-11-01	2000-09-15	A resealable bag for filling with food product(s) and method

Country Status (7)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1263655B1 (en)
AU (1)	AU7584900A (en)
CA (8)	CA2640895C (en)
ES (1)	ES2509819T3 (en)
MX (1)	MXPA02005252A (en)
PT (1)	PT1263655E (en)
WO (1)	WO2001032521A1 (en)

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US6467956B1 (en) *	2000-04-05	2002-10-22	Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.	Tamper evident package having slider device, and methods
US20020094137A1 (en) *	2001-01-16	2002-07-18	Schneider John H.	Tamper evident resealable packaging
NZ531366A (en) *	2001-08-24	2004-06-25	Pliant Corp	Scored tamper evident fastener tape
FR2832698B1 (en) *	2001-11-28	2004-07-09	Soplaril Sa	PACKAGING, TYPICALLY A BAG, WITH ORIENTED TEAR OPENING
US6918234B2 (en)	2002-02-21	2005-07-19	Pactiv Corporation	Process for attaching slider-operated closure on form-fill-seal packaging machinery
US20030172622A1 (en) *	2002-03-15	2003-09-18	Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.	Apparatus for manufacturing flexible packages having slide fasteners and for filling through the slide fasteners
WO2003106273A2 (en) *	2002-06-17	2003-12-24	Pliant Corporation	Peel seal tamper evident slider bag
GB0226388D0 (en) *	2002-11-13	2002-12-18	Supreme Plastics Holdings Ltd	Improvements in plastic bags and like containers
CH704109B1 (en) *	2004-10-07	2012-05-31	S2F Flexico	Bags made of paper and / or plastic.
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2000
- 2000-09-15 WO PCT/US2000/025393 patent/WO2001032521A1/en active Application Filing
- 2000-09-15 CA CA2640895A patent/CA2640895C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2000-09-15 CA CA002395947A patent/CA2395947C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2000-09-15 MX MXPA02005252A patent/MXPA02005252A/en active IP Right Grant
- 2000-09-15 CA CA2640712A patent/CA2640712C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2000-09-15 AU AU75849/00A patent/AU7584900A/en not_active Abandoned
- 2000-09-15 CA CA2640676A patent/CA2640676C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2000-09-15 CA CA2640839A patent/CA2640839C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2000-09-15 CA CA2640953A patent/CA2640953C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2000-09-15 CA CA2640716A patent/CA2640716C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2000-09-15 CA CA2640892A patent/CA2640892C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2000-09-15 EP EP00965065.6A patent/EP1263655B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2000-09-15 ES ES00965065.6T patent/ES2509819T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2000-09-15 PT PT965065T patent/PT1263655E/en unknown

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3780781A (en) *	1971-09-07	1973-12-25	Seisan Nipponsha Kk	Openable bag
US4925316A (en) *	1986-08-11	1990-05-15	Minigrip, Inc.	Reclosable bag having an outer reclosable zipper type closure and inner non-reclosable closure
US5660479A (en) *	1996-02-16	1997-08-26	Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.	Easy open package header

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO0132521A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
CA2640712C (en)	2011-07-26
CA2640716A1 (en)	2001-05-10
CA2640716C (en)	2011-11-15
CA2640676C (en)	2011-11-29
CA2640839A1 (en)	2001-05-10
CA2640953A1 (en)	2001-05-10
CA2640676A1 (en)	2001-05-10
CA2640895A1 (en)	2001-05-10
EP1263655A1 (en)	2002-12-11
CA2640892C (en)	2010-06-15
CA2640892A1 (en)	2001-05-10
CA2640953C (en)	2011-08-02
ES2509819T3 (en)	2014-10-20
CA2395947A1 (en)	2001-05-10
CA2395947C (en)	2009-06-23
CA2640712A1 (en)	2001-05-10
CA2640895C (en)	2010-11-02
AU7584900A (en)	2001-05-14
PT1263655E (en)	2014-10-13
WO2001032521A1 (en)	2001-05-10
CA2640839C (en)	2011-08-02
MXPA02005252A (en)	2003-09-25
EP1263655B1 (en)	2014-07-02

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