US 12,030,696 B2
Package having a lap or fin seal gap elimination feature
Mark Steele, New Prague, MN (US)
Filed by Mark Steele, New Prague, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/586,098.
Application 17/586,098 is a continuation of application No. 16/150,541, filed on Oct. 3, 2018, granted, now 11,235,910.
Application 16/150,541 is a continuation of application No. 15/121,739, granted, now 10,093,457, issued on Oct. 9, 2018, previously published as PCT/US2015/017606, filed on Feb. 25, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/944,195, filed on Feb. 25, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144496 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 33/25 (2006.01); B31B 70/60 (2017.01); B31B 70/81 (2017.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29L 5/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B31B 150/10 (2017.01); B31B 160/10 (2017.01)
CPC B65D 33/2508 (2013.01) [B31B 70/61 (2017.08); B31B 70/81 (2017.08); B31B 70/8133 (2017.08); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 66/133 (2013.01); B29C 66/4322 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 66/72321 (2013.01); B29C 66/8511 (2013.01); B29L 2005/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7128 (2013.01); B31B 2150/10 (2017.08); B31B 2160/10 (2017.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible package comprising:
a film having a first film longitudinal side edge, a second film longitudinal side edge, and a fin seal or lap seal; and
a recloseable zipper closure device applied to and extending across the film transverse to the first and second film longitudinal side edges of the film, the recloseable zipper closure device elongated from a first side edge portion to an opposite second side edge portion,
wherein end edges of the first and second side edge portions of the recloseable zipper closure device have different shapes that nest within each other with the end edges of the first and second side edge portions abutting each other.