Flexible bags inventions 11/07

20070274612 - Re-closable flexible package and method of manufacturing the same: The invention provides for a re-closable flexible package with gussets (2, 3, 4) on the sides and bottom for increasing its volume and providing ease of storage comprising: a slider zipper assembly (5, 6) to open and close said package; a diaphragm (7) of at least one metalized film placed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070274613 - Insulated bag with lifting apparatus: A soft sided insulated cooler bag has a base and side panels. The base includes a rigid or semi-rigid reinforcement or batten that serve to provide a relatively hard or stiff edge about which the bag can be panel folded over on itself. The upper edge of the bag has... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070274614 - Method for closing and sealing a woven polymeric bag: A method for sealing a bag which is formed from a tube of material and has front and rear sides, a pair of opposing, inward-tending gusset folds, each of these folds having front and rear vertical creases, comprising the steps of slitting each of the opposing front creases along longitudinal... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070274615 - Flexible pouch with tear line: A flexible pouch, particularly for foodstuffs of the moist type, having a line of preferential tearing in which two side walls are rendered integral by at least a sealing line and the line of preferential tearing provided in one of the two side walls. The line of preferential tearing extends... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070269142 - Resealable bowl-in-pouch arrangement and method: A bowl-in-pouch arrangement is provided from at least two flexible front and rear panels forming a void there between. A bowl is formed from a third panel and is disposed in the void between the front and rear panels. The bowl is sealed to the inner faces of the front... Agent: Daniel R. Gropper, P.C.

20070269143 - Bag resealing system: The present invention is a bag resealing system capable of being applied to an existing bag structure in order to form a releasable closure thereon. The system includes a support strip of suitable material having an adhesive disposed on one side thereof in order to attach the system to the... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20070269141 - Tie linking filled sandbags and use in a barrier formed from filled sandbags: Barriers for flood defence and other purposes are often constructed using sand bags. The strength of these barriers is limited and the invention seeks to address this problem. The invention provides a tie formed as a single injection moulded item placed between layers of sandbags to help to hold them... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070269144 - Lockable bag with zipper closure: A locking bag includes an envelope with a single opening defined between a pair of side wall edges. A pair of plastic zipper portions are disposed on opposite sides of the single pair of side wall edges. A zipper closure clip is slidably attached to the single pair of side... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070269145 - Bulk bag liner with relief valve: A bulk bag liner comprising a sidewall forming an enclosure having at least one relief valve mounted in the sidewall thereof for expelling excess gas from within the enclosure so as to prevent elevated pressure within the enclosure and reduce the chance that the liner will rupture.... Agent: Michael A. O'neil Michael A. O'neil, P.C.

20070269146 - Flexible packaging and method of manufacture: A wall material for a construction of a flexible container that is designed to be openable by tearing is formed by providing a flexible film for forming a wall of the container, providing a tear barrier element having greater tear resistance than the wall film, locating the element on or... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070263947 - Stopper member, a fluid dispenser comprising such a member, and a method of manufacturing such dispenser: a closure lid (25) for closing the dispenser orifice (17), the lid (25) being connected to the assembly part via a hinge (26), characterized in that the lid (25) and the part (20) are made as a single piece, the lid (25) initially being connected to the assembly part (20),... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070263948 - Ventable package with zipper closure, and methods: A reclosable package having a zipper closure with a venting feature that allows air or other fluid to be vented from the package interior. In one example, the venting feature includes vents in the package wall covered by a perforated tape intermittently secured to the package to define fluid passageways.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070258662 - Convertible container and mat and method therefor: A container that has perforations oriented so that when the container is opened along the perforations, the container forms a mat. The container may also be configured to form a tray when opened along the perforations. The perforations may be oriented so that the converted container provides a generally planar... Agent: Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP

20070258663 - Sculpted header seal for reclosable bags: The reclosable bag includes a slider-operated zipper with a removable header formed over the zipper. The removable header includes a broad top seal provides room for a hang aperture and which can be shaped to stabilize or park the slider prior to removal of the header. Additionally, the broad top... Agent: Day Pitney LLP Account: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070258664 - Method of opening for bags of supple polymeric material subject to interlayer cling: Disclosed is a plastic bags that can be easily and reliably opened with a predetermined set of motions. The bags are configured to provide a number of exposed graspable sidewall portions on or near the rim of the bag that can are precisely located so that they can be reliably... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20070258665 - Wide mouth gusseted pouches: A reclosable gusseted bag is disclosed wherein a single web multiple alignment zipper is placed around the interior of the mouth of the bag, downwardly adjacent from the upper edge of the front panel, rear panel and side gussets thereby resulting in an increased size of opening as the mouth... Agent: Day Pitney LLP Account: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070258666 - Externally applied zipper for reclosable bag: A reclosable bag is disclosed with a zipper sealed to the exterior surface of front and rear web panels. The interlocking elements of the zipper, prior to initial opening of the reclosable bag, are separated from each other by a removable header formed by lines of weakness immediately above the... Agent: Day Pitney LLP Account: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070253645 - Temperature controlled fluid bath food holding apparatus: A method is provided for storing a cooked food in a flexible-walled container having an opening. The method includes placing a quantity of food in a flexible-walled container and submerging at least a portion of the container in a liquid with the opening being located so that liquid does not... Agent: Ryndak & Suri LLP

20070253646 - Temperature controlled fluid bath food holding device: A method is provided for storing a cooked food in a flexible-walled container having an opening. The method includes placing a quantity of food in a flexible-walled container and submerging at least a portion of the container in a liquid with the opening being located so that liquid does not... Agent: Ryndak & Suri LLP

20070253647 - Temperature controlled fluid bath food holding device and method: A method is provided for storing a cooked food in a flexible-walled container having an opening. The method includes placing a quantity of food in a flexible-walled container and submerging at least a portion of the container in a liquid with the opening being located so that liquid does not... Agent: Ryndak & Suri LLP

20070253648 - Deployable and disposable container assemblies and associated systems and methods: Collapsible containers and associated methods are disclosed herein. Certain aspects of the invention are directed toward a collapsible container assembly that includes a foldable support member that has a length and a width. The support member has a concave cross-section that causes the support member to resist bending until a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea