Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Tracey C. Beiriger
  • Patent number: 6412254
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing includes feeding a continuous web of flexible panel material into a package forming operation. The continuous web is configured to define first and second juxtaposed panel sections; positioning a continuous strip of resealable closure mechanism having a series of spaced slider devices thereon between the first and second panel sections of the continuous web to form a continuous combination having the first and second panel sections and the resealable closure mechanism; and forming a plurality of flexible packages from the continuous combination. Each flexible package includes only one slider device thereon and a seal between the first and second panel sections oriented to enclose the one slider device between the first and second panel sections and the seal. A system for manufacturing a flexible package is disclosed. In addition, a flexible package is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Tilman, James E. Buchman