Abstract: The present invention relates to an air-tight closure for enhancing accessibility to contents of a container when the container is opened and for preventing exposure of the container contents to ambient air when the container is closed. The invention further relates to re-closable containers including the same. The closure comprises at least two elongated male units disposed a gap apart on the outer surface of one wall of the container and at least two corresponding elongated female units disposed a gap apart on the outer surface of an opposite wall of the container opposite the male units, forming at least two male-female pairs. The closure may further include a tongue for facilitating opening the container.

Abstract: A gusseted bag has front and rear walls interconnected by a pair of side gussets and a slider-operated zipper. The zipper comprises a pair of profiled closure members that are engaged and disengaged by operation of the slider. No part of the side gussets is captured between the profiled closure members when the latter are interlocked. In one embodiment, the zipper extends beyond the front and rear walls on both sides thereof. In a fully closed position of the slider, at least part of the slider extending beyond one side of the front and rear walls. A sufficient portion of the slider extends beyond one side of the front and rear walls so that the first and second profiled closure members are interlocked across the entire width of the front and rear walls.

Abstract: A gift bag with napped filamentary surface of the present invention includes a gift bag having generally parallel front and rear panels, a pair of generally parallel side panels, each having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two lateral edges, wherein the lateral edges of the front and rear panels are joined to the lateral edges of the side panels, and a bottom panel having two pairs of generally parallel lateral edges, wherein the lateral edges of the bottom panel are joined to the bottom edges of the front, rear, and side panels to form a container having an opening defined by the top edges of the front, rear, and side panels, and wherein the gift bag has handles attached to the panels said gift bag, wherein the gift bag is completely formed from a napped filamentary material, and wherein the bags contain a closure device near the top and/or extending over a top edge of the bag.

Abstract: A stand up bag of a heat-sealable or weldable plastic film for receiving liquid and/or paste-like material. The bag includes two side walls connected to each other along their longitudinal edges. A foldable bottom member is positioned between the side walls and serves as a self-standing bottom inserted at the lower end of the stand up bag between lower transverse edges. A foldable cover member is positioned at the upper end of the stand up bag between the side walls and includes a removal opening between the upper transverse edge of a first side wall and the corresponding cover member edge, with a closure element inserted into the removal opening. To be able to empty the stand up bag in a better and simpler way, the closure element is bendable and is retained by a mechanism for stabilizing and retaining the forwardly bent closure element.

Abstract: A bag having an inwardly disposed seam is manufactured from a sheet of plastic bag material having two major surfaces and two parallel side edges. A first seam seals the two parallel side edges together at the same major surface with the side edges disposed inwardly of the tube to form the sheet of plastic bag material into a tube with internal flap portions extending interiorly of the tube. At least one seal across the tube is provided for forming at least a three-sided bag structure (and preferably two seals across the tube for forming a closed four-sided bag structure) whereby pressure in the interior of the bag acts against the internal flap portions disposed inwardly of the tube to enhance the sealing of the seam. The bag is filled at an opening defined along the opposite side edges of the seam facing inwardly of the tube.

Abstract: An easy to open plastic film bag (1) provided with overlying front and rear walls (2, 3) joined by means of inwardly extending lateral gussets (5, 6) each constituted by two panels (7, 9 and 8, 10) having different widths such that the front and rear walls are laterally offset distances d1 and d2 to form two lateral strip-like zones (17, 18) between the lateral edges (15, 16) of the rear wall and the corresponding lateral edges (13, 14) of the front wall, said lateral zones being intended for being gripped and pulled away from one another to open the mouth of the bag.

Abstract: A resealable package having a slider-operated zipper wherein the contents of the package are accessed through the front wall of the package, not through the top of the package. The resealable package comprises: a bag body comprising front and rear walls of bag making material; a flexible zipper joined to the front wall and not joined to the rear wall; and a slider mounted to the zipper, the slider being movable in a first direction along the zipper for opening the zipper and movable in a second direction along the zipper for closing the zipper. Alternatively, the flexible zipper is joined to the front wall along first and second zones of joinder disposed at different heights on the front wall, and is joined to the rear wall only in zones of joinder where the zipper is joined to both of the front and rear walls.

Abstract: Plastic shopping bags having attached promotional ad strips are described. In bags have gusseted side edges the ad strips are attached within or above the gussets either by heat sealing the strip to the bottom seal and adhering the other end of the strip at the upper end of the bag or adhering the strip to the bag at both ends. In non-gusseted bags, the strips are either heat sealed to the bottom seal and adhered to the upper end of the bag or the strips are adhered at both ends to the front or rear surfaces of the bag. In gusseted T-shirt type handle bags, the intermediate portion of the ad strip is adhered to either the inside or the outside of the gusset. The strips include promotional advertising on at least one surface and include perforations allowing the advertising to be removed from the remainder of the strip.

Abstract: Plastic shopping bags having attached promotional ad strips are described. In bags have gusseted side edges the ad strips are attached within or above the gussets either by heat sealing the strip to the bottom seal and adhering the other end of the strip at the upper end of the bag or adhering the strip to the bag at both ends. In non-gusseted bags, the strips are either heat sealed to the bottom seal and adhered to the upper end of the bag or the strips are adhered at both ends to the front or rear surfaces of the bag. In gusseted T-shirt type handle bags, the intermediate portion of the ad strip is adhered to either the inside or the outside of the gusset. The strips include promotional advertising on at least one surface and include perforations allowing the advertising to be removed from the remainder of the strip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bag assembly for foods, in particular granular foods, including at least one bag which comprises two main walls (11, 12) joined by two side faces forming a gusset (S1, S2, S) along each side edge of the said main walls, and gripping means for the bag assembly, characterized in that the gripping means are implanted close to a side edge of each bag of the assembly.

Abstract: A side-gusseted bag having a slider-operated zipper. The zipper parts are joined only at one end, the free ends of the zipper parts being separable to allow the associated side gusset of the bag to be inverted to form a pouring spout. The zipper flanges at the joined ends of the zipper are inserted in a corner formed by one gusset panel and an opposing portion of the bag wall. The other gusset panel is sealed to the other bag wall at the elevation of the zipper flanges.

Abstract: To provide a gusseted tubular article made of heat-sealable resin for making a bag which is not liable to be broken in the heat-sealed section even when a heavy load is put in it and a gusseted composite tubular article on the outside of which a different material is put.

Abstract: A container (186) is provided with a tubular body (188) of a multi-plied material. The body (188) has an openable end (190) and a sealed ended (192) with foldable and securable closure means that facilitate the non-destructive repeated opening and closing of the container (186). The closure means is integrally formed with the container (186) by the shape cutting and folded formation of the container end (190) during manufacture. The closure means is sectioned to include an openable section (196) which incorporates discharge means in the form of a pouring spout for discharge of container contents, and a closed section (198) which is adapted to incorporate carrying means (298) such as a handle.

Abstract: A reclosable container with a slider arranged to open and close interlockable profiles on the mouth of the container. The profiles are fixed together at one end but are separable at the other end to allow a gusset to fold outwardly to form a pour spout.

Abstract: A reclosable bag has opposing broad face panels defining a volume therebetween for holding a quantity of contents, an end of the body forming an expandable gusset between the broad face panels, and a reclosable bag closure between the expandable gusset and a corresponding edge region of one of the broad face panels. When the closure is opened, a bag opening is formed between the expandable gusset and said one of the broad face panels of the bag, to access the bag contents. In one example, the bag has upper and lower expandable gussets, while in another the bag has expandable side gussets. The closure is readily closed without precise alignment and despite the adjacent gusset.

Abstract: A tubular sleeve having an open top, a closed bottom wall, a front and back faces and a pair of opposing side walls connecting the front and back faces. The side walls are formed with at least one gusset allowing the front and back faces to extend from each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bag for foodstuffs including a base, and also two principal walls and two lateral flanks extending from said base, these walls and flanks being made from a material of flexible-sheet type, the two walls being, at their end opposite the base, assembled together along an assembling line, the two flanks, at their end opposite the base, being shaped as a gusset. The bag also includes an opening line which extends, in the region shaped as a gusset, of one lateral flank, in the vicinity of one end of the region opposite the base, said region forming a gusset being capable of adopting two positions when the opening line is open. One position corresponds to its position when the bag is closed, the other being one in which the gusset shape is turned out and defines a pouring spout capable of guiding the foodstuffs as far as the opening.

Abstract: A bag, method of making, and machine for making are disclosed. The bag has an upper and lower portion. The lower portion has a generally rectangular bottom with first, second, third and fourth bottom edges. It also has a generally rectangular front, back left and right walls, each having a lower edge joined with the a bottom edge. The upper portion is joined to the lower portion. The bag has one or more of a zipper closure, a top peak with a resealable closure that extends the length thereof, four generally vertical corner seals, extending part of the way up the walls, and a resealable closure affixed along the entire length of the top.

Abstract: A bag, method of making, and machine for making are disclosed. The bag has an upper and lower portion. The lower portion has a generally rectangular bottom with first, second, third and fourth bottom edges. It also has a generally rectangular front, back left and right walls, each having a lower edge joined with the a bottom edge. The upper portion is joined to the lower portion. The bag has one or more of a zipper closure, a top peak with a resealable closure that extends the length thereof, four generally vertical corner seals, extending part of the way up the walls, and a resealable closure affixed along the entire length of the top.

Abstract: A bag for transporting moisture-sensitive goods has a bag wall made of a unilayer multi-ply laminate. The laminate has an outer ply of crepe paper, a central ply made of a barrier material forming a vapor barrier, and an inner ply of weldable thermoplastic plastic material. The bag wall also has bonding agent plies between the outer ply and the central ply and between the central ply and the inner ply.

Abstract: A gusseted bag has front and rear walls interconnected by a pair of side gussets and a slider-operated zipper. The zipper comprises a pair of profiled closure members that are engaged and disengaged by operation of the slider. No part of the side gussets is captured between the profiled closure members when the latter are interlocked. In one embodiment, the zipper extends beyond the front and rear walls on both sides thereof. In a fully closed position of the slider, at least part of the slider extending beyond one side of the front and rear walls. A sufficient portion of the slider extends beyond one side of the front and rear walls so that the first and second profiled closure members are interlocked across the entire width of the front and rear walls.

Abstract: A packaging system consisting of a sealable bag with an optional exterior pocket and an integral handle fastened across the top side that allows for the horizontal storage and transport of food products and other goods.

Abstract: A plastic bag includes a bag body having an top opening, a bottom edge, and a trash chamber defining therebetween, and a bottom enhancement arrangement including a sealing edge formed along the bottom edge of the bag body in such a manner that when the bag body is folded into an usage condition, the sealing edge is inwardly flipped into the trash chamber while two bottom side portions of the bag body is downwardly folded to form a round bottom portion of the trash chamber for evenly distributing a weight of the trashes so as to protect the sealing edge from being broken by means of the weight of the trashes.

Abstract: A paper bag with a film inner bag in which the inner bag element is constructed so that its closed end portions can be torn in the lateral direction, thus allowing easy opening by hand across the entire width of the bag or across a part of this width. The inner bag element consists of a synthetic resin film and has cut portions formed along the longitudinal direction in the end portions of the bag that are closed by heat-sealing and that are planned to be opened in the future. The end portion constituting the bottom part is closed by heat-sealing, or by being folded together with the outer bag element or stitched with a sewing machine. The outer bag element, which consists of at least one layer, is formed mainly from craft paper. The synthetic resin film that forms the inner bag element is formed from a thermoplastic resin, and has the property of easy tearing in one axial direction.

Abstract: A collapsed bag of unitary construction is made of supple polymeric material, having first and second opposed contiguous flat sidewalls joined at edges and at the bottom but free or with user-releasable weakening at upper edges. The upper edges define a bag mouth. Appropriately situated graspable points at or near bag edges allow the sidewalls to be tensioned or snapped in opposing directions thereby causing the interlayer cling, to which supple polymeric bags are renownedly susceptible, to be readily disrupted for the full distance of contact between the tensioning points and thus for virtually the entirety of the bag mouth to be opened.

Abstract: A belt-attached accessory pocket for containing articles, such as a personal communication device, has a rectangular portion and is made from flexible fabric. It has front and rear surfaces, an open upper edge, and sealed lower, leading and trailing edges. A reinforcing panel of durable material, such as leather, encloses the leading edge and adjacent portions of the front and rear surfaces and resists damage due to abrasion. The panel preferably has a holster shape. The upper edge of the panel is substantially coextensive with the upper edge of the accessory pocket and includes a flap that releasably closes the open upper edge. The pocket may further include a separate, inner cell phone pocket affixed to the fabric. The pocket may also include a pair of leather thongs to be tied around the leg of the wearer.

Abstract: A beverage infusion device comprises a handle and a support member extending from the handle having a pair of flat legs spaced apart by a predetermined width. Attached to each side of the flat legs is a flexible porous member, for example, a pouch of filter material having an unfolded width greater than the width of the support legs. Each porous member contains an infusible beverage preparation and is supported by the support legs in a folded position wherein, upon immersion of the porous members in a liquid, the porous members expand and become spaced to facilitate infusion of a beverage preparation therein into the liquid. In the folded position, the porous members may have a plurality of folds across its width, for example, folds adjacent the first and second ends and an unfolded portion therebetween. The first and second ends of the porous member are preferably heat bonded to the support legs.

Abstract: An apparatus is arranged to successively make plastic bags each of which includes two layers of panel portion superposed to define aligned top edges, first and second side edges and bottom edges. The plastic bag further includes a first side gusset portion disposed between and extending along the first side edges, a second side gusset portion disposed between and extending along the second side edges, and a bottom gusset portion disposed between and extending along the bottom edges. The apparatus comprises feeding means for feeding a main material intermittently for a length along a feeding path. The main material comprises the layers of panel portion and the first and second side gusset portions continuing longitudinally thereof respectively, the feeding means feeding the main material longitudinally of the layers of panel portion and the first and second side gusset portions.

Abstract: A tubular sleeve is shaped with a pair of opposing faces, a pair of opposing side walls, and a lowermost terminal edge. Double gussets are simultaneously formed on each opposing side walls of the shaped sleeve inward betweem the pair of opposing faces of the shaped sleeve and defining substantially square corners at intersection of the longitudinal ribs of the shaped sleeve and the lowermost terminal edge of the shaped sleeve. The square corners of the shaped sleeve are relieved and removed to form a flat bottom. A pair of handles are unitarily formed and integral with the frontal faces extending over the open top of bag.

Abstract: A bag for containing flowable materials, having a front panel, a rear panel coextensive with the front panel, and a pair of folded gussets. Each of the gussets has front and rear gusset layers joined at a central crease and a pair of outer gusset edges joined continuously along and to side edges of the front and rear panels. The bag has a bottom closure and at its initially open top portion, the front and rear gusset layers are joined to the respective front and rear panels along lines spaced from or adjacent to the joined side edges of the respective front and rear gusset layers and front and rear panels, to provide stiffened, fastened layer corner portions in the top portion of the open bag.

Abstract: A flexible self-standing package and method for making the same provides for a package that has its own support mechanism. Thereby, a package, such as a snack food package, can be displayed in an upright position without the need to be placed against another package or wall. To achieve this, the package is formed with a support flap formed extended away from the tube of the package. When the package is positioned to stand, a pocket forms between the support flap and tube of the package to provide support.

Abstract: A gusseted bag of disposable packaging material has a roll-top closure comprising two releasably engageable fastener components. Each fastener component comprises a plastic base layer carrying either hook or loop elements. In some cases, one component is secured to one face of a rollable top of the bag, and the other component is carried on a flexible flap secured to a lower portion of an opposite face of the bag. In another embodiment, one fastener component extends in a strip from an upper edge of the bag down one face of the bag, and the other fastener component extends in a strip from an upper edge of the bag down an opposite face, such that when the top of the bag is folded downward, one fastener component will engage the other fastener component to hold the top closed.

Abstract: A flexible package for compressible absorbent articles, where the flexible package comprises a self supporting extension that captures consumer attention and provides acceptable shipping and storage dimensions.

Abstract: A flexible package generally including a front panel portion, a back panel portion, a first side panel portion, and at least one access device. The flexible package can further include a second side panel portion, a bottom panel portion, and a top panel portion. Additionally, one or more of the portions can be shaped and/or manufactured substantially as a gusset. Each of the panel portions comprise two longitudinal sides or edges. The access-device can be attached to at least one surface of at least one of the side panel portions such that the device is in transverse orientation to the longitudinal sides. The device can be manually attached to the side portions, or attached with existing and/or specially designed manufacturing machinery. Attachment of the access device to a side portion of the package is achieved using heat bonding techniques, adhesives, and the like.

Abstract: A gusseted reclosable packaging container has a plastic closure device arranged at the upper container edge and extending across the container width. The closure device has closure parts each having a profiled strip with a connecting flap connected to the front wall and the back wall, respectively, by a connecting seam. One profiled strip has a groove-shaped receiving section and the other a tongue-shaped engagement section. The closure device has a slide engaging across the profiled strips such that, when the slide moves along the profiled strips, it pushes the profiled strips together or moves them apart for closing or opening the closure device. The container gussets have upper ends ending below the upper edge and above a lower edge of the connecting flaps or are provided with a cutout. The gussets are closed at the upper ends or at the cutouts by one of the connecting seams.

Abstract: A flexible bottle having a gusseted body section and a neck section comprised of narrowed portions of the side panels and gussets of the body section, with a fitment in the neck section. The bottle has a flat bottom that may be created by tapering the webs forming the bottom at about 45 degrees. The body has a substantially square or rectangular cross section when filled, but may be contoured in the vertical direction. A process for fabricating the bottle is also disclosed which involves feeding webs, including a pair of gussets, creating perimeter seals around only the top portion of the bottle, inserting the fitment from the input end of the machine in the direction of web travel, forming the remainder of the perimeter seams, detaching the nascent bottle from the web, and sealing the neck section of the bottle to the fitment by clamping the neck section with a heated clamp, and preferably repeating the seal operation at a different radial angle.

Abstract: A reclosable package comprises first and second opposing body panels, a reclosable seal and a one-time breakable element. The reclosable seal extends along one end and includes first track and second tracks. The first track includes a first fin portion and a first reclosable element. The first fin portion has a first end and a second end that is further from the first reclosable element. The one-time breakable element comprises first and second sections and initially extends from the first fin portion to the second fin portion. Each of the first and second sections extends upwardly and inwardly from near the respective second ends of the first and second fin portions so as to form a generally inverted U-shaped or V-shaped cross-sectional configuration. The first and second opposing body panels are attached to respective first and second sections of the one-time breakable element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing packs (1) characterised in that it comprises steps according to which:

Abstract: A double gusseted, tamper evident, reclosable container 120 of plastic film. The container can be stored in a flat condition but is capable of receiving a bulky item such as a loaf of bread or a stack of paper napkins with the bag assuming a squared off condition. The container 120 has two gussets 185 and 191.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a bag with a flat bottom comprises: making a flattened tubular element with lateral bellows; obtaining a quadrilateral bottom of a single piece, the perimeter of which has a size equal to that given by the sum of the tubular element and the bellows; folding the bottom in a single piece along one of its first axes, keeping the outer sides parallel to the axis and of a size equal to the initial one; folding the other two sides to identify two opposite bellows, bringing a central folding line of the bellows thus identified into a position perpendicular to the first axis; inserting the bottom thus folded into the flattened tubular element, bringing the two opposite bellows of the bottom so that they are astride of the lateral bellows of the flattened tubular element; and welding the ends facing outwards of the flattened tubular element and of the corresponding lateral bellows respectively to the outer sides, which are parallel to the axis and are of a size equal to the initial size of the

Abstract: A paper bag is provided with a closure flap (14) such that a portion thereof protrudes from the opening edge (11a) of a paper bag body (11), that is opened to allow the removal of its content. The surface of the portion of the closure flap (14) that protrudes from the opening edge (11a) of the paper bag body (11) is coated with a non-water-soluble hot-melt adhesive (17). An underlining paper piece (20) is previously affixed, with a water-soluble adhesive (21), to the wall surface area where the closure flap (14) overlaps when it seals the opening of the paper bag by reactivating the hot-melt adhesive (17) on the surface of the closure flap (14), thus making it possible to peel this underlining paper piece (20) off from the wall surface (11c) of the paper bag body (11) together with a split part of the closure flap (14). This configuration makes it easy to remove all pieces of the paper bag to which the non-water-soluble adhesive is adhered before recycling process.

Abstract: A double-ply paper bag provided in the vicinity of its opening with a strip supporting closure means, said strip forming two substantially facing webs, with only of the two webs being fixed to the inside face of the inner ply of the bag prior to the bag being filled and closed. A method of manufacturing such a bag, and the use of said bag for packaging food for animals.

Abstract: Plastic shopping bags having attached promotional ad strips are described. In bags have gusseted side edges the ad strips are attached within or above the gussets either by heat sealing the strip to the bottom seal and adhering the other end of the strip at the upper end of the bag or adhering the strip to the bag at both ends. In non-gusseted bags, the strips are either heat sealed to the bottom seal and adhered to the upper end of the bag or the strips are adhered at both ends to the front or rear surfaces of the bag. In gusseted T-shirt type handle bags, the intermediate portion of the ad strip is adhered to either the inside or the outside of the gusset. The strips include promotional advertising on at least one surface and include perforations allowing the advertising to be removed from the remainder of the strip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bag with a bag body consisting of four bag walls, onto which two first wide bag walls lie on top of one another and two second narrower bag walls are each folded over congruently onto themselves to the center in a line along their longitudinal edges, and in which one end of the bag body is sealed by a bag floor and which forms a bag opening at the other end of the bag body; as well as an unsealed bag seal on a bag opening adjoining the bag body; in which the bag seal consists of two first sealing flaps respectively laid out on top of and adjoining the first bag walls, and two second sealing flaps adjoining the second bag walls, folded over respectively onto themselves at the center in a line with the fold of the second bag walls; and in which at the respective ends of the first sealing flaps first gussets, and at the ends of the second sealing flaps second gussets are specified, and directly adjacent first and second gussets lie respectively on top of one another with their inner su

Abstract: The invention relates to a bag with a bag body consisting of four bag walls, onto which two first wide bag walls lie on top of one another and two second narrower bag walls are each folded over congruently onto themselves to the center in a line along their longitudinal edges, and in which one end of the bag body is sealed by a bag floor and which forms a bag opening at the other end of the bag body; as well as an unsealed bag seal on a bag opening adjoining the bag body; in which the bag seal consists of two first sealing flaps respectively laid out on top of and adjoining the first bag walls, and two second sealing flaps adjoining the second bag walls, folded over respectively onto themselves at the center in a line with the fold of the second bag walls; and in which at the respective ends of the first sealing flaps first gussets, and at the ends of the second sealing flaps second gussets are specified, and directly adjacent first and second gussets lie respectively on top of one another with their inner su

Abstract: The invention relates to a bag with a bag body consisting of four bag walls, onto which two first wide bag walls lie on top of one another and two second narrower bag walls are each folded over congruently onto themselves to the center in a line along their longitudinal edges, and in which one end of the bag body is sealed by a bag floor and which forms a bag opening at the other end of the bag body; as well as an unsealed bag seal on a bag opening adjoining the bag body; in which the bag seal consists of two first sealing flaps respectively laid out on top of and adjoining the first bag walls, and two second sealing flaps adjoining the second bag walls, folded over respectively onto themselves at the center in a line with the fold of the second bag walls; and in which at the respective ends of the first sealing flaps first gussets, and at the ends of the second sealing flaps second gussets are specified, and directly adjacent first and second gussets lie respectively on top of one another with their inner su

Abstract: Gussetted packages having openable and reclosable interlocking seals, the seals having male and female portions, snap detents, and formed transversely to the direction of film flow. The packaging film is provided at package length intervals with thermoformable strips secured thereto transversely to the running length of the film, and is fed to a modified standard vertical form, fill and seal packaging machine with gussets forming tooling where the film is formed into a bag with the thermoformable strips inside at the upper end of the bag, product deposited into the bag, the bag sealed, the reclosable interlocking seal formed, and the bag severed from the next bag being formed. The reclosable seal provides auditory and tactile indications of seal closing. Some packages are formed with the thermoformable strips in the gusset, and some are formed with the gusset free of strip material.

Abstract: A liquid container is capable of standing alone and of being used as a water supply container after the same has been emptied. The liquid container (1) includes a container body (4) formed from a laminate film in the shape of a bag, and having a pair of side walls (2) and a pair of gussets (3) extended between opposite side edges of the pair of side walls (2) on the opposite sides of the side walls (2), respectively; and a mouthpiece (8) provided with a flange (7) attached to an open end part of the container body (4), and at least two spouts (5, 6) formed on the flange (7). Each of the gussets (3) is capable of being folded in two along a fold line (3a) inward, the flange (7) has end surfaces (7a) on the side of the gussets (3) and side surfaces (7b) on the side of the side walls (2), the folded gussets (3) are extended from the end surfaces (7a) to the side surfaces (7b) of the flange (7) so that the folds (3a) of the gussets (3) folded in two are positioned on the side surfaces (3b), respectively.

Abstract: An expandable carrier or pouch includes a front and back panel connected by a double tab zipper with an expandable gusset joined between the panels.

Abstract: This invention provides a container (10) in the form of a sachet having a body (11) defining a reservoir (12). The body (11) includes a flexible first wall (13) having a line of weakness (14), and a relatively more flexible second wall (15) sealingly joined to the first wall (13), along its periphery. The line of weakness (14) is configured to open up to form an opening in the first wall (13) when the first wall (13) is folded about the line of weakness (14). The invention is characterised in that the line of weakness (14) is bent, resulting in the advantages that the first wall (13) opens in a controlled fashion and the container (10) is able to withstand relatively rough handling and a substantial amount of bending, without the first wall (13) opening accidentally along the line of weakness (14).