Package with a zipper closure arrangement operable by a slider device and having a peelable seal

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(11)

EP 1 053 948 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	04.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/14

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	22.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/47

(21)	Application number: 00460034.2

(22)	Date of filing: 12.05.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65D 33/25

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

14.05.1999 US 134278 P
10.05.2000 US 567616 P

(71)	Applicant: Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.
	Richmond, Virginia 23230-1701 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Custer, Richard G. Appleton, Wisconsin 54915 (US)

(74)	Representative: Vidon, Patrice
	Cabinet Patrice Vidon Le Nobel (Bât. A) Technopôle Atalante 2, allée Antoine Becquerel BP 90333 35703 Rennes Cedex 7 35703 Rennes Cedex 7 (FR)

(54)	Package with a zipper closure arrangement operable by a slider device and having a peelable seal

(57) A flexible package (10) includes a recloseable zipper closure (11) along the mouth of the package for selective opening and closing of the mouth. The zipper closure includes first and second closure profiles (12,14), which are configured and constructed to selectively interlock. A slider device (16) is configured and constructed to facilitate the mating (closing) and unmating (opening) of the zipper closure. A tamper evident peelable seal (50) is provided between the zipper closure and the interior (25) of the bag to indicate whether or not an attempt has been made to access the interior of the package. The peelable seal can extend between the package walls, one package wall and one closure profile, or between first and second closure profiles.

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