(19)
(11) EP 1 338 525 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/35

(21) Application number: 03250629.7

(22) Date of filing: 27.01.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 33/25, B29D 5/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO

(30) Priority: 04.02.2002 US 66974
05.03.2002 US 90972

(71) Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Glenview, Illinois 60025 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Fenzl, Eric J.
    Loganville, Georgia 30052 (US)
  • Linton, Basil C.
    Loganville, Georgia 30052 (US)

(74) Representative: Rackham, Stephen Neil 
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Reclosable packaging


(57) A reclosable package or bag (2) having a mouth with a hermetic plastic zipper (4) installed therein. The hermetic zipper (4) has first (12) and second (14) interlockable profiled structures connected by a frangible connection (24) and having no flanges. The package or bag (2) is constructed such that the frangible connection (24) resides on the product side of the zipper (4), i.e., the frangible connection (24) extends inside the receptacle of the package or bag (2), when the package is in an unopened state, i.e., when the zipper (4) is closed. Preferably, the first interlockable profiled structure (12) has at least one male member (20) with an expanded head and the second interlockable profiled structure has at least one female member (22) with a groove for receiving the expanded head of a male member (20).






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