Flexible package having slider closure

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EP 1 367 000 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	14.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/03

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	03.12.2003 Bulletin 2003/49

(21)	Application number: 03253141.0

(22)	Date of filing: 20.05.2003

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

(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 RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

23.05.2002 US 155401

(71)	Applicant: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
	Northfield, Illinois 60093 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Kocher, Patrick Norman Evanston, Illinois 60202 (US) Kinigakis, Panagiotis Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089 (US)

(74)	Representative: Eyles, Christopher Thomas
	W.P. THOMPSON & CO. 55 Drury Lane London WC2B 5SQ London WC2B 5SQ (GB)

(54)	Flexible package having slider closure

(57) A reclosable, flexible package (10) is made from a sheet (100) of film material folded to form overlying panels (12, 14). A slider fastener assembly (110) is secured to one of the panels (12) and has a predetermined length to avoid conflict with side seals (68) joining the panels (12, 14) together. A line of weakness (106) is formed in the panels (12, 14) so as to be positioned below the fastener tracks (26, 28). The fastener tracks (26, 28) are secured to the package panels (12, 14) using fastener track flanges (27, 29) of minimal height.

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