Reclosable stand-up package and method of manufacturing same

(19)

(11)

EP 1 593 609 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	02.08.2006 Bulletin 2006/31

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	09.11.2005 Bulletin 2005/45

(21)	Application number: 05009683.3

(22)	Date of filing: 03.05.2005

(51)

International Patent Classification (IPC):

B65D 75/00^(2006.01)

B65D 33/25^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR LV MK YU

(30)

Priority:

03.05.2004 US 838554

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

(72)	Inventors:
	Tilman, Paul A. Sherwood Wisconsin 54169-9730 (US) Buchman, James E. Hortonville Wisconsin 54944 (US)

(74)	Representative: Parry, Simon James
	Forrester & Boehmert, Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München 80336 München (DE)

(54)	Reclosable stand-up package and method of manufacturing same

(57) A method of manufacturing is provided for a reclosable, free standing package (10) adapted to be self-supporting in an upright position when resting on a horizontal support surface. The method includes the steps of providing a bottom panel (16) in the form of a stand-up web (74) having a planar base (76) and a pair of legs (78,80) depending from opposite sides of the base; inserting the stand-up web between a first film panel (58) and a second film panel (60); and creating spaced apart bottom edges of the package by sealing a lower end of the first film panel to one of the legs, and a lower end of the second film panel to the other of the legs such that an entire surface of the base lies substantially parallel to a plane containing the bottom edges.

Search report