Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Machine direction, transverse direction and angled pre-applied zippers in the angled and transverse direction
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Application No.: US14195407Application Date: 2014-03-03
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Publication No.: US11214397B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Leslie Wilson , W. Brandt Nako
- Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Glenview
- Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Current Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Glenview
- Agency: McCarter & English, LLP
- Main IPC: B31B70/00
- IPC: B31B70/00 ; B65B61/18

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus and product in the art of reclosable packaging wherein the zipper is sealed to a film structure prior to treatment by the packaging machine for producing a thermoformed package. The zipper can be oriented in the machine direction, the transverse direction or at an angled orientation.
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