Methods of making and filling a fill-through-the-top package

a technology of top package and filling method, which is applied in the field of packaging, can solve the problem of less practicality of providing a fill opening
USRE40284E1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-06REYNOLDS PRESTO PRODS
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Patents(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
REYNOLDS PRESTO PRODS
Publication Date
2008-05-06
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A fill-through-the-top reclosable package includes first and second opposing body panels joined to each other along a pair of sides and a bottom bridging the pair of sides. The package is provided with a reclosable fastener extending along a package top disposed opposite the bottom. The fastener includes first and second opposing tracks. The first track includes a male profile, while the second track includes a female profile adapted to releasably interlock with the male profile. To provide tamper evidence, the first and second tracks may be joined to each other along an area of weakness. When making the package, the first track is first attached to the first panel, the package is filled with a product via a fill opening between the second track and the second panel, and then the second track is attached to the second panel.
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RELATED APPLICATION

[0001] More than one reissue application has been filed for the reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,279,298; the reissue applications include the present application, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 647,819, filed Aug. 25, 2003, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. Re. 39,505, which is a reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,279,298; U.S. Pat. No. 6,279,298 is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 373,212, filed on Aug. 12, 1999, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,071,011, and all of the aforementioned U.S. patents and patent applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention generally relates to packages to be filled with a product on a form, fill, and seal machine and, more particularly, to a reclosable package filled through its top on a form, fill, and seal machine.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] A typically reclosable package includes first and second opposing panels joined to each other...

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