Flexible containers having improved seam and methods of making the same

• Main Authors: STANLEY SCOTT KENDYL, BOURGEOIS MARC RICHARD, LESTER JOSEPH CRAIG, BERG JR CHARLES JOHN, RAPACH ANDREW PAUL, MCGUIRE KENNETH STEPHEN, ISHIHARA TADAYOSHI, ARENT LEE MATHEW, CLARE BENJAMIN JACOB
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 23.03.2016
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

A non-durable flexible container (2000) can include a first film wall (2002) including a first portion (2002-1 )comprising at least one first structural support member (2006)defined in the first film wall, and a second portion (2002-2)that is free of a structural support member. The container can further include a second film wall (2004)including at least one second structural support member (2008)defined in the second film wall, wherein at least a portion of the first structural support member is adjacent to at least a portion of the second structural support member to define a seam region, and a side of the seam region defines an edge of the non-durable flexible container. The container can also include a closed produce volume (2010)defined between first and second film walls; and a seam projecting (2012)outwardly from the seam region at an intersection of the first and second film walls.