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Flexible bags having stretch-to-fit conformity to closely accommodate contents in use

Patent 6394652 Issued on May 28, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 18, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 336212 filed on 06/18/1999

US Classes:

383/118, Stretchable206/390, Concatenated articles383/6, LIFTING OR SUSPENDING ELEMENT (E.G., HANDLE)383/37, PLURAL383/42, WITH CLOSURE383/903STRESS RELIEF

Examiners

Primary: Young, Lee
Assistant: Hylton, Robin A.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 703818 DE. 03/18/2013
  • 2444742 DE. 04/18/1976
  • 2437968 DE. 12/18/1979
  • 0 338 747 EP. 10/18/1989
  • 991671 FR. 10/18/2013
  • 2056951 FR. 05/18/1971
  • 2576834 FR. 08/18/1986
  • 1302940 GB. 01/18/1973
  • 2175564 GB. 12/18/1986
  • 4065223 JP. 05/18/1999
  • 6918650 NL. 06/18/1971
  • WO 92/20593 WO. 11/18/1992
  • WO 95/00405 WO. 01/18/1995
  • WO 96/06733 WO. 03/18/1996
  • WO 97/29966 WO. 08/18/1997

International Class

B65D 030/02

Abstract

The present invention provides a flexible bag comprising at least one sheet of flexible sheet material assembled to form a semi-enclosed container having an opening defined by a periphery. The opening defines an opening plane, and bag is expandable in response to forces exerted by contents within the bag to provide an increase in volume of the bag such that said the accommodates the contents placed therein.

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