Appeal No. 2006-0836
Application No. 10/154,221
reclosable package with a tamper-evident feature.” His claim 1
reads:
A reclosable package comprising:
a front sheet and a back sheet, said front
and back sheets defining said package having a
top, a bottom[,] a first side and a second
side, said front sheet having a line of
weakness running transversely thereacross at
said top of package, said front sheet and said
back sheet being sealed to one another along
said bottom, first side and second side of said
package; and
a zipper disposed transversely across said
package between said front and back sheets and
sealed thereto at said top of said package to
provide a reclosable opening therefore, said
zipper having two interlocking profiles each
integrally formed with a web and having a
slider to facilitate the opening and closing
thereof, one of said webs being sealed to the
front sheet and the other said webs being
sealed to the back sheet while both of said
webs remain unsealed to each other, whereby
said zipper is sealed to said front and back
sheets, said interlocking profiles being above
said line of weakness relative to said top and
said front sheet being sealed to one of said
webs below said line of weakness, said front
and back sheets being connected to one another
with a peel seal above said zipper, thereby
forming a header for hanging said package for
display above said zipper relative to said top,
to provide said package with tamper-evident
features.
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