Method of making a package

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PACKAGING ARTICLES WHICH INCLUDES COATING ADHESIVE ON ONE FACE AND IN GIVEN AREAS SPACED ALONG AND NEAR THE OPPOSITE EDGES OF A FIRST STRIP OF FLEXIBLE PACKAGING MATERIAL OF UNIFORM WIDTH AND INDETERMINATE LENGTH, FOLDING SAID STRIP OF MATERIAL THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH INWARDLY ALONG FIRST LINES SPACED GIVEN DISTANCES FROM SAID OPPOSITE EDGES AND OUTWARDLY ALONG SECOND LINES SPACED LESSER DISTANCES FROM SAID OPPOSITE EDGES RESPECTIVELY, WHEREBY TO PRESENT SECTIONS OF STRIP MATERIAL BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND LINES OF FOLD ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE EDGES WHICH, IN SAID AREAS OF ADHESIVE, ARE ADAPTED FOR ADHESIVE ENGAGEMENT FACEWISE WITH UNDERLYING SECTIONS OF SAID STRIP MATERIAL, AND WHICH BETWEEN SAID AREAS OF AHDESIVE AND LENGTHWISE OF THE STRIP ARE ADAPTED FOR EXTENSION FROM SAID SECOND LINES OF FOLD TO FORM WITH THE STRIP MATERIAL BETWEEN SAID FRIST LINES OF FOLD, A TROUGH TO ACCOMMODATE AN ARTICLE, AND WHEREBY ALSO TO FORM FLANGES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SECOND LINES OF FOLD PRESENTING EXPOSED SURFACES, LOCATING ARTICLES IN SAID TROUGHS, POSITIONING A SECOND STRIP OF FLEXIBLE PACKAGING MATERIAL OF INDETERMINATE LENGTH FACE TO FACE LONGITUDINALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST STRIP OF PACKAGING MATERIAL, ALONG THE EXPOSED SURFACES PRESENTED BY SUCH FLANGES AND TRANSVERSELY ACROSS EXPOSED SURFACES EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FLANGES IN THE VICINITY OF SAID ADHESIVE COATED AREAS, WITH AN ADHESIVE INTERPOSED WHERE SAID STRIPS ARE POSITIONED FACE TO FACE, AND ACTIVATING SAID INTERPOSED ADHESIVE AND SAID COATED ADHESIVE TO BOND LENGTHWISE AND CROSSWISE SAID SHEETS OF PACKAGING MATERIAL AND SEAL ALL AROUND THE PACKAGED ARTICLE, TO SEAL CROSS THOSE POSITIONS OF THE COATED FIRST SHEET WHICH ARE IN FACEWISE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND LINES OF FOLD, AND TO SEAL COMPLETELY SUCH CHANELS AS EXIST BETWEEN THE OPPOSED STRIPS OF PACKAGING MATERIAL ADJACENT SAID SECOND LINE OF FOLD, WHEREBY TO PRODUCE PACKAGED ARTICLES COMPLETELY CLOSED AGAINST INGRESS OF CONTAMINATION.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PACKAGING ARTICLES WHICH INCLUDES COATING ADHESIVE ON ONE FACE AND IN GIVEN AREAS SPACED ALONG AND NEAR THE OPPOSITE EDGES OF A FIRST STRIP OF FLEXIBLE PACKAGING MATERIAL OF UNIFORM WIDTH AND INDETERMINATE LENGTH, FOLDING SAID STRIP OF MATERIAL THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH INWARDLY ALONG FIRST LINES SPACED GIVEN DISTANCES FROM SAID OPPOSITE EDGES AND OUTWARDLY ALONG SECOND LINES SPACED LESSER DISTANCES FROM SAID OPPOSITE EDGES RESPECTIVELY, WHEREBY TO PRESENT SECTIONS OF STRIP MATERIAL BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND LINES OF FOLD ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE EDGES WHICH, IN SAID AREAS OF ADHESIVE, ARE ADAPTED FOR ADHESIVE ENGAGEMENT FACEWISE WITH UNDERLYING SECTIONS OF SAID STRIP MATERIAL, AND WHICH BETWEEN SAID AREAS OF AHDESIVE AND LENGTHWISE OF THE STRIP ARE ADAPTED FOR EXTENSION FROM SAID SECOND LINES OF FOLD TO FORM WITH THE STRIP MATERIAL BETWEEN SAID FRIST LINES OF FOLD, A TROUGH TO ACCOMMODATE AN ARTICLE, AND WHEREBY ALSO TO FORM FLANGES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SECOND LINES OF FOLD PRESENTING EXPOSED SURFACES, LOCATING ARTICLES IN SAID TROUGHS, POSITIONING A SECOND STRIP OF FLEXIBLE PACKAGING MATERIAL OF INDETERMINATE LENGTH FACE TO FACE LONGITUDINALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST STRIP OF PACKAGING MATERIAL, ALONG THE EXPOSED SURFACES PRESENTED BY SUCH FLANGES AND TRANSVERSELY ACROSS EXPOSED SURFACES EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FLANGES IN THE VICINITY OF SAID ADHESIVE COATED AREAS, WITH AN ADHESIVE INTERPOSED WHERE SAID STRIPS ARE POSITIONED FACE TO FACE, AND ACTIVATING SAID INTERPOSED ADHESIVE AND SAID COATED ADHESIVE TO BOND LENGTHWISE AND CROSSWISE SAID SHEETS OF PACKAGING MATERIAL AND SEAL ALL AROUND THE PACKAGED ARTICLE, TO SEAL CROSS THOSE POSITIONS OF THE COATED FIRST SHEET WHICH ARE IN FACEWISE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND LINES OF FOLD, AND TO SEAL COMPLETELY SUCH CHANELS AS EXIST BETWEEN THE OPPOSED STRIPS OF PACKAGING MATERIAL ADJACENT SAID SECOND LINE OF FOLD, WHEREBY TO PRODUCE PACKAGED ARTICLES COMPLETELY CLOSED AGAINST INGRESS OF CONTAMINATION.