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Vacuum Storage Bag Having Assorted Monitoring Means

  • US 20120067374A1
  • Filed: 09/21/2011
  • Published: 03/22/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vacuum storage bag comprising:

  • a flexible, impermeable bag having a first panel and a second panel, said first panel having a first periphery and said second panel having a second periphery, said first panel and said second panel being hermetically sealed to one another along a substantial portion of said first periphery and said second periphery to define a storage area between said first panel and said second panel and a storage area access opening where said first periphery and said second periphery are not hermetically sealed to one another;

    a valve in fluid communication with said storage area, said valve protruding from a valve opening provided on said first panel, said valve being hermetically sealed to said valve opening;

    resealable sealing means that extend across said storage area access opening, said resealable sealing means being capable of repeatedly allowing said storage area to be selectively maintained in a substantially hermetically sealed condition or an unsealed condition;

    one-time-use sealing means that extend across said storage area opening parallel to said resealable sealing means, said one-time-use sealing means being located further away from said storage area than said resealable sealing means, said one-time-use sealing means being capable of maintaining said storage area in a hermetically sealed condition;

    a tear strip extending across said storage area access opening, said tear strip being positioned between said resealable sealing means and said one-time-use sealing means, said tear strip being capable of facilitating the tearing of said first panel and said second panel along said tear strip;

    a tear notch located at one end of said tear strip; and

    a radio frequency identification tag extending substantially across said storage area access opening, said radio frequency identification tag being positioned collinearly with said tear strip such that said tear strip intersects a portion of said radio frequency identification tag.

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