Packaging Container

Abstract

The invention relates to a packaging container according to the preamble of claim 1. Packaging containers of this type are in widespread use in the form of side-gusset bags or folded-bottom bags and, in addition to involving low packaging outlay in terms of space, volume and cost, can also be effectively completed, filled and closed in highly developed machine runs. However, a cuboidal (filled-)pack shape, which is usually desired for storage, shipping and display purposes, can only roughly be created for conventional packs since this shape requires the pack to be filled completely, which is difficult to achieve, and, in the case of pourable pack contents, deformation occurs easily overall. If, then, in the customary manner, the packs are brought together at a (head) end to form a removal opening, in the case of which possibly also side gussets run together and possibly also a central bottom transverse seam forms the termination at the other end, incompletely filled packs tend to form variable shapes. The stability of the packs here is uncertain. Moreover, packs are difficult to access via a removal opening provided with a reclosure means if the removal slot is short and is possibly also impeded by side gussets in the head termination.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 - 14 . (canceled) 
     
     
         15 . A packaging container for a chunky or flowable commodity, made of a film material that is sealable at least on one side, wherein the packaging container assumes a parallelepipedal shape when filled; the packaging container comprising;
 a pair of rectangular main walls positioned opposite each other;   a pair of side walls positioned opposite each other;   a pair of end walls positioned opposite each other;   wherein the main walls, the side walls, and the end walls adjoin each other at longitudinal edges or transverse edges to define the parallelepipedal shape;   wherein the main walls, the side walls, and the end walls are peripherally connected to each other exclusively with seal seams at the longitudinal edges or the transverse edges;   a slot-shaped removal opening provided with a reclosure device;   a fill opening that is to be sealed after filling;   wherein the packaging container, in the empty state, is folded flat to a flat stacked state such that the side walls and the end walls, forming side gusset walls, are folded in a V-shape inwardly relative to the parallelepipedal shape into a position between the main walls that are stacked on each other;   wherein the removal opening extends along one of the longitudinal edges.   
     
     
         16 . The packaging container according to  claim 15 , wherein the reclosure device has two reclosure strips which are closed by a connection that is irreversibly separated upon first opening of the reclosure device. 
     
     
         17 . The packaging container according to  claim 16 , wherein the reclosure strips are profile strips that are to be interlocked with each other. 
     
     
         18 . The packaging container according to  claim 17 , wherein the reclosure device comprises a slider that is movable in a longitudinal direction of the reclosure device and interacts with the reclosure strips so as to connect or separate the reclosure strips. 
     
     
         19 . The packaging container according to  claim 16 , wherein the reclosure strips are provided with sealable connecting flaps which are monolithically connected to each other before first opening of the reclosure device. 
     
     
         20 . The packaging container according to  claim 15 , wherein the fill opening extends along one of the longitudinal edges where the removal opening is not located. 
     
     
         21 . The packaging container according to  claim 20 , wherein the fill opening is provided with a projecting fill socket comprised of two filmstrips that are connected at edges thereof, wherein the fill socket is cut off after filling of the packaging container and after sealing of the fill opening. 
     
     
         22 . The packaging container according to  claim 21 , wherein at least one of the film strips of the fill socket is a projection of one of the main walls, the side walls or the end walls adjoining the fill opening. 
     
     
         23 . The packaging container according to  claim 15 , wherein the fill opening is arranged at one of the transverse edges. 
     
     
         24 . The packaging container according to  claim 23 , wherein the fill opening is provided with a projecting fill socket comprised of two filmstrips that are connected at edges thereof, wherein the fill socket is cut off after filling of the packaging container and after sealing of the fill opening. 
     
     
         25 . The packaging container according to  claim 24 , wherein at least one of the film strips of the fill socket is a projection of one of the main walls, the side walls or the end walls adjoining the fill opening. 
     
     
         26 . The packaging container according to  claim 15 , comprising at least one grip that is collapsible together with the packaging container to a flat state. 
     
     
         27 . The packaging container according to  claim 26 , wherein the at least one grip is a strip formed of a film and is attached so as to rest flat on one of the main walls, the side walls or the end walls. 
     
     
         28 . The packaging container according to  claim 26 , wherein that the at least one grip is arranged parallel to the longitudinal edges at a spacing to the reclosure device on one of the main walls or the side walls. 
     
     
         29 . The packaging container according to  claim 15 , wherein the main walls and the side walls are formed of a hose-shaped film element having open ends that are closed off by the end walls that are connected by edge seams to the open ends. 
     
     
         30 . The packaging container according to  claim 15 , wherein, in the flat collapsed state with the main walls stacked on each other, the V-shaped inwardly folded side walls and end walls are folded onto each other below corners of the main walls and are disposed relative to each other in such a way that alternatively the side walls or the end walls extend V-shaped up to the edge while the adjoining end walls or side walls, respectively, are folded back triangularly with overlap.