| abstract |
An individual end-sealed packaging receptacle, such as a bag, formed from a sheet of heat-shrinkable film having a first edge and an opposing second edge. The packaging receptacle includes a first seal bonding the first edge and second edge to define a tube member having a first bag wall, a second bag wall, first and second opposing lay-flat bag edges, an end and an open mouth. The packaging receptacle includes a second seal through the first and second bag walls, extending laterally across the width of both the first and second walls and thereby closing the end. A method of forming a individual, end-sealed, heat-shrinkable packaging receptacle is also disclosed. |