Package with raised portions
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsEdward Daniel Theiss, III, Teofilo Medellin, Hugh Joseph O'Donnell
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Abstract
Flexible packages for retail sale of rolled tissue products are provided. The flexible package may include a raised area having an overall height of 40-5000 microns disposed on an outside of the package. The raised area may be a separate element from the flexible package. The flexible package may contain at least one rolled tissue product. The rolled tissue product may have a visible pattern of embossing. The flexible package may have a portion thereof that is sufficiently transparent sufficient to enable seeing the visible pattern of embossing. The flexible package may have a portion thereof that is opaque, such that portions of the rolled tissue product cannot be seen from outside of the package.
Claims20
A flexible package for retail sale of a rolled tissue product, the flexible package comprising:
- a flexible film;
- and
- one or more raised areas comprising a first raised area having an overall height of 288-5000 microns, disposed on an outside of the flexible film;
- wherein:
- the flexible package contains the rolled tissue product, the rolled tissue product comprising on a surface thereof a visible pattern of embossing;
- portions of the flexible package are transparent sufficient to see the visible pattern of embossing of the rolled tissue product;
- portions of the flexible package are opaque, such that portions of the rolled tissue product cannot be seen from outside of the flexible package;
- the opaque portions of the flexible package comprise external artwork comprising a graphic substantially identical to the pattern of embossing on the rolled tissue product;
- the flexible package is formed of only the flexible film and the one or more raised areas;
- the one or more raised areas are separate elements from the flexible film and are not formed from a portion of the flexible film;
- and
- at least part of the graphic is disposed on the first raised area.
A flexible package for a tissue product, the flexible package comprising:
- a flexible film;
- and
- a raised area having an overall height of 40-5000 microns, disposed on an outside of the flexible film;
- wherein:
- the flexible package is formed of only the flexible film and the raised area;
- the flexible package contains the tissue product, the tissue product comprising on a surface thereof a visible pattern of embossing;
- portions of the flexible package comprise external artwork that includes a graphic substantially similar to the pattern of embossing;
- the raised area is a separate element from the flexible film and is not formed from a portion of the flexible film;
- at least part of the graphic is disposed on the raised area;
- and
- the raised area comprises a first planar portion with a first height and a second planar portion with a second height that is different from the first height.
A flexible package for a tissue product, the flexible package comprising:
- a flexible film;
- a first raised area having an overall height of 164-5000 microns, disposed on an outside of the flexible film;
- and
- a second raised area having an overall height of 164-5000 microns, disposed on an outside of the flexible film;
- wherein:
- the flexible package is formed of only the flexible film, the first raised area, and the second raised area;
- the first raised area and the second raised area are separate elements from the flexible film and are not formed from portions of the flexible film;
- the second raised area comprises one or more raised reinforcing lines that are separate from and at least partially surround the first raised area, the one or more raised reinforcing lines being configured to reduce at least one of bending or wrinkling of the flexible package;
- the flexible package contains the tissue product, the tissue product comprising on a surface thereof a visible pattern of embossing;
- portions of the flexible package comprise external artwork that includes:
- a first graphic having a visual appearance substantially identical to the visual appearance of a portion of the pattern of embossing;
- and
- a second graphic, wherein at least a part of the first graphic and at least a part of the second graphic are associated with at least one of the first raised area or the second raised area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.