# US 11,440,713 B2 · Package of a food product provided with a scooping tool > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,440,713 B2 - Document ID: US11440713B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/124,065 - Filed: 2020-12-16 - Published: 2021-06-24 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-19 - Assignees: Soremartec S.A. - Applicants: Soremartec S.A. - Inventors: Diego Canavesio; Roberta Riva Dogliat - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440713B2 ## CPC - B65D 51/246: {provided with eating utensils or spatulas (applicator rods or brushes B65D51/32)} - A47G 21/04: Spoons; Pastry servers - B65D 11/02: {of curved cross-section (thermally insulated B65D81/3813)} - B65D 51/247: {located between an inner and an outer closure} - B65D 77/2024: {the cover being welded or adhered to the container} - B65D 77/245: {Utensils for removing the contents from the package, e.g. spoons, forks, spatulas (B65D77/28 takes precedence)} - A47G 2021/002: {collapsible} - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) ## Abstract Package of a food product comprising a container and a sealing foil connected to the mouth edge of the container and a tool for picking the product, fixed to the surface of the sealing foil, wherein the sealing foil has a surface of thermoplastic plastic material, the tool is a flattened body of cellulosic or wood-cellulosic material, shaped like a spatula, and is fixed to said surface of the sealing foil by ultrasound welding, in the absence of an added adhesive material, along a section of a creasing line generated on the surface of the tool by the sonotrode during the welding process. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A package of a food product comprising a container (2) and a sealing foil (6) connected to the mouth edge of the container and a scooping tool (16) for picking up the product, fixed to the surface of the sealing foil, characterized in that: the sealing foil (6) has a plastic surface, the scooping tool (16) has a flattened body of cellulosic or wood-cellulosic material and is fixed to said surface of the sealing foil by ultrasound welding, in the absence of an added adhesive material. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, characterized in that said scooping tool (16) is fixed to the outer surface of the sealing foil along at least a section of a continuous or broken creasing line (40) generated on the surface of the scooping tool facing towards said foil, during the welding process. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The package according to claim 2, characterized in that said creasing line (40) extends longitudinally from one end of the flattened body of the scooping tool to the other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, characterized in that said scooping tool is a blank of cardboard, obtained from a sheet of coupled cardboard comprising a first (22) and a second (24) layer of cardboard connected one to the other by means of an adhesive. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The package according to claim 4, characterized in that said first and second layers each have a weight from 200 to 450 g/m2. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The package according to claim 4, characterized in that said first layer (22), intended to face the sealing foil, has a basis weight from 350 to 400 g/m2 and said second layer has a basis weight from 200 to 300 g/m2, the weight of said first layer being greater than the weight of the second layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The package according to claim 4 wherein said scooping tool has a continuous or broken creasing line at its longitudinal axis, said creasing line being in the shape of a groove with a depth not exceeding the thickness of said first layer (22). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, characterized in that said sealing foil (6) has a laminated structure comprising, on the side facing the scooping tool, at least one thermoplastic olefinic polymer or copolymer film. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The package according to claim 8, wherein the at least one thermoplastic olefinic polymer or copolymer film on the side facing the scooping tool is comprised of polypropylene. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The package according to claim 8, wherein the at least one thermoplastic olefinic polymer or copolymer film on the side facing the scooping tool is comprised of bi-oriented polypropylene. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The package according to claim 8, characterized in that said sealing foil further comprises one or more intermediate films of polyester or polypropylene, and a surface film of cast polypropylene, facing the container. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The package according to claim 11, characterized in that the one or more intermediate films of polyester or polypropylene of said sealing foil is metallized. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A method for the production of a package according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises the operation of welding said scooping tool (16) to the sealing foil (6) by means of ultrasound welding. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, characterized in that the ultrasound welding operation is carried out by generating, simultaneously with the welding, in the body of the scooping tool, a continuous or broken creasing line which extends longitudinally along at least a section of the longitudinal extension of the scooping tool and along which the tool is connected to the sealing foil. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, characterized in that the welding operation is carried out by arranging a sheet intended to form the sealing foil superimposed on the scooping tool, said sheet having a surface facing the scooping tool formed by a film of thermoplastic material, and wherein the ultrasound welding operation is carried out with the use of a sonotrode (30), the active surface whereof includes a rib (38) with a V-section which is capable of generating, following compression exerted on the sheet superimposed on the scooping tool, said creasing line (40) in the tool body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, characterized in that the ultrasound welding operation is carried out with a frequency of 15 to 30 kHz. ### Claim 17 A scooping tool formed by a blank of cardboard, obtained from a sheet of coupled cardboard comprising at least a first (22) and a second (24) layer, glued together by means of an adhesive and having a creasing line which extends from an end to the other of the blank, at its longitudinal axis, wherein said creasing line is a groove having a depth not exceeding the thickness of said first layer (22).