Package, process and apparatus for making said package

Package (100) for containing at least one product (P) comprising:

• at least one support (1) exhibiting:
• at least one base (2) configured for receiving one or more products (P),
• at least one perimetral edge (6) surrounding the base (2),
• at least one removable portion (21) extending as a prolongation of the perimetral edge (6) away from the base (2),
• a closing film (10) engaged with the perimetral edge (6) and with the removable portion (21), said closing film (10) being configured for defining—cooperatively with the support (1)— a housing compartment (5) for the product (P),
• a gripping portion (22) emerging from the perimetral edge (6);
• wherein the removable portion (21) and at least one part of the closing film (10) are configured for being separated from the support (1) during a step of opening the package (100), the package (100) being configured for defining a closed condition wherein:
• the closing film (10) and support (1) interdict the access to the housing compartment (5), and
• the removable portion (21) is aligned with at least one portion (6a) of the perimetral edge (6) from which the removable portion (21) extends as a prolongation;
• wherein:
• the removable portion (21) exhibits a cavity (21a) the concavity whereof, at least in the closed condition of the package, faces the perimetral edge (6),
• the gripping portion (22) is disposed, at least in the closed condition of the package, inside the cavity (21a) of the removable portion (21),
• wherein the support extends, in thickness, between:
• a first surface of a heat-sealable material configured for receiving the closing film (10) in engagement, and
• a second surface of a material not heat-sealable with the closing film (10),
• wherein at least the perimetral edge (6) and the removable portion (21) are defined superficially by said first surface of heat-sealable material,
• wherein the gripping portion (22) comprises a portion of the support folded above the perimetral edge (6) so that the gripping portion (22) is externally defined by the second not heat-sealable surface.