Removeable band for stack of disposable cutlery
AssigneeGPCP IP Holdings LLC
InventorErik Lips
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Abstract
A removeable band for confining a stack of cutlery pieces. The band can include a body having a first surface and a second surface that oppose one another, the body being an elongated strip of fiber-based material. A coating can be disposed on at least a portion of the first surface of the body, and an adhesive section can be disposed on at least a portion of the coating. The adhesive section can be configured to adhere to the second surface of the body when a first end and a second end of the body at least partially overlap to form a continuous band.
Claims17
A removeable band for confining a stack of cutlery pieces, comprising:
- a body having a first surface and a second surface that oppose one another, the body being an elongated strip of fiber-based material;
- a coating disposed on at least a portion of the first surface of the body;
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- an adhesive section disposed only on a portion of the coating, wherein:
- a first end of the body and a second end of the body overlap to form a continuous loop,
- the adhesive section is located only between the overlapped first and second ends, and
- the adhesive section adheres the overlapped first end to the second end.
A removeable band for confining a stack of cutlery pieces, comprising:
- an elongated strip of fiber-based material;
- a coating disposed on at least a portion of the elongated strip;
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- an adhesive section disposed on only a portion of the coating, wherein:
- a first end portion of the elongated strip and the second end portion of the elongated strip overlap to form a continuous loop,
- the adhesive section is located only between the overlapped first end portion and the second end portion, and
- the adhesive section adheres the overlapped first end portion to the second end portion.
A removeable band for confining a stack of cutlery pieces, comprising:
- a body having a first surface and a second surface that oppose one another, the body being an elongated strip of paper or paperboard;
- a coating disposed on at least a portion of the first surface of the body, wherein the coating comprises low density polyethylene or biaxially-oriented polypropylene;
- an adhesive section disposed only on a portion of the coating, wherein the adhesive section adheres a first end portion of the elongated strip to a second end portion of the elongated strip when the first end portion and the second end portion at least partially overlap to form a continuous loop;
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- a removeable tab disposed within the body, the tab defined by a first set of one or more perforations axially spaced from a second set of one or more perforations formed in the body, wherein the adhesive section comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive or a hot melt adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.