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US 12,145,785 B2Granted
Sheet for use in pill packages, and pouch formed from a sheet
AssigneeVmi Holland B.V.
InventorsHenk Jan Spijkerboer, Hermanus Johannes Albertus Wiskamp
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a sheet, a pouch containing pills made of a sheet material and a web of multiple of said pouches. The disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing said web which makes use of said sheet. The pouches allow for optimal visibility of information printed on the pouches as well as optimal visibility of the pills for inspection purposes.
Claims18
Pouch for containing pills, the pouch formed of a sheet comprising a transparent strip and a non-transparent strip, the pouch comprising:
- a first side and a second side connected via a bottom edge fold, a top seal opposite the bottom edge fold, and first and second side seals extending from the bottom edge fold to the top seal to define a space for containing pills,
- wherein the first side of said pouch is transparent and formed from the transparent strip of the sheet, and wherein the second side of said pouch comprises the non-transparent strip and is substantially non-transparent, and wherein the non-transparent strip comprises an edge located at or within 20% of a width of the pouch from the bottom edge fold towards a top edge opposite the bottom edge fold, with the transparent strip of the sheet forming the bottom edge fold.
Web of multiple pouches, each pouch of the multiple pouches for containing pills,
- wherein each pouch is formed of a sheet comprising transparent strip and a non-transparent strip, where each pouch comprises a first side and a second side connected via a bottom edge fold, a top seal opposite the bottom edge fold, and first and second side seals extending from the bottom edge fold to the top seal to define a space for containing pills,
- wherein the first side of said pouch is transparent and formed from the transparent strip of the sheet, and wherein the second side of said pouch comprises the non-transparent strip and is substantially non-transparent, wherein the non-transparent strip comprises an edge located at or within 20% of a width of the pouch from the bottom edge fold towards a top edge opposite the bottom edge fold, with the transparent strip of the sheet forming the bottom edge fold;
- and
- wherein the pouches in the web are interconnected via their respective first and second side edges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.