Package with multiple compartments
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsDanielle Crawford, Dwight David Williams, Gregory H. Ray
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Abstract
The package includes an inner package including a first panel defining a first compartment, the first panel including a first end that is at least partially heat sealed, the first end defining a first tear-point, a second panel defining a second compartment, a first interfacing edge of the first panel being connected to a second interfacing edge of the second panel, the second panel including a second end that is at least partially heat sealed, the second end defining a second tear-point, the first re-closeable seal and the second re-closeable seal being on a third end of the first compartment and a fourth end of the at least one second compartment, respectively.
Claims19
A package, comprising:
- an inner package including
- a first panel defining a first compartment, the first panel including a first end that is at least partially heat sealed, the first end defining a first tear-point that is configured to allow a first portion of the first end to be removed to allow access to a first re-closeable seal,
- a second panel defining at least one second compartment, a first interfacing edge of the first panel being connected to a second interfacing edge of the second panel, the second panel including a second end that is at least partially heat sealed, the second end defining a second tear-point that is configured to allow a second portion of the second end to be removed to allow access to a second re-closeable seal, the at least one second compartment including a first filled compartment containing a first set of pouches with a first quantity of consumer product pouches that are to be consumed during a first expected duration of time based on an average consumption rate, the first expected duration of time being shorter than a second expected duration of time, the second expected duration of time being a time period upon which flavor scalping is expected to occur for the first quantity of the consumer product pouches following an exposure to ambient air, and
- the first re-closeable seal and the second re-closeable seal being on a third end of the first compartment and a fourth end of the at least one second compartment, respectively.
A package, comprising:
- an inner package including
- a first panel defining a first compartment, the first panel including a first end that is at least partially heat sealed, the first end defining a first tear-point that is configured to allow a first portion of the first end to be removed to allow access to a first re-closeable seal,
- a second panel defining at least one second compartment, a first interfacing edge of the first panel being connected to a second interfacing edge of the second panel, the second panel including a second end that is at least partially heat sealed, the second end defining a second tear-point that is configured to allow a second portion of the second end to be removed to allow access to a second re-closeable seal;
- and
- an outer package, the inner package being contained in the outer package,
- wherein the first end defines a first slit and the second end defines a second slit, the first panel and the second panel being folded onto each other such that the first slit is aligned with the second slit, and
- the outer package defines at least one third slit, the at least one third slit being aligned with the first slit and the second slit,
- the first re-closeable seal and the second re-closeable seal being on a third end of the first compartment and a fourth end of the at least one second compartment, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.