Package including a lidstock laminate
AssigneeCryovac, Inc.
InventorsEdward L. Mumpower, John R. Wolf
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Abstract
A method of forming a package by heat sealing a trap-printed laminate to a support member (e.g., tray). The laminate has a free shrink in each of the transverse and machine directions of at least about 10% at 200° F. and at least about 21% at 240° F. The laminate has an oxygen transmission rate of no more than about 100 cubic centimeters. The outside layer of the laminate comprises at least about 40% of one or more relatively high-melt polymers each having a melting point at least about 25° F. higher than the lowest melting point polymer of the sealant layer. The first film has an oxygen transmission rate greater than the oxygen transmission rate of the second film.
Claims28
A method of forming a package comprising:
- a) providing a laminate comprising:
- a first film having an inside surface and an outside surface opposite the inside surface of the first film, the first film comprising a sealant layer forming the inside surface of the first film, the sealant layer comprising one or more polymers each having a given melting point, whereby at least one polymer of the sealant layer has the lowest melting point of the one or more polymers in the sealant layer;
- a second film having an inside surface and an outside surface opposite the inside surface, the second film comprising an outside layer forming the outside surface of the second film, the outside layer comprising at least about 40% by weight of the outside layer of one or more relatively high-melt polymers each having a melting point at least about 25° F. higher than the lowest melting point polymer of the sealant layer;
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- a printed image between the first and second films, wherein:
- the first film has an oxygen transmission rate greater than the oxygen transmission rate of the second film, measured (at standard temperature and pressure) per square meter per day per 1 atmosphere of oxygen pressure differential measured at 0% relative humidity and 23° C.;
- the laminate has an oxygen transmission rate of no more than about 100 cubic centimeters (at standard temperature and pressure) per square meter per day per 1 atmosphere of oxygen pressure differential measured at 0% relative humidity and 23° C.;
- the laminate has a free shrink in each of the transverse and machine directions of at least about 10% at 200° F. and at least about 21% at 240° F.;
- and b) heat sealing the laminate to a support member to form a closed package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.