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US 2010/0150481 A1Published application
Package for consumer products
OwnerWillaim S. Perell, Leif Sorensoninventors
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Abstract
A package is made from a polymer film that includes a breachable bubble. The package can be flexible. The breachable bubble is for opening the package. In particular, the bubble, once breached, causes two opposing layers to separate. The separated layers form peelable portions that can be peeled apart in order to access the contents of the package.
Claims25
A package for consumer products comprising:
- a front panel spaced from a back panel and defining a hollow, interior space therebetween, the package further including a closed bottom and a top;
- the front panel and the back panel being made being from a polymer film, the top including a sealed tab portion where the front panel has been sealed to the back panel, the tab portion defining an opening that serves as a handle for the package;
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- at least one breachable bubble located in the tab portion, and wherein breaching the bubble causes a portion of the front panel to separate from the back panel allowing a user to open the package.
1 more element
A process for packaging consumer goods comprising:
- wrapping around a group of consumer products a flexible polymer film, the polymer film forming a tubular configuration around the group of consumer products;
- forming a seam along a length of the tubular configuration, the tubular configuration including a front panel opposite a back panel and defining an interior volume therebetween where the consumer products are located;
- sealing an end of the tubular configuration to form a bottom;
- sealing an opposite end of the tubular configuration to form a top, the top including a sealed tab portion where the front panel has been sealed to the back panel;
- forming an opening in the sealed tab portion, the opening comprising a handle;
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- forming a breachable bubble within the sealed tab portion, and
- wherein, breaching the bubble causes a portion of the front panel to separate from the back panel for later opening the package.
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A method of marketing a consumer product comprising:
- enclosing a consumer product in a package, the package including a front panel spaced from a back panel and defining a hollow, interior space therebetween, the package including a closed bottom and a top, the package further including a tab portion located along the top of the package, the tab portion defining an opening that serves as a handle and including at least one breachable bubble, and wherein breaching the bubble causes the tab portion to separate for allowing a user to open the package;
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- stacking a plurality of the packages together in a retail outlet, the packages being stacked such that the tab portion faces outwards from the stack so that a consumer can remove the package from the stack by grasping the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.