# US 2014/0193105 A1 · Packaging

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- Number: US 2014/0193105 A1
- Document ID: US20140193105A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/092,525
- Filed: 2013-11-27
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2004-12-10
- Applicants: Amcor Flexibles ApS
- Inventors: Michael Kenneth John Adams; John Fairweather
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193105A1

## CPC

- B65D 75/58: Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture {(B65D75/36, B65D85/1027 take precedence)}
- B65D 75/585: {the tear-lines being broken by deformation or bending}
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

A package has a flexible top wall (3) joined in its periphery (6) to flexible side walls (4, 5) to form an enclosure, the top wall (3) being formed with a line of weakness (7) which is adapted to be torn to create an opening, the tear being confined between the peripheral join (6), The side walls (4, 5) may have transverse seals (1, 2), and top and bottom walls (3) folded inwards as gussets, and the line of weakness (7) with a thumb on each side of the line of weakness (7) with a thumb on each side to press downwards and create a tear along the line of weakness. Preferably, the upper edges of the side walls (4, 5) are sealed to the adjoining edges of the top wall (3) to form a peripheral upstanding rim (6).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A package having a flexible top wall joined at its periphery to flexible side walls to form an enclosure, the top wall being formed with a line of weakness which is adapted to be torn to create an opening in the top wall, the tear being confined between the peripheral join of the top wall with the side walls.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A package as claimed in claim 1 in which the line of weakness is adapted to be forn by a manual force applied to the top wall to leave a torn portion or portinos of the top wall that are displaceable into the package against the side walls to clear the opening.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A package as claimed in claim 2 in which the line of weakness divides the top wall into portions either side, which fold inwards against the side walls when the package is opened by a/n inwards force applied either side of the line of weakness.

### Claim 4

(canceled)

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A package as claimed in claim 1 in which the top and bottom walls are formed as inwardly extending gussets which fold flat with the package, the line of weakness extending along or substantially parallel to a fold line of the gusset in the top wall.

### Claim at position 6

6-8. (canceled)

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A package as claimed in claim 1 in which the line of weakness is formed by perforations or a cut or a thinned portion of the outer layer.

### Claim at position 8

10-12. (canceled)

### Claim 13

A package having a side wall with a line of weakness which is adopted to be readily torn by an inwards force which serves to fold the resulting torn portion or portions of the side wall inwards of the package.

### Claim 14

A package having a side wall formed with a line of weakness which is adapted to be readily torn from an intermediate point along its length by a manually applied force.

### Claim at position 11

15-16. (canceled)

### Claim 17 (depends on 9)

A package as claimed in claim 9 in which the opening formation is within the confines of the side wall.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

A package as claimed in claim 1 in which the opening formation extends generally parallel to the fold line of the gusset.

### Claim 19 (depends on 9)

A package as claimed in claim 9 in which the opening formation comprises a line of weakness.

### Claim at position 15

20-21. (canceled)